PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

Thanks to eCommerce and digital payments, the global travel industry is undergoing significant disruption. Those consumers — given their travel habits, and relatively high sense of adventure — are looking for seamless experiences that go beyond the price tag. Awayco serves that market as well, including Japan and Indonesia.).

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Against that backdrop, he said, centralizing services and back-office management across remote settings can enable companies, for example, to streamline their procurement activities or set up call centers. He said that an elevator firm can set up “expert centers” that can help maintenance workers do repairs. Measuring The Returns.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 19, 2020

The biggest hurdle the cross-border payments industry faces is navigating the networks that govern payment flows in every correspondent bank through which funds pass. Each payment must be inspected to ensure that it does not facilitate money laundering, terrorist financing or other illicit activities.

Technology 77

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

UnitedHealth reported that the cost of caring for pandemic patients accounted for roughly 11 percent of care activity in Q4, a 6 percent jump from July to September, CFO John Rex told investors. The company managed to beat Q4 profit expectations despite COVID-19 taking a significant bite out of its business.

Healthcare 52

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Adam Kae

AUGUST 27, 2020

Industrial organizational theorists have used the bones of the Adam Kae way for decades. Similar systems are used by consulting firms, educators, and in a variety of different industries. There are so many resources for big corporations, and they have the big price tags to go along with them. Activity Optimization.

Healthcare 52

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

According to a report in DigiTimes, citing industry sources, the devices, both 15-inch touchscreens are being called Aloha and Fiona internally and should hit the market by July, at the latest. Apple recently rolled out its version of the smart speaker, the HomePod , which has high-quality sound and a hefty price tag along with it.

Planning 41

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CFO Simplified

DECEMBER 26, 2021

The purpose of this checklist is to create structure around when to grow, what roles are essential at what business sizes, and how to benchmark your accounting department against industry standards. We know, however, that hiring a full-time CFO can come with a hefty price tag. Company Size. What is a Large Company?

Finance 52

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

million in Seed financing from Active Capital and other investors in a round announced earlier this month. There is also the demand for the industry to embrace small businesses’ need for automation, coupled with more strategic advisory services. Today, many industry players say that technology and human expertise can coexist.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

To be fair, reimagining an entire industry is no easy task. Trevor Sumner, CEO of PERCH , said that people aren’t seeing TV ads anymore, and active engagement between brands and their customers on Facebook is dwarfed by the number of shoppers who pass by a store display on any given day. AR Best Practices.

Education 62

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2018

In a press release , PayU said the price tag was undisclosed, but that the deal supports PayU’s expansion into high growth markets. PayU , the online payment company owned by Naspers , announced Monday (July 23) the acquisition of payments technology platform ZOOZ. The platform will include fraud management and real-time reporting.

Investments 40

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

The global fitness industry is worth roughly $100 billion a year, $27 billion of which comes from U.S And it is an industry that virtually shut down on a dime in the last month, as fitness studios, gyms and even virtual studios where tele-classes are filmed by instructors have shut their doors amid the coronavirus pandemic.

Startups 56

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

With 130 million monthly active users tapping Instagram’s product tags on shopping posts, it’s no wonder that Instagram wants to be your mall. And counterfeit Instagrammers, according to the report, are a very active group. Globally, the industry loses $30.3 million Instagram stories per month. trillion every year.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2017

From bulky sofas to breakfast tables and bedroom sets, furniture moving can be one of the most awkward, stressful and time consuming activities. To help bring high-end pieces of furniture to the public without having an out-of-reach price tag, the company works directly with two factories to help build on-demand custom sofas.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

Globally, the industry loses $30.3 We inspect materials, workmanship, details, any tags, labels, logos, hologram stickers, date and/or serial codes, and identify the time period of each item. According to the 2018 Global Brand Counterfeiting Report , luxury fashion brands are a favored target. billion per year to fake online sales.

Sales 40

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2018

Customer trust is lost, reputations are damaged, but putting a price tag on these implications is difficult. You want to change the world, or disrupt a particular industry. But Lee said the rise of content abuse and similar fraudulent activity is encouraging businesses to take a more proactive, instead of retroactive, approach.

Securities 44

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

And now, after several years in the retail industry, StitchFix has moved on an initial public offering (IPO). million in clothing sales and fees last year, and but also its active client base of 2.2 As the company noted in its IPO filing yesterday, “We save our clients time by doing the shopping.”. million customers.

Math 40

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

Also, Muzak garnered a $345 million price tag for a reason – which is that Muzak got very good at matching the background music to the commerce experience. It’s at the point that it is a joke in the industry.” ” And that, Yasuda notes, allows Feed.FM “Oh my God, Drake. ” What’s Next .

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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. We are redefining how fashion is bought and sold through technology, data and innovation.”.

