PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

The stories come with significantly different price tags: $185 million and $13 billion. LendingClub does not (yet) bring its consumers checking and savings account options, but it has near-term plans to offer bank accounts that will help consumers save money. Call it a tale of two bank deals.

Banking 97

Banking Transportation Accounting Currencies 97

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

With Apple reportedly planning to ship 80 million new iPhones in 2018, which is about 20 percent fewer than its forecast at the same time in 2017, the tech company is seeking less iPhone parts. Additionally, demand for the iPhone X might have soured due to its price tag: It retails for around $1,000.

Forecasting 40

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PYMNTS

JULY 4, 2019

Until recently, this market “was pretty unsophisticated in terms of payments,” Silverman told PYMNTS. Those consumers — given their travel habits, and relatively high sense of adventure — are looking for seamless experiences that go beyond the price tag. Rise Of Rentals.

Manufacturing 57

Manufacturing eCommerce Startups Marketing 57

PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

He noted that, while Clarifai celebrates acquisitions and the successes of other startups, his company is aiming at bigger plans. Since starting Clarifai, he noted that the company has gone in a few different directions in terms of what the image recognition technology can offer. There has to be an independent company,” Zeiler said.

Startups 62

Startups Leverage Retail eCommerce 62

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2020

There will be plenty of sunk costs – and no guarantees that the coffers of various businesses and sponsors will be filled as readily as they might have been if all had gone according to plan. That price tag would be divvied up between Tokyo, the aforementioned organizing committee and the central government. billion USD.

Auditing 56

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

As noted by Reuters , the acquisition — where financial terms were not disclosed — boosts Circle’s efforts within blockchain. In reference to the price tag, in a Twitter post , Fortune staff writer Robert Hackett said Circle paid about $400 million for Poloniex.

Compliance 40

Compliance Currencies Investments Finance 40

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

The support comes before a planned Sept. The social media firm purportedly contravened an Illinois state law via a “Tag Suggestions” functionality that enabled users to identify their friends from photos put on the platform in the past. News Companies Ask for Better Terms on Apple’s App Store.

Compliance 61

Compliance eCommerce Retail Marketing 61

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The initial focus on Wall Street and beyond may have been, and may still be, the price tag: At a reputed $30 billion, the bid price was roughly 10 percent over eBay’s closing price coming into The Wall Street Journal report that shed some light on the offer. No, thanks. But also on Wednesday (Feb.

CFO 53

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Canoo plans to use the fresh capital to perfect its “skateboard” chassis, a breakthrough in EV manufacturing that allows almost any “top hat” (passenger cabin) to sit atop it. The company will also provide maintenance and repair, as another way of reducing electric vehicles’ high price tags.

Manufacturing 74

Manufacturing Sales Planning Retail 74

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2016

Given the price tag on the Jet.com acquisition, it comes as no surprise that big changes are coming to Walmart’s eCommerce operations; firms generally don’t pay $3 billion for something and then make no changes to accommodate the purchase. Let the games begin.

eCommerce 69

eCommerce Retail Sales Planning 69

PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2016

The terms of the deal weren’t disclosed, but the report pegged the price tag at about $680 million. The vehicle manufacturer said it will mass produce a fully autonomous self-driving car that will be void of a steering wheel by 2021 and announced plans to double its investment in a research center in Palo Alto.

Manufacturing 41

Manufacturing Startups Investments Planning 41

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2017

Despite Fitbit sales growth stalling at the end of 2016, Fortune reported, the wearable maker has plans to move up the market this year with new product releases that are expected to include more smartwatch-like features. “As Fitbit did not disclose the price of the Vector purchase.

Leadership 40

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PYMNTS

JUNE 13, 2017

The concept was eye-catching, but the makeup itself, in terms of the way it looked on human skin, was not. That partnership carries a steep price tag – Nilsen will be paid $500,000 to be the face of the of the firm – making it one of the larger brand–blogger hook-ups to date.

