Bank Innovation

APRIL 17, 2019

Bank executives, during the first-quarter earnings call today, outlined a strategy to extend relationships with customers outside the Minneapolis-based bank's physical footprint. Coming off the launch of a revamped mobile app and the hiring of the bank's first chief digital officer, U.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

This will allow the Minneapolis-based Sezzle to offer more long-term loans. Ally's dedication to its customers and commitment to innovation aligns with our own vision and culture.”. The FinTech Sezzle has struck up a partnership with Ally Lendin g, a digital financial services company.

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MARCH 11, 2020

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the platform to retailers, according to reports on Wednesday (March 11). . OTG operates 350 restaurants and shops in 10 airports, including in Minneapolis, Washington D.C.,

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 10, 2019

Against the rising tide of digital-only banks, Minneapolis-based personal finance platform Branch has taken the plunge. The four-year-old company offers a suite of personal finance tools, including payday advance, to hourly workers through integrations with employer payroll platforms, which currently include Pizza Hut and Taco Bell.

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JULY 30, 2020

Sezzle , the Minneapolis-based installment-based payments platform, has announced the appointment of Reid Bork to its leadership team. In the newly created role, he will be responsible for leading the company’s large-scale retail acquisition efforts.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

The Minneapolis-based regional bank currently has more than 3,000 bank branches in 26 states, but it is looking to reduce […]. Bancorp is closing 21 branches in the Chicago area as part of a restructuring plan to expand its physical footprint in some markets while shrinking its presence in others, bank spokesman Evan Lapiska confirmed.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2020

But as the pandemic has progressed it has become increasingly clear that Target is also laying claim to the paycheck, and is often more innovative and digital-first than Walmart. It’s hardly competing with Amazon yet, but Target has shown more digital momentum than any major retailer during the pandemic.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 8, 2016

But that doesn’t mean the Minneapolis-based bank is giving up on branches. Bank’s transactions are now 60% digital, Chief Operating Officer Andrew Cecere said at the Goldman Sachs U.S. Financial Services Conference this week. It has around 3,000 branches and 80% of its sales activity still takes place there Read More.

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MARCH 20, 2018

The integration with PayPal is part of the financial institution’s effort to deliver innovative payment services to its more than 24 million active mobile users. At the same time that Bank of America is embracing digital payments, it’s also expanding its retail footprint. over the course of the next four years.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Though big-box retailer Target has been known for expansion and digital innovation of late, Tuesday (Nov. The store closures will help the discount retailer continue on its path toward improved bottom lines. The 12 brick-and-mortar locations that will shutter their doors will be spread across several U.S. percent of sales, up 2.8

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FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Bank Stadium in Minneapolis will see a spike in activity with the influx of consumers for the big game. In the Lounge, guests will have the opportunity to try out a contactless payments experience featuring Diebold Nixdorf’s latest concepts — and some other innovations, too. “We ATMs in and around U.S. The Championship Spike.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Retail malls have also been looking at innovative ways to lease out their space. Mall of America in Minneapolis, America’s largest mall, recently announced plans to open a 2,300-square-foot walk-in clinic in November with medical exam rooms, a radiology room, lab space and a pharmacy dispensary service.

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

The changing nature of retail has been challenging for pharmacies. Sales of things like personal care products, cosmetics and various other household goods have been slipping, as consumers are increasingly stocking up online or at alternative retail venues like dollar stores for those types of items. in early 2019.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2019

The needs of children are a driving force for online and mobile innovation and disruption. Fitz is also striving to combine its online and mobile strengths into in-person experiences via pop-up retail. The firm first began testing the concept last October at its Minneapolis-based Glenwood Avenue headquarters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

The logistics IT center is slated for downtown Minneapolis and will reportedly create 100 new technology focused full-time positions. The commitment to education, growth of the local high-tech industry, and caliber of technical talent in Minneapolis make it an ideal place for our expansion.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

In 2016, the company was was acquired by personal care products giant Unilever, and there were questions at the time about how a direct-to-consumer innovator like DSC would fit into the very much mass-market and retailer-focused Unilever constellation of brands. last quarter.

