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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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2017

Rather, Waymo is offering households in the Phoenix, Arizona, area a chance to incorporate the company’s self-driving tech into their daily routines — a live test with live folks. Waymo has not disclosed how many total vehicles will be operating in the region during the expanded public tests. Been there, done that.)

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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

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

In today’s highly interconnected ecosystem, businesses rely on many other companies to keep their operations running smoothly. A series of payment innovations are promising to put an end to some common B2B payment frictions, including online portals, same-day ACH and automated accounts receivables (AR).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 10, 2018

He noted that Waymo’s vehicles are fully self-driving in a territory within the Greater Phoenix area , and that they are working to master more driving capabilities so the vehicles can operate in more places.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2023

While AOBA provides a fertile forum for buyers and potential sellers in the bank M&A space to commensurate, the crowd uses this valuable face time to also delve into discussions about the economy, strategic growth, fintech innovation, competition, and talent wars.

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DECEMBER 6, 2018

General Motors showcased the concept at the 1939 World’s Fair years before Waymo started driving autonomous vehicles through the streets of the Phoenix suburbs. At the same time, the Phoenix area has a desert landscape, as well as “well-kept and well-marked roads” but no snow (save that for Flagstaff.) Autonomous Deliveries.

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JULY 18, 2017

Both Lending Club and Laplanche are currently facing shareholder litigation that claims they concealed material weaknesses in the online lender’s ability to monitor its operations. “I We’re ramping up volume over time as we learn more and get more comfortable with risk management, operating efficiency and marketing efficiency.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

What we want to be as a company is the operating system for your daily life,” he said at the time. The service was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and it was made available across the country on Oct. In September, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed the company would be combining Eats and rides into the main Uber app.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Previously, Uber tested autonomous vehicles in Phoenix, San Francisco, Toronto and Pittsburgh, but halted testing when pedestrian Elaine Herzberg was killed by one of the cars. At that time, Uber let go of its 100 self-driving car operators in Pittsburgh and San Francisco.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 27, 2019

What we want to be as a company is the operating system for your daily life,” he said at the time. The service was tested in San Diego, Phoenix, Dallas and Austin, and it was made available across the country on Oct. In September, Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi revealed the company would be combining Eats and rides into the main Uber app.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2019

The facility, which has been in operation since March, serves more than 100 Walmart locations in Guangxi and Guangdong. In addition to its data and distribution efforts, Walmart is also innovating with the help of blockchain. The feature is on offer in Phoenix, Dallas, Austin and San Diego.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

Even so recent news does show that the brand — now owned by a France-based operation after Atari all but faded out after the late 1970s and early 1980s video game craze and the massive industry crash that followed — is making a play to take part in the emerging trend of making hotels more attractive to gaming-minded consumers.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The Phoenix Suns Get a Payments Assist from PayPal. But one that Phoenix Suns fans will not have to live through for much longer, because as of this week, the basketball team has inked a deal with PayPal to bring the omnichannel experience courtside. The horror.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Award – goes to CNBC’s Jim Cramer , who lamented that banks should have been innovating offerings like those delivered by PayPal and Square. The Holy Crap Operational Risk Award – goes to the growing threat of ransomware with bank technology vendors. The “What the Hell Are Bankers Doing?” The poor payroll and benefits coordinator!

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

Avis has a pact in place with Google’ autonomous car development company Waymo to help manage self-driving vehicles based and operating in Phoenix, Arizona. Hertz has an agreement with Apple in which the tech giant will lease Lexus SUVs from the car rental firm and test autonomous driving technology.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

The Other Bets unit also reported an operating loss of $732 million, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017. Though most testing takes place in California, those operations also are conducted in Arizona, Texas, Georgia, Michigan and Washington State. Stock Compensation Growth. We’re expanding our testing to more states.

