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Fed Says America Needs Instant Payments As Soon As Possible

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The COVID-19 pandemic is taking a tremendous toll on communities across America,” Brainard said. But she added that such innovation has raised “fundamental questions” about legal and regulatory safeguards. In a Thursday (Aug. 6) symposium highlighting the Fed’s approval of the FedNow system, Fed Gov.

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America Can Now Literally Run On Dunkin’

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When Dunkin’ Donuts came up with the slogan “America runs on Dunkin,’” the company was pretty clearly being metaphorical. Because Dunkin’ Donuts thinks of itself as more than an iconic coffee, donut or breakfast brand; they also view themselves as a proudly iconic Boston brand.

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And The Payments And Commerce Innovation Winners Are…

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And, as America found out what actually happens when the wrong name gets read on stage, PwC found out what happens when Twitter decides to rename your firm — as our CEO (and former PwC employee) Karen Webster told those assembled at the Innovation Project’s annual awards dinner last night. Best B2B Innovation. Bronze: Razorpay.

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Innovation Project Has Arrived

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The big day has finally arrived — no thanks to Mother Nature, who decided to throw a disruption of her own at the year’s biggest celebration of innovation in the shape of a blizzard named Stella. The fifth anniversary of Innovation Project in Harvard Square today being one extremely tenacious example.

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Model Bank 2017: Small Business and Corporate Digital Innovation Themes

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This particular article is focused on innovations in small business and corporate banking: two critical market segments for financial institutions as they seek revenue growth and relevance in the evolving digital B2B marketplace. Legacy Transformation / IT Platform Innovations. Emerging Innovation. Operations and Risk.

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Paytronix Picks Payments Industry Veteran Porter For Board

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I look forward to working with the Paytronix team to bring its industry-leading innovation, including contactless ordering for table service … to markets around the globe,” said Porter. The release said AffiniPay is “consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies in America,” including by Austin Business Journal and the Inc.

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Model Bank 2017: Some First Impressions

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Ongoing innovation in banking technology is clearly beginning to pay off, and we’ve been privileged to learn an immense amount from all of the financial institutions that took the time to tell us about their how they’ve been using technology and innovation to serve customers better, become more efficient, and mitigate risk.