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MARCH 16, 2016

Sometimes, even the brightest LED television screens fade away, and sometimes, the most expensive battery packs that an electronics retailer can stock end up losing their charge. Best Buy announced Tuesday (March 15) that Brad Anderson, former CEO of the organization and current member of its board of directors, is retiring from his position.

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AUGUST 26, 2019

To provide men’s personal care items that feel like premium brands at accessible price points, eCommerce innovators are building product lines through the direct-to-consumer (DTC) model. And, beyond eCommerce, the company is in a few retail stores: One is Fourpost in Minneapolis in the Mall of America.

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MARCH 11, 2016

So reads a job posting for Target’s new Silicon Valley-based startup project that is currently hiring for 20 positions, according to reports that first appeared in the Minneapolis Star Tribune. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations. billion spent last year alone. .

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JUNE 6, 2018

Grab is ramping up innovation in-house to scale faster as the leading O2O mobile platform in Southeast Asia. In January, it claimed to have 2,500 cars operating in New York, Chicago, Boston and Minneapolis, with 20,000 drivers in all 50 states. The company aims to set up shop in 20,000 cars this year.

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MAY 15, 2019

It was that observation that prompted the start of Foodsby in 2012, when the firm launched in Minneapolis to build a better delivery experience. It’s essentially consumer food delivery with a B2B base, which CEO Ben Cattoor noted was an delivery innovation that was lacking in the market. city where tech buzz is built most of the time.

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MAY 14, 2018

Its areas of focus include cable TV, telecom and retail, and many analysts have said STARTEK is exactly the type of firm a player planning to go into cable home shopping might buy. It has been a fairly dramatic piece of the retail landscape for the last few years — albeit a quiet one.

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MAY 13, 2016

For a major retail chain, things have probably gone a bit off book when a substantial amount of the executive team’s time is spent talking about the bathrooms. To say that groceries are “hot” these days, as retail writers are wont to do, is a little bit misleading. They’re asking. Learning By Asking .

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Stitch Fix is also bringing innovation to suppliers — the brands it works with — including Kate Spade, Karl Lagerfeld Paris, Sam Edelman, John Varvatos, Toms and Rebecca Minkoff.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

So many miles to go, retail bankers! It is an innovator with tech (e.g., In a mature credit cycle with a tough yield cure, Chase is still growing retail revenue a 7+% and mobile banking users by 12+%. Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph said the leading trait of an innovator is identifying pain. Enough of the scare talk.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 20, 2016

Scott Guilfoyle and Annick Fuchs will serve as advisors for the Minneapolis, Minnesota-based payments innovator. The company uses bank sign-on and ACH rails to provide lower cost, immediate payments for retailers. A pair of former PayPal vets are joining Team Sezzle. And in charging 1.5%

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The recharacterization threat also diminishes both the opportunity for innovation in lending products and the availability of credit, especially for consumers with risker credit profiles. Significantly, the Supreme Court in Smiley, relying upon Marquette Nat’l Bank of Minneapolis v. Variable Annuity Life Ins.

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Social Assurance

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

In 2020, the ABA Bank Marketing conference was to be held on my home turf in Minneapolis. Bank marketers were showcased as strategic, innovative and essential to any person with a C in their title. The adjustments to a virtual conference were quite disappointing for me personally this year. So, how can Social Assurance help?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Acronym of the Year. Has to be M-O-E. The most important aspect of this deal is Huntington.

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DECEMBER 1, 2020

Minneapolis restaurant owner Luke Shimp converted the kitchen of his Red Cow Uptown restaurant to the Kenwood Food and Beverage, a virtual food hall that he opened about a month ago.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

In a New York Times opinion piece, Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, urged instating a restrictive lockdown to defeat the coronavirus. Fed’s Kashkari Advocates For New Lockdown.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Named 2015 CFO of the Year (Kurt Ishaug) by Minneapolis-St. Honored as the Innovation Showcase Award winner by the attendees of the BAI Retail Delivery conference. Won Best Use of IT in Retail Banking at 16th Annual Banking Technology 2015 awards. Ranked as one of the top 10 most promising cloud banking solutions of 2015.

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