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MAY 4, 2017

Automakers, enterprises and consumers are looking for the best products with world-class capabilities, and our teams will continue to bring innovation to the connected-vehicle landscape under SiriusXM.”. sales operations. So here’s to hoping that tech companies and lawmakers can all just get along.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2019

And classic films aren’t the only place where a flop can presage a hit: In fact, many of today’s favorite consumer innovations come care of a failed first iteration that was widely derided before it was praised. For example…. The Tablet. The Miss . Microsoft’s Tablet PC. ” That is not quite how the story turned out. markets.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 29, 2016

Organic delivery service Good Eggs was forced to pull back its operations to the San Francisco Bay area after they learned what so many who deliver consumer groceries have learned before: it’s much harder than it looks to get to scale and make money while doing it. And it is a segment that has seen casualties. This Week In Investments

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2022

A pragmatic approach I call Practical AI will rise in 2023 like a phoenix from the ashes of years of irrational exuberance around artificial intelligence. Proper model package definition will improve the operational benefits of AI. 4 AI Predictions for 2023: From the Great Correction to Practical AI. JessicaButalla@fico.com.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

And, as has been known for a while, Avis has a pact in place with Waymo, to help manage self-driving vehicles based and operating in Phoenix, Ariz. One longer range plan for Hertz comes with leasing cars to Uber drivers, a business model that is currently in the pilot testing stage.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

When Google parent company Alphabet reported second quarter earnings in July, it said that losses for its Other Bets segment — a corporate umbrella that includes experimental projects, such as the Waymo self-driving technology unit — had an operating loss of $732 million, a 16 percent year-over-year increase from the same period in 2017.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

When Google parent company Alphabet reported second quarter earnings in July, it said that losses for its Other Bets segment — a corporate umbrella that includes experiment projects such as the Waymo self-driving technology unit — had an operating loss of $732 million, an 16 percent year-over-year increase from the same period in 2017.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

It is an innovator with tech (e.g., Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system. Netflix co-founder Marc Randolph said the leading trait of an innovator is identifying pain. The bank’s strategy is laser-focused.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

I’m looking forward to introducing Walmart customers to a modern and innovative way to buy the things they need.”. Aspectiva’s team joined the incubation as of this week and will continue operating in Tel Aviv. Analysts have also identified additional licenses for operations in Washington, New Mexico and Indiana. US Xpress Inc.

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CB Insights

JANUARY 9, 2019

Thanks to innovative technology, smart cities are already a reality — and they continue to expand and become more refined. Innovation platform Amsterdam Smart City was created to develop solutions for a wide range of metropolitan issues. Get a data-driven look at the startups and industry players developing smart city technologies.

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FICO

JANUARY 11, 2023

Recognising that we need diversity in innovation and teams is the first step. Many organizations, including data science teams, derail innovation with internal competition that fragments resources and energy. in costs and an impressive 1,580 metric tons of emissions once its operations are fully optimized.

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CB Insights

JUNE 11, 2018

investment fund dedicated to startups innovating in the AV space. In many ways, Apollo resembles Google’s Android Open Source Project (AOSP), Google’s open software platform for a mobile operating system (OS) that launched in 2007. In the US, Waymo and US-based startup Drive.ai in Frisco, Texas. million people — and Drive.ai

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CB Insights

AUGUST 14, 2018

Using the CB Insights database, we mapped global unicorn companies valued at $1B+ according to the primary markets in which they operate. DJI Innovations. $10. One97 Communications (operates Paytm). Phoenix New Media. Beihai Hongtai Investment, China Minsheng Investment, Yisheng Innovation. Ding Xiang Yuan. $1.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs. The luxury brand operates under the umbrella of the Volkswagen Group, so developments within the division could have broader implications going forward.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. In today’s world there is uncertainty around many things, your finances don’t have to be one of them. Good job AI Foundry!

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. Since taking the reins at MSUFCU in 2015, Clobes has more than doubled the size of the credit union, started a successful service organization (the Reseda Group), built an innovation center (The Lab), and started development of a new digital platform (Nextly).

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

As Seedrs CEO Jeff Kelisky told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, while most people in 2009 took one look at the sputtering and shuddering economy, there was a whole class of innovators and entrepreneurs who didn’t see a nuclear wasteland where the economy used to be. They saw a greenfield waiting to be planted.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2020

In Phoenix, Japanese fine-dining restaurant Shimogamo was looking for ways to go digital, and settled into the ghost kitchen model as a means of expanding operations without the cost of building a second location, operator Mika Otomo told Restaurant Business. “I

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

Today, more than a century later, that credit union is still operational and is now focused on serving a new type of member: millennials. Recent rule changes and product innovations are promising to help the CU market better serve its members. News from the credit union market. Beyond recent developments in Washington, D.C.,

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