PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Intuit closed a deal to buy Credit Karma for a price tag of $7.1 Consolidation of this kind has been sweeping the financial technology sector as of late, with Intuit’s deal just the latest example. billion on Monday (Feb. 24), according to published reports. The company is now worth more than $74 billion.

Startups 60

Startups Banking Technology Sales 60

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

Dreamscape Immersive, a new virtual reality technology startup, is looking to find growth and opportunity in the film and entertainment industry. Dreamscape Immersive’s VR experiences are reportedly expected to run around 10 minutes each, each coming with a production price tag of over $1 million to produce.

Entertainment 40

Entertainment Transportation Startups Communication 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Felix Rodriguez, founder and CEO of small business accounting and financial management startup Back Office , spoke with PYMNTS about some of the core functions of financial management that can crumble under the weight of accounting challenges. The firm secured $1.8 Marrying Tech With Accountants.

Numbers 61

Numbers Accounting CFO Financial Analysis 61

PYMNTS

APRIL 26, 2018

Instead of relying purely on cameras and sensors to determine what users place in their shopping carts and then auto-charging them through their Amazon payments account when they walk out the door, BingoBox’s items come embedded with a radio-frequency identification (RFID) tag.

Retail 41

Retail Startups Planning Investments 41

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

The latest is global consulting firm McKinsey, whose new report has put a price tag on the potential of blockchain: $110 billion. While few working applications of blockchain technology are in use today by financial service providers, the industry continues to place its confidence — and money — behind the technology.

Treasury 79

Treasury B2B Education Technology 79

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2016

Consider the beacon technology used at Frames in Tokyo, the robotic waitstaff in Shanghai or even the Brekk-E-Tag at Hungry Jack’s in Australia. Restaurants and other food service providers employ more minimum-wage workers than any other sector in the U.S. While the U.S. But the scales in the U.S.

Technology 64

Technology Startups Retail Numbers 64

PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2021

In fact, Health Affairs reports, the pressures of the pandemic, and the systematic inequalities in weakness it has exposed has created an incentive for “rapid investment and modernization across the health care sector.”. Global investments in healthcare startups set a new record in 2020, reaching $80.6 billion in equity funding.

Healthcare 52

Healthcare CFO Investments Leverage 52