Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2017.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 17, 2021

With Brex’s arrival on the scene in 2018 followed by a meteoric rise to multi-unicorn status, there has been considerable attention to, and investment in business credit/charge cards ( see definition below ). Here is a list of the 15 challenger business credit cards currently active in the United States. Founded: 2017.

Cards 15

Cards Utah Online Austin 15

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Online shopping is on a tear, and marketplaces are reaping the rewards. billion — online payments were completed in the U.S. In the post, Shopify wrote, “by accepting Venmo directly in your online store, users can complete their purchase in just a few clicks. Just under 150 billion — or 148.5

Retail 131

Retail Payments Apple Online 131

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. Take PayPal, for example. consumers showed that of the 7.75 Share of U.S.

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Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

One of the biggest trends in fintech today is the rise of digital banking products like mobile checking accounts and new debit cards. From Square to Paypal, a host of fintechs are creating products that let consumers spend money directly out of digital accounts using a physical card. turning Digital p2p payments into debit cards.

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Cards Fintech UX Strategy 71

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

For those charged with managing the consumer’s trust and safety when transacting online, and in the midst of increasingly clever cybercrooks, being comfortable going against the status quo flow has become much more important than ever before, he said. Card Networks Want to Raise Their Prices. Amazon Takes Its Bite Out of the Big Apple.

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Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

fans traveling to Boston for the start of the World Series will want to pack — and possibly purchase for the first time — sweaters, as this week will be an excellent opportunity to enjoy New England’s crisp fall weather. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans. As of September 2018, losses from gift-card fraud have hit $53 million.

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Data Fraud Cards Regulation 134

Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 27, 2023

Enter the digital insurance challengers aiming to fill the gaps through simple online/mobile interfaces. Here are the biggest players in the United States ranked by our FAB score ( Fintech Attention Barometer ). NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders, payment providers, insurance or digital accounting for small businesses?

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Online Denver San Francisco DC 15

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

The move isn’t unprecedented: In 2017, it was reported that Target would start to carry Casper -branded mattresses and bedding through Target.com and that Casper accessories would be available in brick-and-mortar stores. Then, in 2018, Pop-In@Nordstrom partnered with Casper to bring pop-up stores to select Nordstrom locations and online.

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Apple Branding San Francisco New York City 109

Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Enter the digital insurance challengers aiming to fill the gaps through simple online/mobile interfaces. NEW : Looking for digital banks, lenders or corporate charge/credit cards serving small businesses? Check out our latest lists: SMB online lenders (26) | SMB charge/credit cards (15) | SMB challenger banks (10) .

Online 15

Online Denver DC Atlanta 15

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Decomposers are the ecosystem wild card. These ever-present wild cards can tip the balance of an ecosystem one way or the other — sometimes by working quietly under the surface for long periods of time to fortify its health and keep the balance intact. Some spend much more in cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco.

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Innovation Cards Payments San Francisco 146

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies.

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Retail Payments Boston Innovation 101

PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The Department of Transportation will use the back-end support of Cubic Transportation and, in collaboration with Passport, will change the EASY Card revenue management system to allow travelers to buy fares using contactless, check balances on the cards, view account history and manage accounts through a new app.

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Samsung Google Mobile Millennials 100

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2021

Its first outside capital was from the Barclays Techstar accelerator in 2017 ( see Techstars demo here ). The company is an aggressive online marketer attracting nearly 300,000 visits via paid marketing across 740 publishers vs. 80,000 via organic search according to SEMrush (Aug 2021). in assets and 32 branches in the Boston suburbs.

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Boston Cards ATM Community Bank 15

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

All of this was coincident with reports of widespread app outages, with MoviePass running out of money and taking a short-term, high-interest loan just to fund member purchasing cards. In December of 2017, Even went live and online for 1.4 All of those transactions will happen in near real time, he explained.

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Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

For 50 years, consumers have been trained to produce a plastic card of some kind at the point of sale to pay for something. They know they can do that anywhere they shop – the biggest of the big stores and the smallest of the mom-and-pop shops – and that their card will be accepted and will work.

Innovation 109

Innovation Payments Google Training 109

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. The company says it is improving on the nail salon model by offering online booking tools, ethical business practices, and high-quality services at reasonable prices. Oh My Cream! Total Disclosed Funding: $6.6M.