Retail 40

Retail Communication Leadership Marketing 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2018

And while many sites build in a charitable component, promising to donate some share of their profit to a good cause, Olivela makes it very concrete, so the shopper knows exactly what their purchase will provide in terms of educational opportunity. Need some Louboutin mascara ? Considering a $2,295 shearling blazer by Emporio Armani?

Education 51

Education eCommerce Retail Planning 51

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

The challenge will be navigating the short-term bumpiness that will ensue. And the short-term effects, particularly if consumers one day wake up and experience a much more friction-filled journey, will be a lowering of consumer trust. Building A New Balance. These are not independent parameters. They are all tied together.”.

Risk Analysis 68

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 6, 2017

BillPay was owned by Wonga, a short term loan company that recently was caught making predatory loans. The exact price tag on the deal has not been confirmed by any of the three principle firms in involved, though early reports indicate the price clocked at £60 million ($75 million). So which firm gets what?

Leverage 40

Leverage eCommerce Marketing Planning 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2019

Though Back Office is strictly an accounting startup, the company plans to introduce new functionality to its offering, including credit and bill payment. ” That human expertise can guide the evolution of technology and software, enabling business end users to obtain that knowledge without the price tag. The firm secured $1.8

Numbers 61

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Major retailers are pitching premium baby care products at a less-than-premium price tag with the help of exclusive brands: Walmart is offering Hello Bello exclusively at its stores and its website (and that of the brand). The brand plans to roll out 10 items priced from just under $2 to roughly $24.

Marketing 51

Marketing Retail eCommerce Budgeting 51

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2018

Its suggestions about mortgage financing are helpful, even intuitive, and take the stress out of remembering to plan each step of a financial journey that is life-long and can get side-tracked amid the busyness of daily routine. Easier said than done. Things are getting there, it seems. It’s all about context.

Concentration 64

Concentration Technology Banking Securities 64

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2018

Here are just a few of the expenses that festivalgoers are tacking on to their weekend price tag (and who’s making money off it). Attendees who don’t want to camp and missed the boat on a hotel room often turn to the only option left: Short-term home rental platforms such as Airbnb and VRBO.

Numbers 40

Numbers Transportation Sales Planning 40

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

They don’t just compete in terms of shopping. Still, it has the potential to disrupt sales for American companies such as Apple, which sells its products in China and may have been planning to release its HomePod smart speaker there (though no such plan had yet been unveiled at the time of Alibaba’s announcement). Alphabet Inc.

eCommerce 43

eCommerce Entertainment Planning Technology 43

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2016

And perhaps give a shout-out to those last week who all saw their best laid plans go just a little bit pear shaped. Those refunds come care of President Obama’s plan to help struggling student loan borrowers — and they have a price tag attached that is more expensive than previously thought. So what did we learn this week?

Transportation 53

Transportation Education Securities Planning 53

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

food suppliers last year as a direct result of late payments by supermarkets, as well as plans to invest in new equipment, found new analysis from LDF. Researchers pointed to pressure on supermarkets to reduce prices amid a highly competitive market, which, in turn, has these sellers imposing extended payment terms on their food suppliers.

B2B 40

B2B Finance Corporate Finance Numbers 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

The move to open access, according to sources, started with Apple adding the Core NFC framework, which allows apps to use the NFC chip as a scanner for RFID tags, although that feature was very limited. (Some hotel rooms can already be opened by iPhones, but that is leveraging Bluetooth technology, not NFC.).

Valuation 40

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

Plans call for equipping agents with an iPhone, and two mobile printers that could clip onto their belts — one to print baggage tags and the other to print boarding passes. . It’s making the whole process faster in terms of processing payments, and also enabling them to work in a paperless environment.”.

