PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2018

Everyone remembers the snowpocalypse that wasn’t in March 2014, when weathermen warned New Yorkers to prepare for a winter storm straight out of the movie The Day After Tomorrow only to have that end-of-the-world weather turn out to be seven inches of gently falling snow. It also seems comfort food had a good day on the whole.

Boston 101

Boston Florida New York South Carolina 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Secrecy is a funny thing for brands. It keeps consumers interested, because a consumer that is always guessing about the next product release is, by necessity, always thinking about the brand. Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. Fearful of giving up ground to a tech intermediary — Apple , Google , Amazon — many OEMs are working with third parties to develop their own branded apps and connected in-dash experiences. population had a phone in their homes.

Google 190

Google Branding System Apple 190

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

The Boston-based furniture and home goods retailers saw it stock price shoot up 20 percent to an all time high as earnings reports clocked in stronger than expected. We feel confident that we have built a category-leading retail brand that is exceptionally well positioned for long term growth.”. eps for the Q1 2017 quarter. .

Retail 100

Retail Boston America Management 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Founded: 2014. Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Founded: 2014. Boston Children’s Hospital — Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA). Cardinal Health — Fuse. Founded: 2015.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

CB Insights

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Formerly beloved brands such as Aeropostale, American Apparel, and PacSun bit the dust in 2016, and the pace of retail deaths has accelerated since then. Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off.

Retail 78

Retail Branding Company Capital 78

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And therein lies the rub. And the Pays still haven’t. Source: PYMNTS.com survey of 2,185 consumers conducted on Aug. 25-31, 2020.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. Good luck with that. Some consumers will take the bait, of course, but most won’t.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. Market cap: $3.5B ( NASDAQ:EXFY) – Raised $301M ($263 in past 12 months via IPO) ( Crunchbase ). HQ: Boston. NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or insurance companies serving small businesses?

Cards 15

Cards Online Utah Austin 15

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Two have been acquired by large banks, but they will stay on this list as long as they are operated as an independent brand. Market cap: $3.5B ( NASDAQ:EXFY) – Raised $301M ($263 in past 12 months via IPO) ( Crunchbase ). HQ: Boston. NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or insurance companies serving small businesses?

Cards 15

Cards Online Utah Austin 15

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. See sidebar “Is Mobile Fully Catching On?”.).

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

In a post on the USV blog , the firm noted that Flip is a market specific network in which “closing the loop of a transaction” – in this case, the sale or sublet of a lease – unlocks a network effect of benefits for users (ostensibly by making the lease-exchange market more fluid and data-driven with each transaction).

Security 34

Security Capital Software Data 34

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

And before the dot com crash, Goldman Sachs’ IPOs did tend to jump an average of 293% from their starting price through their first Friday on the market — compared to 26% for the bank Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and 78% for Merrill Lynch. When Facebook went public in 2012, the stock fell 15% in its first few days on the market.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

” For example, the rise of “athleisure” brands like Lululemon and Athleta has been attributed to millennials’ search for clothing options that let them easily transition from the yoga studio to the office. Savvy marketers at struggling cereal brands may be able to reverse their fortunes with the millennial set.

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

Six years and an expanding inventory of cars and price points later, Uber’s platform has a market cap of $70 billion, more than 1 million drivers across 400 cities worldwide who’ve delivered a 1 billion rides – and the first instance of what we now call “invisible” payments in the offline world. plus other geographies. And monetize.

Branding 100

Branding Payments Los Angeles Innovation 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. But the most effective strategy for getting credentials registered was the launch in 2014 of its digital P2P scheme: Red Envelopes. and the U.K.,

Payments 100

Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. A few of the companies or brands listed below belong to the same parent organization, but are detailed separately if they are operating distinct autonomous development programs.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

After a high of 614,024 SMB openings in 2014, the Census reported that only 452,835 firms were started in the U.S. No small businesses in those areas means no SMB jobs in those markets. More than 38 percent of the market is the domain of 50 large firms, up 11 percent from 1997. Economists don’t think so.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Retailers are leveraging technology, such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality, to enhance operational visibility and personalize their customer service, a new necessity in fast-changing and demanding consumer market. Kohl’s can move into smaller markets where a larger store may not fit.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Seriously a Sizzle! and the U.K. contemplate their own moves.

New York 100

New York Lending Cards Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. Not wanting their digital futures to be tied to third party-branded wallets, retailers set off to develop their own mobile wallet solution – MCX/CurrentC – which turned out to be a complete dud. . Then, the retailers distracted themselves.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. Apple and Google compete head to head for share in the smartphone market — and for commerce with their respective “Pays” even more broadly than that.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That market power gave the merchant guilds who organized trade inside the Bazaar license to set the rules of engagement for the merchants who wanted to be part of it. Having lost its position of market power and influence, the Grand Bazaar was forced to reboot, and sellers had to adjust. That worked well. Until it didn’t.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That market power gave the merchant guilds who organized trade inside the Bazaar license to set the rules of engagement for the merchants who wanted to be part of it. Having lost its position of market power and influence, the Grand Bazaar was forced to reboot, and sellers had to adjust. That worked well. Until it didn’t.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112