PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

I am simply amazed at how well my team, my clients and the industry pulled together in 2020 to conquer significant business and societal challenges. What I hope we bring with us from 2020 is a positive and caring attitude for all with a passion for continued positive change. It’s been a year of rapid change.

Continuity 69

Continuity Credit Union Innovation Small Business 69

CB Insights

JANUARY 28, 2021

Despite the drop, the quarter’s strong showing helped push annual insurtech funding in 2020 to an all-time high of $7.1B. Q4’20 Insurtech Highlights: Insurtech funding finishes 2020 at a record high: With a strong final quarter, annual insurtech funding in 2020 reached an all-time high of $7.1B

Advisors 75

Advisors Risk Consulting Technology 75

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

In a roundup of today’s top retail stories: The automotive market continues its comeback with a digital spin, conversational commerce is the next big pandemic-fueled trend, and Tiffany said that its preliminary sales results for August and September 2020 are positive. Automotive Continues Comeback Leading With Digital-First Tools.

Continuity 82

Continuity Economy Consumer Payments 82

The Fintech Times

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Having only made its first loan shortly prior to the covid lockdown in March 2020, Allica Bank has revealed that over 40 per cent of its total lending, totalling around £820million, was achieved in 2023 alone.

Continuity 57

Continuity On-Demand Finance Accounts 57

PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2021

"As we transition to a new year and a new environment, where the rollout of vaccinations globally begins to create a prospect of some stability, we must draw on the lessons of 2020 to build a more productive and prosperous world," says Kohli. We will continue to enhance our resilience and prepare for a range of scenarios.

Cross-Border 95

Cross-Border Governance Government Central Bank 95

CB Insights

JULY 28, 2020

Outside of the main hubs, global deal activity increased across several new geographies including Taiwan, Croatia, and Hungary — a trend that may continue as investors look to diversify risk. The post Insurance Tech Q2 2020 appeared first on CB Insights Research. Get the full report. First name. Company name. Phone number.

Advisors 90

Advisors Risk Consulting Technology 90

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Although consumer shopping behaviors are changing, the automotive market continues its comeback, with the digital-first economy playing a lead role and a newly-minted publicly-traded company — Shift Technologies — among its ranks. In August 2020 over 1.3 million new vehicle sales, up from about 710,000 in April 2020.

Continuity 75

Continuity Consumer Economy Research 75

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Will Black Friday 2020 mark the beginning of a new, digital-first holiday shopping tradition, or will consumers return to their block-long queues after the pandemic has subsided and they are once again free to shop in stores? 28, 2020, to find out how they are commemorating the traditional kick-off of the holiday shopping season.

Debit Card 128

Debit Card PayPal Credit Cards Consumer 128

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2020

Checks and bank account deposits can take several days to settle yet continue to serve as the main disbursement method. These are some of the takeaways of PYMNTS’ Disbursements Satisfaction Report 2020: Monetizing Payout Choice , a collaboration with Ingo Money. We found that only 31.1 percent of consumers and 30.5

Payee 91

Payee Instant Payments Point-of-Sale (POS) Debit Card 91

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

The numbers from 2020 seem to suggest that the pandemic had given a strong boost to usage of the App Store, as people quarantined and stayed away from public gatherings to avoid contracting the virus. The revenue for the App Store grew 28 percent in 2020, as compared to the 3.1 billion in 2018, according to the report.

Continuity 72

Continuity Payments Consumer 72

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

How 2020 Impacted Digital-First Banking. These digital banking trends were already well on their way before the pandemic hit, but mobile banking adoption has skyrocketed in 2020, especially among first-time users. In-branch operations will also likely need to be adjusted to account for the new post-pandemic paradigm. .

Online and Mobile Banking 96

Online and Mobile Banking Void Mobile Banking On-Demand 96

PYMNTS

JANUARY 5, 2021

Government pandemic aid helped bankruptcy filings hit a 35-year low in 2020, according to legal service firm Epiq. In Epiq's report on 2020 bankruptcy statistics, the firm found that 2020 had the lowest numbers since 1989, with 529,068 over all chapters, according to a press release.

