PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The Federal Reserve launched the Faster Payments Task Force in 2015, which advised in 2017 that a governance framework should be implemented. As a result, the FPC was created in 2018.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2019

Another one of its locations, which is located in the area of Boston, is just 45 minutes away. At the beginning of 2015, the retailer also shuttered two of its five locations in the area of Portland, Oregon. For instance, the retailer had said that it planned to shutter a store in the under-performing Providence Place mall in January.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

Transactions have grown in complexity and moved online, and the payment service industry increasingly has to deal with more complicated issues, like foreign currencies and different types of payments, all while moving at extremely fast speeds, according to a report from the Boston Herald. FIS previously bought SunGard in 2015 for $5 billion.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Years later, when he found an opportunity to open the restaurant’s first franchise, D’Alessio was ecstatic about bringing the taste he loved during his college days to Boston. The restaurant brought falafel to Boston in a whole new style. as an 18-year-old George Washington University student. Much like Washington, D.C.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2018

Established in June 2015 , the Secure Payments Task Force has engaged more than 200 financial institutions, consumer groups, payment service providers, financial technology firms, merchants, government agencies and others interested in payment security improvement efforts. “The

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Before Uber in Boston, where I live, trying to get a taxi reliably was not only friction-filled, it was infuriating much of the time — something that a study conducted by the city of Boston in 2013 on the taxi industry bore out. That was on a day without bad weather, something Boston never has.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

In 2017, it gobbled up at least three different food delivery competitors: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and, most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. Grubhub paid $288 million for the company — in cash — which Bloomberg noted was twice what Yelp paid when it acquired the smaller food delivery company in 2015. That deal closed on Oct.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 3, 2017

The report also highlights complaints from consumers in Massachusetts and the Boston metro area. Payday loans showed the greatest percentage decrease based on a three-month average, decreasing about 286 percent from the same time last year (December 2015 to February 2016 compared with December 2016 to February 2017).

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2016

Chipotle has opened 58 new restaurants since the second quarter of 2015. Chipotle’s brand, reputation and stock have all taken a massive hit after a case of norovirus reported at one of its Boston locations sickened more than 6o customers nine months ago. 12, 2015, to just under $400 per share in June. million, or $0.87

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Best Buy has also recently added NYC, as well as Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Miami, Philadelphia, Seattle and Washington, D.C. percent in 2015, while Kohl’s only saw 0.7 Best Buy has expanded its same-day delivery pilot program that launched last fall in San Francisco to 13 U.S. percent.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Last year 111.9

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Last year 111.9

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

She took the helm in 2015 after the death of her brother and then-CEO Fred DeLuca. We want to be sure that we have the best location,” Greco told The Boston Globe in April. “We She will be replaced by Trevor Haynes in the interim, who leads business development for the company, Fortune reported. locations dropping to 25,908. ‘‘We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2016

Our 2015 performance once again demonstrates the power of our differentiated, flexible business model to succeed across many different geographic, economic and retail environments,” said Ernie Herrman, who took over as CEO on Jan. TJX posted a 6.4 percent jump in annual sales to $30.94 billion, while net income hit $2.27

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

McDonald’s increased sales in 2015 when it began selling breakfast items all day. It even tried an interesting promotion last year: a “customized, digital Big Mac ATM” in Boston that dispensed two new sizes of burger — the Mac Jr. Deliveries will include the regular Uber Eats fees — around $3.50 and the Grand Mac — free of charge.

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PYMNTS

JULY 14, 2016

True Fit , the Boston-based startup that helps connect customers with shoes and apparel that fits them really, really well, recently announced a $25 million investment from Intel Capital that it will use to expand its business, according to a report from TechCrunch. 2015 that it used for expansion. There’s nowhere to go but up.”.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 3, 2017

The report also highlights complaints from consumers in Massachusetts and the Boston metro area. Payday loans showed the greatest percentage decrease based on a three-month average, decreasing about 286 percent from the same time last year (December 2015 to February 2016 compared with December 2016 to February 2017).

