PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

In May , Sears Holdings announced that it had expanded its leasing program to allow customers to finance a variety of products, both in-store and online. In addition, Sears offers an online estimator tool to help members estimate their payment with different payment schedules and lease amounts.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Energy Innovation Capital and Chevron Technology Ventures led the funding, while R/GA Ventures and Macquarie Capital also came on board as new investors. Existing backers Blue Bear Capital, Felton Group and the University of Virginia Seed Fund also participated.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

For the industry, it’s clear that ongoing innovation and inventive thinking is required to ensure that people with disabilities have just as much choice and control in their financial affairs as all other customers. The post How design and innovation drive accessibility in financial services appeared first on Banking.com.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Supreme Court ruled in May that states may legalize sports betting — it was already allowed in Nevada — four other states have approved such wagering: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia. Iowa, for instance, is considering letting casinos and racetracks offer on-site and online wagering.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

And we also, in the process, became full-blown manufacturers” out of manufacturing facilities in Las Vegas, Nevada and Richmond, Virginia. The company is also expanding into new verticals like furniture packaging — which currently relies heavily on plastic foam in both its in-store and online incarnations.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2018

The pilot, according to news from CNBC — which is being tested at Walmart locations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, Texas and Colorado — has already exceeded expectations. The tie-in will reduce some friction for both in handling the last-mile element of online sales.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

One of those is in Fairfax County, Virginia. Activate Fairfax” is a relatively new department within the county’s government, coming online last October, with a focus on supporting small businesses with funding, business advice and activation of vacant spaces. Activate will show growth and innovation,” she predicted. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

Gyms are already experiencing a rocky reopening, with reports of potential coronavirus infections at a West Virginia Planet Fitness location emerging earlier this week. While gyms may feel the strain of sudden declines in revenue, they might be able to create new business strengths with innovative approaches and help from payment partners.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

Maryland and Virginia, as well as online. Mama Biscuit’s Gourmet Biscuits (MBGB) produces flavored gourmet biscuits that “bridge the gap between” sweet cupcakes and savory tasting treats. They are sold in major retailers such as Wegmans and Whole Foods Market in Washington, D.C.,

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

These payment options include EMV cards — which consumers can tap against point-of-sale (POS) terminals to avoid making direct contact — and mobile wallets such as Apple Pay , Google Pay and Samsung Pay , which consumers can use for both in-store and online payments. Chick-fil-A is one restaurant shifting to a cashless model, for example.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 27, 2018

million people live (that’s about the size of Dallas), employs a single platform to handle tasks as varied online prescriptions, city hall inquiries and checking whether one’s children are doing their homework, as noted in a recent report. The Baltic country, in which about 1.3

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

The growth of companies like Casper comes as the idea of buying a mattress online had previously been dismissed as something that wouldn’t possibly work – like Amazon selling apparel at a time when market observers thought consumers would only buy clothing in person. “If

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2018

About a quarter of all shoppers will buy their Halloween gear online, though 39 percent will start browsing for it digitally. Virginia lottery experts estimate that at peak sales right before the drawing, lottery vendors were selling 12,700 tickets per minute. When it comes to categories, consumers are intending to spend $3.2

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 15, 2022

Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado. Enters into contracts with borrowers for Program Loans which are only between the borrower and the Bank, define the Bank as the lender on Program Loans, and make clear that the Bank is the entity extending credit.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

We’re thrilled to partner with thredUP in offering a sustainable and innovative way to shop for the closet of the future.”. is “the largest clean out participant to date” in thredUP’s Resale-as-a-Service (RAAS) program, which is an online platform that works with merchants to support the circular fashion economy.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2018

The startup’s payment platform integrates with QuickBooks Online to connect accounting and billing, and uses API technology to aggregate data across the channels through which businesses accept payment, to provide a holistic view of finances for business users. This week, Fattmerchant announced $10.5 The funding follows $2.5

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PYMNTS

JULY 13, 2017

The beauty of online grocery shopping is that you can add to your order throughout the week and at the very moment you remember that you need something,” said Cat de Merode, Peapod’s vice president of product. Oklahoma’s Jumbo Foods rolled out its online shopping and pickup service this week.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

On Monday (July 22), in fact, Abercrombie said that “it opened four new pop-up shops last week, at Tysons Corner Center in Virginia, Dolphin Mall in Miami, Los Cerritos Center in California and at Baybrook Mall in Friendswood, Texas,” according to the report. All are expected to be open for about 12 months, according to the company. “The

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

From ticketing platforms such as Gametime to payments companies such as Visa , innovators are harnessing the power of mobile. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Iowa. Approximately 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online.