Retail 40

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Barry Ritholtz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2022

And Joshua added tags to that, and so you could browse things by tags. WENGER: So they have completely industrialized this process. Unless we really course correct very hard, very dramatically, and by dramatically, I mean, the level of government activation that we had in World War II. RITHOLTZ: That’s amazing.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

As such, he knows a few things about how the fraud industry works – and yes, it is an industry. Like the criminal community he built, Johnson’s fraudulent activity started small. He couldn’t access his funds offshore, and he was afraid to mess around with credit cards, as police grew savvy to that type of activity.

Securities 48

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Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

And then the biggest thing in the credit card business in the late 90s or early 90s, those who were great at data and data analytics dominated the industry and essentially put others out of it. JOHNSON: And so that’s changed, I think that’s been a dramatic change in the industry on the type of vehicle we use.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2016

billion price tag, led U.K market is bound to abate fraud activity, the rollout is facing yet another challenge with several merchant locations not accepting chip-based cards, despite being equipped with EMV terminals. The onset of the EMV liability shift last October didn’t just make ripples in the U.S.

Benchmarking 41

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 25, 2022

In 2022, the influencer industry reached $16.4 We focused our analysis on the Chinese market because it is home to one of the world’s most sophisticated influencer marketing industries, but our findings can likely also be applied in many other global markets.) Follower-Brand Fit. I looked so bad!

Marketing 130

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Michigan CFO

NOVEMBER 7, 2022

The software as a service (SaaS) industry is undergoing rapid growth. Data from Deloitte shows that the industry has grown by 25% each year since 2011, and that trend is only accelerating. SaaS is a notoriously investment-driven industry where companies can go years before reaching profitability. Finances not your strong suit?

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2019

Sounds a bit to us like tag teams: One partner switches out but tags in another teammate who is game to go — and Libra tokens, of course, stay in the pot. Libra, according to reports, is not getting support from JPMorgan based on concerns over possible use in criminal activities involving money laundering.

Currencies 43

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Planful

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

When these activities were exposed, Enron’s share prices dropped from $90.75 For example, a large conglomerate with multiple business lines will likely find it harder to maintain accuracy in its financial statements than a company solely specializing in one industry. at its peak to $0.26

Financial Reporting 40

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

trillion insurance industry has continued to rely on legacy methods and processes. Cardi described mobile apps as “game changers” for the claims disbursement process, largely because they offer the ability to turn a friction-filled game of telephone tag with an agent into a self-service process. About The Tracker.

Investments 40

Investments Accounting Planning Sales 40

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Alternative lending, eProcurement and cross-border payments innovators all saw impressive activity (though several funding values remained private), and one single startup raised $165 million — more than the rest of the eight other funding rounds this week combined. It was one of the biggest weeks for B2B FinTech investment in months.

B2B 50

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2018

And the next evolution of that, according to California-based high-end sock retailer Stance , is to allow for instant digital purchases while actively shopping in the store. From there, they can use their phone’s camera to scan the barcodes on product tags. There are challenges with this model, notably security.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The reality of what we’ve seen from our merchant base and industry-wide and what has been the definition of omnichannel is blurring beyond a typical online/offline acquisition and retention strategy,” said Canning. . We’ve seen very strong traction primarily in retail and QSRs for several different reasons,” the executive told PYMNTS.

Retail 40

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 30, 2023

So, one, I was shocked that there was an industry whose job it was to lend a risk taker money. Oh, you just do work with mathematics and intellectual activities. And how is it that you, what’s this car that’s in the parking lot, it’s got plates on it and a tag and it’s brand new. RITHOLTZ: Right.

Economics 57

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Michael: So just literally, client’s got an expenditure from such and such restaurant, you tag that as, that’s a restaurants thing. But you’re not trying to actively solicit people to leave reviews and engage there because you don’t want to trigger all the testimonial stuff that goes with it. It’s there.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 23, 2023

Then suddenly in the ensuing weeks, you get tagged to be CEO. We’re an active manager and that solutions piece is how we create the spoke solution. RITHOLTZ: I — I have been looking forward to this for a while. And when we first booked you, you were like a junior analyst. That has to be a little bit of a surreal experience.

Investments 61

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

An article published in the Harvard Business Review in August of 2009 posed a question that many airline and travel industry CEOs are pondering 11 years later: Will videoconferencing kill business travel? Given its hefty price tag and IT requirements, the technology was installed in conference or board rooms and not individual offices.

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Strategic Treasurer

DECEMBER 27, 2021

He discusses the implications of major activities and trends over the past year and looks ahead to what’s next in the coming year. He discusses the implication of major activities and trends over the past year and looks ahead to what’s next in the coming year. Episode 181. Treasury Review of 2021. Meredith Zonsius 0:59 .

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2018

As the world knows, Elon Musk sent a short missive – over Twitter, where all the missives are short – that he was considering a go-private deal, with an attendant price tag of about $72 billion, or at $420 a share, where the stock ended last Monday at around $356. The biggest splash may have been made with Tesla.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 22, 2016

And while PayPal has been one of the year’s more active collaborators, they have been really part of a trend. Visa and Mastercard are working to tag team tokens together to create a universal security standard for transactions across channels. So, will 2017 be the year that mobile wallets ignite at the POS?

Securities 60

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