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The Battle For Consumer Goods: Funding To Private CPG Companies Increases 5x Since 2011

CB Insights

Consumer packaged goods giants like Procter & Gamble are under attack from private companies addressing some of their largest product categories. Venture capital is also taking a more visible role in this category, investing in startups like Harry’s Razor Company and The … Continued.

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AppBrilliance Brings Real-Time Frictionless Payments to Closed Loop Digital Wallets With RTP & FedNow

Fintech Finance

Companies like Starbucks , CVS , Dunkin ’, Chick-fil-A and many other successful businesses have long provided engaging customer payment experiences with their closed-loop wallets, but had to rely on funding those accounts with conventional payment sources like debit/credit cards or ACH. Outside the U.S.,

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Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu

PYMNTS

When Chime ’s Co-founders Chris Britt (CEO) and Ryan King (CTO) first set out to start a web bank, it was with one idea in mind: offering middle-class consumers a good deal. Toward that end, Chime acquired consumer credit startup Pinch late in 2018. Pinch’s offering was a series of tools to help consumers build better credit.

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PODCAST: Solving Instant Payments Ubiquity Problem

PYMNTS

Consumers live in a real-time world. That expectation increasingly extends to how consumers want to access their money. The concept is both incredibly simple and incredibly intuitive: Offer customers 24/7 access to good funds on demand, however and wherever they want them. An Explosion of Rails .

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Connecting The Dots To A Modernized Payments System

PYMNTS

In its latest white paper, INTERAC outlines the principles as follows: Principle #1: Good funds is the better model. While these may not necessarily be the greatest vehicles to exchange value, they are ubiquitous in many payment markets, which makes moving consumers and businesses away a major challenge. million per day sent.

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Interac Says Canadians Are Using Its Service At Record Levels

PYMNTS

Interac, the digital money company, announced Tuesday that its eTransfer service is being used by Canadian consumers and businesses at record levels. In a press release, the company said more than 158 million transfers were made over the platform during 2016.

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Why Real-Time Payments Need Real-Time Trust

PYMNTS

The technology offers authentication and verification during the transaction process to eliminate the anxiety of not knowing if the money will end up where it was intended — that is, to confirm that an account is open, active and in good standing before a payment goes through.