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Massachusetts Cards Report West Virginia 74

CB Insights

AUGUST 18, 2016

The following year, Google went on an acquisition spree, buying 7 robotics startups, including Boston Dynamics and Redwood Robotics. In 2012, Amazon bought industrial robotics startup Kiva Systems for $775M. But last year was the busiest year for robotics M&A … Continued.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mobile commerce is also the fastest-growing retail sector at the moment, showing 40 percent growth over 2015 levels, compared to 11 percent for eCommerce overall and only 4 percent growth for retail overall (fueled mostly by eCommerce growth, which is being fueled mostly by mobile). “In In 2015, mobile had great momentum.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

million in 2015 and projected to grow by $140 million by 2020. Frosty Ice Cream has deployed soft-serve trucks in the Boston area since 1958. In 2015, the company introduced a Square-based mPOS solution that runs on employees’ smartphones to cater to the rising demand for card acceptance. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 16, 2017

And while partnerships, collaboration and internal product development have helped banks to improve their reputations for innovation among their corporate clients, a new report from Boston Consulting Group says it’s not enough. The report found some good news for the corporate banking divisions of FIs, however.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

In the Q4 2015 Index, we reported that sporting goods had omnichannel the most together of any vertical, leading the way with the highest score in the Index, while Grocery/Pharma finished with the worst score. Scores for most merchants increased from Q2 2015 to Q4 2015 before stagnating in Q1 2016. That hasn’t changed. .

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2016

According to the Bureau of Transportation Statistics , Q3 2015 saw the average air fare — admittedly a wide-ranging figure — fall to $372, a 3.5 2015, but for the value offered, none bested Virgin. Spirit takes a hit in the complaint category because people don’t really know much about them,” Headley told The Boston Globe.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about New York City and its tech scene: New York City’s population was 8,550,405 (2015). GMP of New York City per capita (2015): $57,293.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2019

Eat Your Coffee CEO and Co-founder Johnny Fayad was in college in Boston when he helped come up with the idea to make energy bars. They officially launched their business in 2015. He and his co-founder were in the same accounting class during his freshman year. The snacks were well-received – people liked them and kept buying them.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

What’s in store for mobile in 2015? So what can community banks expect for mobile banking and mobile deposit capture in 2015? Mobile deposit will save Americans 282 million hours in 2015. According to technology research firm Celent in Boston, the mobile user base will increase from 33 million in 2014 to 47 million in 2015.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 14, 2017

It was truly exciting, with Q4 2016 m-commerce spending up 45% over 2015! And, with two decades of e-commerce, total digital commerce comprised just ten percent of total commerce in 2015. We’ll present the award on April 4 at our 2017 Innovation & Insight Day in Boston. Plenty of consumers still like stores.

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Retail Survey Boston Trends 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2020

The beauty brand has also launched pop-up shops in cities like Miami, Austin, London, and Boston. He estimated that yearly worldwide losses from retail returns are nearly $1 trillion — higher than $600 billion in 2015.

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Retail Industry Branding Miami 131

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Data from Boston Consulting Group and AliResearch projects that consumers younger than age 35 will drive 65 percent of consumption growth in China through 2020. percent of household debt in 2015 to 16 percent in 2016. They are largely more willing to take on debt than their parents and grandparents.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2017

This may be due to the fact that major cities throughout the country, like Boston and New York City, are seeing significant rental price surges. Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies found “families or married couples ages 45 to 64 accounted for roughly twice the share of renter growth as households under the age of 35.”

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2020

With all due respect and apologies, a triple whammy was served up in Boston today: Tom Brady is leaving the New England Patriots, the coronavirus has shuttered bars on St. But then Stewart went to prison for five months in connection with an insider trading scandal, and by 2015, the company sold for just $353 million. “Of

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 In 2015, Spreadshirt hit global revenue of approximately €85 million and shipped to 180 countries. million items last year. “We Greensburg, Penn.;

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2015

This has the attention of the nation’s regulators and the Comptroller of the Currency, Thomas Curry, who recently spoke in Boston at the Interagency Outreach Meeting on the Economic Growth and Regulatory Paperwork Reduction Act. Curry also highlighted a synergy that can be gained by community banks: collaboration.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

74 and 31 : Those are the numbers of company-owned and franchised restaurants, respectively, that Boston-based sandwich chain Cosi operated in 15 states before it filed for bankruptcy. $1 131 : That’s the number of successful cyberoperations Europol’s European Cybercrime Centre said it launched in 2015, compared to just 72 in 2014.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Between 2015 to 2016, consumer expectations for multiple purchase options grew from 61 percent up to 74 percent according to Retail Systems Research’s 2016 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Benchmark Survey. From smartphones to chatbots, laptops, smart TVs, connected cars and more, there are a myriad of ways to reach out to consumers.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. Financial Institutions,” August 2015. Check ordering.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2017

In May 2015, James and I met, and Oomf was born. For example, we have shareable smartphone chargers in 16 bars in restaurants in Boston Logan Airport. Imagine instead if there were snow shovels attached using a smart lock to every street lamp in Boston. PYMNTS: Since its 2015 inception, how much has Oomf grown year over year?

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