Industria

How To Disrupt An Industry: Lessons Learned From An Overlooked Market Over the last few years, there has been a growing trend in the U.S. financial technologies (or fintech) market as investment pours into such point-of-sale solutions as peer to peer, money transfer, Face ID, digital wallets and more. Companies like Paypal, Apple, Facebook, Intuit and beyond have all made recent announcements on apps and platforms that enable people to pay one another with ease. We're in an exciting time, as the fintech world is evolving on an almost constant basis with technology presenting traditional finance with new and exciting...

What’s Driving the Bipartisan Push to Deregulate the Financial Industry? Senate Republicans—joined by more than a dozen Senate Democrats—have passed a bill to loosen banking rules enacted after the financial collapse of 2008. From the NYT: “The Senate took a key step on Tuesday toward loosening rules imposed after the 2008 financial crisis as some Democrats joined with Republicans to vote to begin debate on legislation that would roll back restrictions on large parts of the banking industry. In a rare demonstration of bipartisanship, the Senate voted 67 to 32 to allow the bill to proceed, setting the stage for...

Australian melon industry to review packaging after listeria outbreak The Australian melon industry will review how it packs its fruit after a national listeria outbreak linked to rockmelon led to the death of two people in NSW.The New South Wales Riverina rockmelon grower linked to the contamination has ceased production and crisis talks were held between the Australian Melon Association and retailers across the country on Thursday. Following the meeting, growers currently supplying rockmelon were asked to supply evidence their fruit was uncontaminated, association industry development manager Dianne Fullelove said.“They [retailers] were very supportive of the industry,” Fullelove told the...

Dallas Could Be Pioneer In Growing And Regulating Bikeshare Industry Dallas has, out of nowhere, become the bikeshare capital of North America. According to a recent Dallas Magazine report, the city now has nearly 20,000 bikeshare-related bicycles in circulation. This is nearly double the total found in the denser cities of Seattle and New York, which have 10,000 and 12,000, respectively. Based on a recent city meeting, Big D could also become a future leader in figuring out how to sensibly regulate the upstart industry. On February 26, transportation department staffers announced that the city will begin working with bikeshare companies...

Auto Industry Healthy Enough To Withstand Next Downturn, Analysts Say Last year was yet another good one for the U.S. auto industry. Overall, 17.2 million vehicles were sold in 2017 — one of its five all-time best years — and profits were high. Automakers aren't rejoicing — sales declined about 2 percent after reaching a record in 2016. And, despite a good economy, analysts predict another drop this year. "I can tell you (we're) coming off a plateau in the last couple of years for sure," says Mark Scarpelli, chairman of the National Automobile Dealers Association. Scarpelli, a Chicago area...