Reconciliations 52

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The long-term value we will create for clients and for shareholders will set the bar in our industry and will create a range of new career opportunities for our employees. The deal values Worldpay at about $43 billion, including the assumption of Worldpay, debt that FIS said it plans to refinance.

Reconciliations 50

Reconciliations eCommerce Retail Currencies 50

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2017

Microsoft may have missed the boat in terms of developing a smartphone, but it still intends to spread its software network far and wide, and the Invoke will play a role in that. The company also plans to open up its Cortana Skills Kit to developers so they can build for its assistant.

Entertainment 44

Entertainment Forecasting Leverage Securities 44

PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2018

The term ‘gift economy’ is a little misleading,” said Andie Grace, Burning Man’s longtime director of communications. The term ‘economy’ often implies some aspect of exchange. The average base price of a ticket is around $425, though there is some tiered pricing (with the top tier having a $1,200 price tag).

Economics 40

Economics Transportation Communication Sales 40

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2018

The other often-mentioned feature of the pants was the price tag, which was initially around $300. However, it should be noted most of these products were billed as coming out in August – so maybe plan on wearing different yoga pants for a while. The less good news? They are not easy to buy. The Wide World of Smart Toothbrushes.

Technology 64

Technology Startups eCommerce Securities 64

Generation CFO

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here are four main drivers – the tag-team behind digital transformation – along with one extra that has reared its ugly head much more recently in comparison to the others. . Seemingly a vague term, but in this context the vaguity is key. . Let me hear them! What better way to kick off an explanation than with a diagram?

Communication 213

Communication CFO Technology Accounting 213

PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2016

How risky a plan is it? We’d say a ton of money but, as the Cincinnati Business Times points out, if the money Kroger plans to spend were in $100 bills, the Cincinnati- based retailer would be spending almost 41 tons of money. . ” A big price tag is in part an outcome of a big operation.

Concentration 40

Concentration Retail Sales Investments 40

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

Which means, she said, making it easy for customers to connect with rewards on their own terms. . “As Meltzer-Paul said Dunkin’ plans to expand the program nationwide in the near future. And actually, that might not be a bad tag line to put on all of 2019 retail — many advances miraculous and unexpected, but all just getting started.

Retail 54

Retail Communication Leverage Numbers 54

Barry Ritholtz

JULY 11, 2023

RITHOLTZ: That doesn’t build a long-term sustainable company, but that’s the type of pressure that public companies have. RITHOLTZ: …in terms of trading and management that give it a leg up over ETFs, especially in that sort of environment. JOHNSON: Exactly. JOHNSON: Absolutely. JOHNSON: Fantastic. JOHNSON: Yes.

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) 85

Mergers and Acquisitions (M&A) Investments Finance Technology 85

Musings on Markets

DECEMBER 10, 2023

From Alfred Sloan at General Motors to Jack Welch at General Electric to Steve Jobs at Apple, there is a history of CEOs being tagged as superstars (and indispensable to the organizations that they head), in successful companies.

Valuation 113

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Mindy is the owner of Creative Money, an independent RIA based in Seattle, Washington, that offers a unique 12-month financial planning engagement – or as Mindy puts it on her homepage, “financial planning that doesn’t suck” – which has allowed her firm to work with nearly 400 client households just this year.

Planning 130

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Planful

JUNE 1, 2016

Blackline, a close management system, and Planful, an FP&A platform) together on a single Magic Quadrant (MQ). They may start in one area initially, such as corporate planning, then expand into other areas such as financial consolidation and disclosure management. Where Is Planful Positioned?

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) 40

Financial Planning and Analysis (FP&A) Reconciliations Planning Finance 40

PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2017

Not so much in terms of sales, he clarified, as the numbers still peg in-store sales volume at around 90 percent of the total. Sales associates aren’t aware of your interests, personal needs and what you plan to look for. If the price tag says 52 but Amazon has it for 45, they’ll order it on Amazon and walk out.

eCommerce 41

eCommerce Retail Advertising Sales 41