PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) have heard the call for innovative digital ordering capabilities, with several major brands stepping up their investments in this area. Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. One target? Millennials, actually.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2017

Virtually unheard of even a few years ago, these days there are over 1,000 bike-share operations in locations around the globe — and research firm Berger expects that by year 2020, the industry will be worth almost $6 billion annually. As of the latest U.S. It is so flexible, affordable and convenient.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

LISNR is taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. That’s a mouthful, but it means LISNR, which sells ultrasonic-sound transmission technology for use in retail and payments, gets an opportunity for an innovation boost, alongside retail leaders from around the world. Solving For Friction.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2019

But Alphons believes Wardrobe is lean and ready to compete with two critical innovations that are unique among fashion platforms in the sharing economy. It freed up the company from having to operate warehouses or figure out complex shipping logistics in its earliest days.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

25) that they have launched new technology that speeds contactless payments for mass transit and lowers the cost for transit organizations and operators to offer that payment option. Visa and Planeta said on Monday (Feb.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The service started in Ann Arbor, Michigan and spread to other metro areas. We’ve gained extremely valuable insights from operating our own car-sharing business,” Pamela Fletcher, GM’s vice president of global innovation, said in a statement. It’s a high-investment business and operational costs are high. and Toronto. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. households. Walmart U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2019

As well, those upstart financial institutions also are operating with an “aggressive focus on growth,” according to regulators, and “tend to make risker loans.”. The main problem reportedly stems from challenger banks’ failure to support “assumptions in their stress test models,” according to the news outlet.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Metro Bank is currently piloting an integrated receipt data capture and management solution, the result of its data integration with FinTech Sensibill. A press release announcing the pilot also revealed that Metro Bank plans to expand the integration’s capabilities into services like invoicing and bookkeeping.

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BankBazaar

JANUARY 31, 2021

We await the operational details of the scheme now. Metro services announced in 27 cities, plus additional allocations for Kochi Metro, Chennai Metro Phase 2, Bengaluru Metro Phase 2A and B, Nashik and Nagpur Metros. In urban areas, 83.7 percent of families paid out of their savings, with 8.5 Infrastructure.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2019

These efforts are grouped inside the unit known as “Other Bets,” which had an operating loss of $3.4 billion operating income reported by Google. Since the new operating structure took shape in 2015, the “ bets segment ” has lost a cumulative $10 billion. billion through the past year. That comes as a drag against the $36.5

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

Metro Bank is hoping a new feature that allows employees to take and instantly upload photos of such receipts will help fix that. These mistakes can be costly, especially for small businesses, but many of them are turning to more innovative expense tools to ensure this does not occur. The Latest Workforce Spend Headlines.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2019

In a blog post , Walmart Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward noted, “We know when using voice technology, customers like to add items to their cart one at a time over a few days – not complete their shopping for the week all at once. households.”. households.”.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

The technology it uses allows it to maximize efficiency while minimizing costs in its operations. Scottsdale Community Bank’s Lemonade Stand Loan Program offers microloans—up to $25,000 each—to small businesses and individuals who own businesses or operate nonprofit organizations.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

That might mean, he said, a commercially viable flying-taxi operation in places such as Singapore and Dubai, where density would support such a business and which could appeal not only to locals but also to tourists. “It might be fewer years than people expect,” Reuter said, adding that he is working toward a 2022 goal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2019

According to both PayPal and the team, the new jersey badge partnership speaks to their shared values, particularly around inclusion, collaboration, innovation and opportunity. “We Diversity, inclusion and equality are at the heart of our team’s mission, and we are fortunate to have found a company whose values so closely mirror ours.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

million, up 15 percent versus last year and the strongest growth rate in seven quarters, according to Starbucks President and Chief Operating Officer Rosalind Brewer in a call with analysts. In-Store Experience And Beverage Innovation. To that end, active Starbucks Rewards memberships grew to 15.3

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

Waving their card at a terminal as they keep right on running for the bus is going to end much better than having to stop and pay cash or to load up their closed-loop metro transit card. But for public transit operators — the wins are as obvious as the commuter wins. Major metros in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2018

“We’ve been delighted with the customer response to free two-hour delivery through Prime Now, and we’re excited to bring the service to our customers in Denver, Sacramento and San Diego,” said Christina Minardi, Whole Foods Market EVP of Operations. The goal is to roll out Prime Now Grocery via Whole Foods to metro areas across the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 23, 2018

And on the other side of the world, BingoBox operates over 200 of its self-service specialty stores in 29 Chinese provinces – and has nabbed $80 million in funding to boot. In the U.S., Amazon has arguably pioneered the concept with its Amazon Go stores: The first location opened in Seattle this past January.

