PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2018

In the early 1900s, department stores came up with a novel idea to help their customers pay for their purchases: Customers could use metal plates — that looked like dog tags or tokens — at retailers such as Gimbels that tracked their spending. In the late summer of 1979, both Mobil and Texaco dropped bank cards, and others soon followed.”.

General Ledger 43

General Ledger Retail Banking Numbers 43

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

There’s a road — literally — from analog to digital. Reviver Auto seeks to bring the license plate into the digital age via its rPlate, which acts as a digital display, tied, of course, to license plate numbers, but with an eye on connectivity. paper check all be transformed along the way?

Advertising 51

Advertising Technology Securities Numbers 51

PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2018

No one wears just one suit of armor, and no one shops in just one place when it comes to the mixing and matching of that armor, the hunting for designer names and comparing price tags against the waxing and waning of one’s bank account. The reach is considerable, touching 335,000 stock keeping units (SKUs) across 3,200 brands.

Retail 40

Retail Numbers Valuation Investments 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2019

Stripe rolled out chargeback protection, Apple rolled out its take on sign-in authentication , Mastercard launched an open banking platform and Visa and Western Union paired on a global push to card payments – and those are just the top headlines. billion tagged for this year and significant focus on Chase mobile and digital efforts.

Problem Solving 49

Problem Solving Restructuring Communication Accounting 49

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Wipro didn’t disclose how much it invested in Tradeshift, though, but noted that the funding was provided through Wipro’s venture capital unit, Wipro Ventures, and will be used by Tradeshift to continue to develop its B2B applications in the eProcurement and eCommerce spaces. Bridge Bank provided $4 million in funding to BuyerQuest, a U.S.-based

B2B 50

B2B Startups Finance Investments 50

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

Donald Trump managed to eke out a stunning Electoral College victory over Hillary Clinton and get himself elected president of the United States of America. PayPal has spent the year working hard to bring an ever-larger number of collaborators to the global digital financial platform it has built over the last 17 years.

Securities 60

Securities Economics Banking Sales 60

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

26) that the firm would buy MoneyGram for a decent (though not spectacular) 12 percent premium shows further inroads into the United States. Tough sell, maybe, as comp-store sales were down double digits in the fourth quarter and visits may have been down double-digit percentages. The announcement Thursday (Jan.

Economics 40

Economics Valuation eCommerce Forecasting 40

Barry Ritholtz

APRIL 25, 2023

RITHOLTZ: Because it means we don’t really know why we’re slamming these two companies together other than the fees, the banking fees. You could probably build better digital tools. HAMBURGER: Or some type of legal — RITHOLTZ: Does it matter if it’s out of the United States? HAMBURGER: Really?

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 60

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Compliance Investments Finance 60

Barry Ritholtz

MAY 2, 2023

Banks, legitimately. And so this is one of the few places, really, in the world that unites my pre-Hodinkee and present-day world. And the watch industry in particular was very, very late to, I think, understand the true impact and potential of digital channels. CLYMER: No beard, dressed head to toe in Joseph A. CLYMER: Me too.

Retail 64

Retail Advertising Numbers Economics 64

Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 3, 2023

This is when I was still living in Cleveland, and I got a job with the home building Products division of United States Steel, which was a company that United States Steel had acquired in Cleveland, called All Side. We did not have the strongest West Coast banking presence. So I went out and tried to find a job locally.

Marketing 107

Marketing Treasury Banking Profit and Loss 107