Government 63

Government Governance Legal Economy 63

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2020

COVID-19 continues to take the shine off luxury goods. “We anticipate that the external environment will continue to impact the luxury sector negatively for at least the next 18 to 24 months,” he said in a phone interview after the group reported its most recent earnings. billion in 2020, compared to $62.4

Continuity 98

Continuity On-Demand Economy Consumer 98

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2020

The American Bankers Association found that 82 percent of consumers favored banking digitally over visiting brick-and-mortar locations, even before the pandemic began, and a separate study found that 88 percent of credit unions surveyed in early 2020 planned to invest more in such technologies than they had during the previous year.

Credit Union 55

Credit Union Continuity Online and Mobile Banking Innovation 55

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

Something to bear in mind in 2020, when, as was the case in 1939 when Thanksgiving got its last major revision by presidential order, Americans are celebrating the holiday facing a national crisis, deep economic uncertainty and preparing to celebrate their holiday very differently and far more digitally than they ever have before.

On-Demand 107

On-Demand Consumer NOV Continuity 107

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

In the How We Will Pay: Connected Devices research brief, a PYMNTS and Visa collaboration, we explore how the types of connected devices that consumers own are shifting as their lives continue to revolve around home. Devices such as these, which are designed to accommodate a single function, have become less common.

Consumer 111

Consumer Research Use Case Continuity 111

FICO

FEBRUARY 21, 2020

I wrote an article in Bank Business about the big 3 consumer banking trends I see happening in 2020. For the year 2020, I decided to talk about 3 big trends I see happening this year: The personal loan business will become the retail installment space. The big consolidations that we saw in 2019 will continue .

Consumer 52

Consumer Emerging Payments Addressing Checks 52

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

In the new 2020 Buy Button Report: Customizing Implementation To Boost Conversion , the neck-and-neck race between Amazon Pay and PayPal to shave the most time off checkout (and convert at a higher rate) rages on, as it has done almost since PYMNTS established this index. percent, for example,” the report continues. percent to 49.5

PayPal 57

PayPal Continuity Checks Research 57

FICO

JUNE 21, 2021

In a year that presented fraudsters with new opportunities to exploit consumers, UK financial institutions continued to lead the charge to reduce European card fraud. While Europe enjoyed a sizable £54M drop in fraud loss for 2020, this was primarily driven by two countries, accounting for a reduction of £78 million between them.

Smishing 52

Smishing Phishing Monetary Loss Compromise 52

Axway

JULY 10, 2020

On July 8th, Axway held its annual IMAGINE SUMMIT 2020 virtually, in four different time zones. Axway is continuously investing to innovate! Paul French, Axway’s CMO, kicked things off to introduce the main themes of innovation and Open Everything !

Innovation 52

Innovation Continuity Product API 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2021

In 2020, there were 37 companies in the S&P 500, including big names like General Motors and HP , that said their CFOs would quit. They also had to shut down operations, cut budgets and rapidly get used to the "new normal" as the pandemic continued for months. The number was 27.6 percent higher than the previous year.

Adjustments 73

Adjustments Consulting Finance Continuity 73

Faster Payments Council

MAY 27, 2020

May 28, 2020 – The U.S. Faster Payments Council (FPC), a membership organization devoted to advancing faster payments in the United States, today released the results of the 2020 election for its Board of Directors. I know their dedication to our mission will continue to help us move forward."

Faster Payments 68

Faster Payments FPC Payments Bankers' Bank 68

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Risk management platform Feedzai announced a 44 percent increase in growth for the first half of the fiscal year for 2020, which a press release says was one of the company’s most successful so far. Comparing it favorably to the first half of 2019, Feedzai says it closed deals in the U.S., EMEA, Asia and the Pacific and Latin America.

Online and Mobile Banking 99

Online and Mobile Banking Processors Scams Risk Management 99

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. The good news, according to PYMNTS data , is that as 2020 is coming to a close, small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are feeling genuinely more confident about their odds of continued survival than they were when the pandemic began.