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Insights on Business

OCTOBER 4, 2017

What do you get when you combine rapid innovation in financial services with unprecedented data breaches? At the same time, the bad guys are aggressively innovating to take advantage of the blind spots. Visit IBM’s Stand # E08 at Sibos located in the Metro Toronto Convention Center. Let’s take a look.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 9, 2018

Chatbots are great for personal interactions with banks, but the camera may soon provide an even more powerful tool for gauging customer sentiment. By reading the expression on a customer's face, the way another human would. Seems unbelievable, right?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Dahlsen, who formerly served as the board director for ANZ Bank, has been vocal about his disapproval of traditional financial institutions and what he says is a lack of innovation, reports said. Over the weekend, Australia’s Timelio revealed a $3.7 million investment round led by Thorney Investment Group, as well as John Dahlsen.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Some city residents and officials worry about all the data that will be collected, stored and analyzed for the operation of the automobiles and the smart city — privacy and security concerns that are gaining more attention in general from consumers and lawmakers. The project faces likely opposition, though. Among the concerns?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2017

The “innovative” solution for apartment residents thus far has been a combination of 2/3-sized versions of most household furniture married to some very creatively conceived shelving. There are a variety of ways to operate it, but one favored method is commanding Ori through Amazon’s Alexa.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

While the big news will likely be the recent launch of YouTube TV in five major metro areas, no one expects the company will subscribe numbers this early on. Waymo has not disclosed how many total vehicles will be operating in the region during the expanded public tests. billion for the quarter.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 1, 2018

challenger bank Metro Bank could extend its AI-driven money management tool Insights, designed for its retail side, to its business customers. Formed in partnership with Israeli AI company Personetics, Metro Bank is currently preparing to roll out Insights in beta over the summer.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

Rolling out mobile order-ahead can involve big operational changes, and the road to innovation — or convenience, as it were — isn’t always clearly marked. Of course, smaller merchants are looking to get in on the action, but can they re-think their operations to accommodate new consumer demands?

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

Mastercard hardcoded the terminals to read “zero pounds” while sidestepping any triggers that might be set by an issuer — something “we absolutely wanted to eliminate from the context of busy metro [stations],” he said. . They are all working very hard to keep up with the pace of digital innovation in the wider economy.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

The community bank uses the Entrepreneurial Operating System, commonly known as EOS Traction, to keep departmental efforts aligned. Metro City Bank. Michael Bartkoski, executive vice president and chief operating officer, NBKC Bank. Michael Bartkoski, executive vice president and chief operating officer NBKC Bank.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It is an innovator with tech (e.g., Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph said the leading trait of an innovator is identifying pain. By year’s end, Hill had been shown the door and now Metro is stabilizing its reputation as the highest priority. The bank’s strategy is laser-focused. It was the original data junkie.

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NCR

OCTOBER 16, 2017

A recent tweet from Metro Bank highlighting their drive-up ATMs received the highest level of consumer interaction of all their recent social media activity, with quotes of “how cool is that”, “amazing” and “brilliant – that is what you call thinking out of the box” Why drive-ups could be set for growth.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

Operating expenses increased 30 percent. In major metro areas, small package delivery is down to two days and large package deliver clocks in at 14 days. Of all orders placed during the quarter, encouragingly, 61 percent came from previous customers.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 14, 2019

It was only a matter of time before confidence in the financial system would be tested by false information on social media. Britain may be getting a glimpse of what could spark the next run on a bank. A dozen years after client withdrawals brought Northern Rock to its knees, photos of customers — admittedly […].

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 22, 2013

and its subsidiary BofI Federal Bank aspire to be the most innovative branchless bank in the United States providing products and services superior to their competitors, branch-based or otherwise. versus 68.5%, respectively) and its operating expenses as a percent of average assets compared to peer banks (1.66% versus 3.09%, respectively).So,

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