PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

In an era of restaurant technology that provides diners with many choices, mobile order-ahead is more popular than ever with consumers. At the same time, he noted that they increase speed of service, access, and convenience for the restaurant’s guests while also driving digital sales and building more love for the brand.

Mobile 116

Mobile Jacksonville New York City New York 116

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

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

CB Insights

JULY 9, 2018

Whether you call it happy hour, apéro, or aperitivo, the couple of hours right after work and before dinner is a key drinking occasion for major alcohol brands. To tap into the craft spirits and new alcoholic beverages trends, major alcohol companies such as Diageo, AB InBev, and Pernod Ricard have all started to invest in emerging brands.

Industry 64

Industry Branding Capital Trends 64

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. billion a year on technology and supply chain initiatives by 2017, up from up $1.9 It is a delicate balance, of course.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year. million in 2017. On another note, Kroger has sold digital coupon and digital rebate publishing platform You Technology (YouTech) to Inmar. Net income for the year was $319.9

Mobile 108

Mobile Retail Houston Denver 108

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Café X Technologies. Cafe X is a robotic cafe in San Francisco that serves premium coffee using mobile ordering and automation technology. It’s the first cafe of its kind from Cafe X Technologies, which is focused on increasing productivity in the service industry through automation. Total Disclosed Funding: $5.1M.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Yet, according to Fung Global Retail & Technology, 6,985 stores closed in 2017 , up 229 percent from 2016, and well above the number of stores which closed in the year that started physical retail’s death spiral: 2008. The average temperature in Boston in February is 37 degrees Fahrenheit, but on Saturday it was 52 degrees.

Big Data 135

Big Data Data Retail Marketing 135

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Millennials have been practically handed a smartphone as they emerged into the neonatal world and have grown up with touch technology. But the similarities end there. Google Announces Android Instant Apps.

Samsung 100

Samsung Google Mobile Millennials 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 15, 2017

We used the CB Insights platform to surface 10 notable, early-stage eSports startups developing technologies related to competitive gaming facilitated by electronic systems, particularly video games played on computers or consoles by professional gamers (though many do it as a hobby or pastime). Headquarters: Boston, Massachusetts.

California 49

California San Francisco Video Oakland 49

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. Within the next few months, the Amex bot will have artificial intelligence and servicing technology. At least that response only took a few seconds to get.

Groups 104

Groups San Francisco New York City Cards 104

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

On those content-filled pages were advertisements hoping to catch the consumer’s eye, build a brand and influence a purchase. About every seven or so minutes, there was a commercial break in which ads were inserted with the same ambition — build a brand and drive a buy. In July 2017, business data enabler Domo reported that 2.5

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. consumers showed that of the 7.75 percent of all retail sales.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

From the digitization of medical records to smart patient care platforms, technology is disrupting the healthcare industry. The Mayo Clinic Departments of Information Technology and Public Affairs teamed up with CFI to create the Mayo Clinic App. One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. Cardinal Health — Fuse. Founded: 2014.

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

This solution will make it easier for receivers in those markets to receive and use funds instantly (via their bank-issued Visa-branded debit card or Visa-branded prepaid card), and senders may choose the option by which to send those funds. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4 million users, up from 9.2

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Simultaneously the bank invested in Paladin Fraud, Trabian Technology, and Chartwell Compliance to provide compliance and risk management solutions in the complex and connected web of fintech partnerships. Has it worked?

Fintech 147

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays. Given that 7,000+ US retail locations shut down in 2017, retailers cannot afford to ignore consumer preferences. Major retailers and brands go local. how retailers can survive (and thrive) this holiday season. First Name.

Retail 64

Retail Los Angeles Strategy Community 64

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Uber rode the tailwinds of smartphone adoption, app stores, well-developed technologies like GPS and (at launch) well-established mapping software provided by Google to blend the online and offline worlds around a consumer experience that before lacked certainty and reliability. But that’s just one side of the Uber ecosystem.

Innovation 146

Innovation Cards Payments San Francisco 146

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

At the same time, financial upstarts have built technologies that could eventually cut into the relationship-driven work that investment banks are used to doing. But there’s no question that the way these institutions function has shifted, pushed along especially by the financial crisis and technology trends. Table of contents.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It’s why consumers default to Amazon when they buy online, and why the eCommerce giant now owns north of 40 percent of all online spend, based on Q3 2017 retail sales data. This year, Google reported that 15 percent of those searches were for brand-new search terms, but down from the 20 to 25 percent they claimed in 2007.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

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

CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. 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.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

And because it’s so valuable — and not well understood — the scope of exactly what the big tech brands have been collecting is only recently being recognized by the general public. is a Boston-based startup that verifies government-issued IDs for third-party businesses. Confirm.io Source: The Smart Audio Report.

Google 76

Google Apple Security Data 76

CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

The old guard of American dining are switching up their games to compete: McDonald’s is adding self-serve kiosks to many of its franchises, upping the ante with mobile order technology. Many of yesterday’s casual dining brands are dying, but not because millennials “don’t eat out.” table of contents.

San Francisco 69

San Francisco California United States CA 69

CB Insights

AUGUST 3, 2017

Frankel also sees the startup’s location in Boston as giving them an “unfair advantage” in talent acquisition. Media chatter about programming languages spiked recently since that news broke in May 2017, according to CB Insights’ trends tracker (available to clients only). ” —Founder Collective.

Security 34

Security Capital Software Data 34

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. Well, it sure feels like next year — 2017 — could be that year. Looking at the data, how players in payments and commerce more broadly are using technology and the shopping habits of consumers all make that fact indisputable. Yeah, big deal, you say.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

Again another financial wellness platform using machine learning technology. HQ: Boston, MA. Founded: August 2017. A TON of really old technology is being used in mortgage lending. In fact, Fiserv recently sold ALL of their mortgage technology to a PE firm. Founded: January 2017. Pretty good dashboard.

Security 40

Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

CB Insights

MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. “The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.”

Strategy 78

Strategy Management Analytics Tools 78

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

And probably even more in 2017 as those shoppers just never come back to try again. That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. Nearly 100 percent of these wallets were NFC-enabled for the most part, a technology that merchants didn’t support nor want to invest to support. .

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. 2017 was the most destructive hurricane season in 82 years, with Harvey, Irma and Maria pummeling parts of the U.S. Those twins were born July 2017.

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

That’s up from 50 percent in 2017 and 43 percent in 2016. That’s up from 35 percent in 2017. In other words, pay no attention to the notion that voice assistants are these clunky, friction-filled technologies that have reached their peak. Soon, that may seem so last decade, as commerce will be all around us.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Suddenly, shoppers had more options to buy the same things at more competitive prices closer to home.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

Advances in technology improved the mass production of textiles there and gave rise to new merchant centers outside Istanbul. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Suddenly, shoppers had more options to buy the same things at more competitive prices closer to home.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112