Small Business 67

Small Business PayPal Visa Shutdown 67

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

This collaboration includes specific capacity allocations throughout the holiday season, and we continue to work closely with our large retail customers to ensure they are aware of how much capacity is available to them.”.

Volume 131

Volume On-Demand Consulting Consumer 131

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

Key Data Points: Consumers are performing 12 percent more activities at home in 2020 than they did in 2019 and making purchases during 12 percent of those activities, on average. Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses’ (SMBs’) confidence of survival has progressed as the pandemic has continued. 31 percent bank via app.

Innovation 111

Innovation Online and Mobile Banking Real Time Payments Cross-Border 111

FICO

JANUARY 8, 2020

“ It’s like déjà vu all over again ,” is one of my favorite Yogi Berra-isms, and as I look across the domain spaces served by FICO to write my 2020 predictions, it’s definitely déjà vu all over again. I predict that in 2020, fraud and compliance functions will converge at many large banking institutions. billion in 2019 to $6.8

Compliance 52

Compliance Fincen Cybersecurity Money Laundering 52

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

billion in venture capital investments between January and September 2020, according to a press release from London & Partners emailed to PYMNTS. These new investment figures show London is a well-established global FinTech capital, and I am confident we will continue to see growth in the city’s biggest tech sector.

FinTech 106

FinTech Cross-Border Payments Cross-Border Innovation 106

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

After something of a slow start, mobile eCommerce is set to make up half of all online sales by the year 2020 — worth nearly $250 billion annually. percent of all retail eCommerce sales by the year 2020. That forecast comes care of “A Mobile Mindset,” the second volume in the five-part series, “The 2017 UPS Pulse of the Online Shopper.”

Volume 82

Volume Transactions Continuity Research 82

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

That “troubled” group of companies continues to struggle, seeking Chapter 11 or other financial lifelines. The retailer expects to save approximately $365 million in fiscal 2020 and approximately $630 million on an annualized basis. As they do, the effects of the pandemic – and the weaknesses prior to it – are taking their toll.

Continuity 56

Continuity On-Demand Adjustments Finance 56

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

One of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. It might be hard in the midst of roaring markets and headlines trumpeting Dow 30,000 to remember that one of 2020’s highest high-flyers has been the special purpose acquisition corporation, or SPAC. And as reported by CNBC Monday (Dec.

Caps 64

Caps Checks Processors Credit Cards 64

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

FinTechs are keeping an eye on emerging technologies at the beginning of the year — and predicting how they will impact business-to-business (B2B) payments in 2020. And Praeger says veteran players in the FinTech space will continue to grow this year.

B2B 95

B2B FinTech Cross-Border Innovation 95

Fintech Finance

MARCH 14, 2024

Great Hill Partners invested in One Inc in 2020 and will retain an equal stake to Nordic Capital alongside a significant continuing investment from the Company’s current management team. William Blair is serving as financial advisor and Kirkland & Ellis as legal advisor to Nordic Capital.

Payment Networks 52

Payment Networks Continuity Innovation Product 52

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Looking back, when we take stock of what happened and sift through the chaos and heartbreak of the year that was, we’ll see the seismic shifts that took place in 2020. Indeed, we might look to March 11 as the dividing line between what was and what is and will be in the connected economy. Traditional business became anything but traditional.

Economy 108

Economy Payments Government Governance 108

PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2020

The ongoing coronavirus pandemic has caused Uber to withdraw its 2020 guidance as it anticipates a $1.9-$2.2 The company retracted its 2020 forecast for gross bookings, adjusted net revenue and earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA). billion impairment charge and $17-22 million in first-quarter losses.

Adjustments 58

Adjustments Assessments Continuity Accounts 58

PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

The new year has not been kind to retail stores around the country, as the trend of accelerating store closings continues, according to a report by Yahoo! Morgan Stanley Research Analyst Kimberly Greenberger said that the second half of 2020 is expected to be especially challenging with the looming election, which could spook spenders.

Research 86

Research Consulting Finance Continuity 86