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CFPB Monitor

MARCH 30, 2015

Virginia Attorney General, Mark Herring gave opening remarks, during which he asserted that Virginia is perceived as the “predatory lending capital of the East Coast,” suggesting that payday and auto title lenders were a large part of the problem. The Commissioner of Virginia’s Bureau of Financial Institutions, E.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 15, 2022

The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation (DFPI) has issued final regulations to implement SB 1235, the bill signed into law on September 30, 2018 that requires consumer-like disclosures to be made for certain commercial financing products, including small business loans and merchant cash advances. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. The user and the advanced bot work through a series of six weekly online sessions aimed at healing “broken sleep,” according to Sleepio. “It

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Curbside delivery is coming to the grocery chain, starting with two test runs — one in Virginia Beach one in Sacramento. As a benefit for Prime members, customers who order their groceries online from Whole Foods will be able to pick them up curbside within 30 minutes. The service is already available in a few select U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The Index is based on two key components: whether a merchant adds value through a mobile app or website, and how consistent online and in-store experiences are for consumers. To compile the index, researchers in Boston; Chicago; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Seattle shopped merchants across three channels: web, app, and in-store.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

The latest June count for where Walmart Pay is available is: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C. Walmart Pay’s US Expansion.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

It’s a worrisome and complicated dynamic that’s putting competitive pressure on community banks, but it’s also creating opportunities through data analytics, partnerships and the ability to innovate to meet evolving customer demands. “We See “Closing the Gap” in the November 2015 issue, online at www.independentbanker.org.).

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

For example, the committee initiated both an online account opening process and the bank’s rewards debit card. During the pandemic, the group’s suggestion to develop an online document-signing process paid off, since the lobby space had a limit on customers. “We Kelly Pike is a writer in Virginia. For me, that speaks volumes.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 29, 2016

The Virginia-based company is one of six grant recipients that received a cut of $15 million, which was divided into amounts from a little under $1 million to $3.75 online to receive special promotions offered to their group. The company was awarded a $3.75 Founded in 2010, ID.me

Virginia 22

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

A pioneer in bringing financial technology to the process of raising private capital, WealthForge connects issuers, investors, and their intermediaries on an online platform that provides a new level of transparency and efficiency for all parties. More than $240 million and more than 5,500 investments have been transacted on its platform.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 27, 2017

Headquartered in Reston, Virginia, Daon demonstrated its Identity X platform at FinovateFall 2016. Daon’s “innovate while you authenticate” approach enables clients to add new biometric authentication technologies to their cyberdefense arsenal as they become available.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2016

The “tech startup from New York” as it called itself during its Finovate debut this spring is the choice of China’s Fujian Rural Credit (FJRC) , which is enhancing its online and cloud-based banking offerings. Virginia M. IBM has been an increasingly visible part of the fintech world.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 20, 2015

billion) went to three online lenders (Sofi = $1 billion, Avant = $340 million, Dianrong = $220 million). Source: Bank Innovations. Online small business lender. Source: Bank Innovations. Online and mobile payment platform. Source: Bank Innovations. Source: Bank Innovations. HQ: McClean, Virginia.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 5, 2016

Speaking at FinovateFall 2016 in September, Daon President of the Americas Conor White asked attendees about their own experience with cart abandonment online. The platform is designed to allow companies to “innovate as you authenticate your customers” as well as add the latest authentication technologies available.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2019

The Federal Reserve orchestrated an official investigation of an Amazon facility in Virginia, kicking off what is expected to be ongoing oversight of cloud providers. Bank Regulators Probe Amazon Cloud. Walmart’s Answer to Facebook’s Libra: the Walmart Coin. The world’s largest retailer by sales quietly filed an application with the U.S.

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