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Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

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. The goal is to improve and up on-demand interactions to help answer account and card questions. At least that response only took a few seconds to get.

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Groups San Francisco New York City Cards 104

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. Before digital and mobile and online stores, there were physical stores and shopping malls — and both were among the only ways consumers could find the things they wanted to buy. There’s a lot of digital exhaust.

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Google Data social media Branding 121

PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2017

Is your information secure online? The 2017 report is now available. Hackers can even steal loyalty points from airlines and hotel chains and cash them out for gift cards. People are right to guard their bank, credit card and Social Security information, Grant said, but their caution shouldn’t stop there. Are you sure?

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Security Report Fraud social media 180

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. As of right now, mobile payment transaction value in Thailand is estimated to reach US$4 million in 2017. Speaking of watching — and watches…. That figure is forecast to reach $36 million by 2021.

Samsung 100

Samsung Apple Mobile National 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 24, 2018

percent in 2017 and 1.3 One possible new healthcare area for Amazon involves non-emergency medical transportation – at least according to Robin Heffernan, CEO and co-founder of the Boston-based Circulation , whose software coordinates rideshares and other forms of transportation for patients in need of non-emergency care. New Services?

Retail 108

Retail Operations Analysis Boston 108

PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

PYMNTS: So, in your opinion, where is the future of the payments industry headed, and will retailers ever be able to figure out the $4 trillion online cart abandonment issue ? AK: The next two years in the world of payments is going to be unlike anything you have seen in the world of online payments in the last 10 or so years.

Apple 100

Apple Payments Retail Online 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. Well, it sure feels like next year — 2017 — could be that year. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online. We’ve been watching online sales now grow — even double — year over year, for many years now, but it’s still tiny, overall. Mobile payments will be how we pay.

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Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

I, Shopper, take thee, Online Retailer, to be my faithful partner in commerce. THE MOVE FROM PHYSICAL TO ONLINE TO MOBILE. Consumers are increasingly moving their shopping and buying not only online, but online via the mobile devices. Something that most online retailers don’t have – or even come close to having.

Retail 90

Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. Founded: August 2017. Founded: January 2017. Fiserv is highly regarded for its leadership and innovation, and award-winning solutions for mobile and online banking, payments, risk management, data analytics and core account processing. HQ: Boston, MA. Website: projectfinance.io. Key Executives.

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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. By 2017, that number was $800M and rising. There were great, successful companies. Those companies made plans. ” —Walter Kiechel.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Note: We last updated this post in November 2017. In July 2017, device maker Jawbone became one of the most spectacular failures in the history of startups. With its demise, Jawbone become the second-costliest VC-backed startup failure of all time (per CB Insights’ 2017 Hardware Failure report ). via Beta Boston.

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Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

As we become more conscious of avoiding frequently touched surfaces, touchless modes of entry will displace traditional card swiping. As the world moves increasingly online, cybersecurity is an omnipresent threat (as we discuss further on in this report). Challenges: the move online brings a growing body of sensitive data.

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Meeting Tools Survey Company 101

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.

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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. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later. We have seen the power of those icons on those devices over the last decade: 52 percent of all internet traffic in 2018 came via a mobile device. are now EMV-compliant.

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Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

2017 Third Update (10/31/17). 2017 Second Update (6/9/17). 2017 First Update (2/10/17). 2017 Third Update (10/31/17). Six months prior to Wikimart’s July 2017 demise, co-founder Maxim Faldin wrote the following note on the company’s Facebook page. ” 2017 Second Update (6/9/17).

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Company US San Francisco Capital 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The modern-day department store, the intermediary that’s aggregated brands and buyers in a single physical location for more than 160 years, and the modern-day shopping mall, which has done the same for the last six decades, has steadily lost foot traffic, sales and profits to online competitors since about 2010.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2017

Of the 21 enforcement actions undertaken by the agency thus far in 2017, a full third have been challenged by those firms impacted by such regulations. The emboldened financial sector has now challenged, in the first four months of 2017, more regulations than it did in all of 2016. Brokers and traders must be en garde.

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Retail Mobile Baltimore Management 108