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APRIL 7, 2017

There is a technology that’s currently being used by the financial industry — which is starting to gain some commercial success thanks to IBM — that has the likelihood to be a solution for the overall voting process in America to help alleviate any concerns: blockchain technology. that are taking steps in that direction.

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DECEMBER 18, 2020

Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech in September that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America (seemingly taking the approach that we are seeing in the Bahamas).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

The program makes Alaska Air the first airline in North America to trial the technology as an inflight entertainment device. I’m really excited to see this technology onboard. Alaska Airlines announced that is partnering with French company SkyLights to pioneer a new virtual reality (VR) headset for its first-class passengers.

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OCTOBER 28, 2019

Bank of America is always looking to meet the needs of our clients. Boston-headquartered Flywire processes billions in payments each year for clients in business, education and healthcare. The new offering also gives international users transparent foreign exchange rates and the ability to use local payment methods.

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JUNE 26, 2020

I recently got to virtually meet with associate technical consultant, Tom Phillips , to hear about his journey into the technology field. Tom originally went to school for music at Berklee College of Music in Boston (not the only consultant in the music scene ). Migrating From Music to Coding.

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APRIL 4, 2018

“It’s not very easy to remodel a warehouse if the ceiling height is too low,” CBRE’s Director of Research for the Americas Colin Yasukochi said in a report. are in areas such as New Jersey, Boston, Pittsburgh and Philadelphia. Most of the developments we have seen occur from the ground up.”.

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JUNE 8, 2020

The release said AffiniPay is “consistently ranked among the fastest growing companies in America,” including by Austin Business Journal and the Inc. Porter nabbed the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Financial Technology category for the Central Texas region.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 7, 2017

Many of us at Celent just came back from a busy and exciting week in Boston. The rain and clouds couldn't obscure spectacular views from the State Room overlooking the Boston harbour. Emerging Technology for Consumers. Bank of America, USA. Emerging Technology for Businesses. Alior Bank S.A., Risk Management.

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JANUARY 9, 2021

America did not have a good week. At PYMNTS, we’ve long bemoaned that with all the technological advances making machines better at tasks we don’t really want to do ourselves, we still don’t have robot butlers to call our own. COVID-19 is on the rise. There is still good news out there, and quite a lot of it. Yes, we do.

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JANUARY 18, 2018

Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Boston, Massachusetts. Through this process, we learned about many new communities across North America that we will consider as locations for future infrastructure investment and job creation.”. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio. Politicians across the U.S.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Other companies are leveraging advanced technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to boost their onboarding solutions. Technology giant IBM and Dublin-based client lifecycle management solutions company Fenergo recently partnered to use AI and analytics on the IBM Cloud to help FIs more easily onboard customers.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Banks are turning to digital technology to enhance the customer experience — and reduce payment friction — in an effort to boost top and bottom lines. Bank of America. While JPMorgan Chase has invested in technology for years, the focus has so far been to help traders, portfolio managers and others inside the bank.

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JUNE 5, 2019

In this month’s feature story, PYMNTS caught up with vendors from Boston and San Diego to explore how mPOS is becoming increasingly critical to winning business at Pride events. Deep Dive: The State of mPOS in North America. While mobile wallet and contactless payment uptake is on the rise, some consumers are waiting on the hard sell.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Some of the largest banks already involved in blockchain development are now in a race to snatch up patents from the technology, reports said. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday (Dec. 28) that Bank of America and Goldman Sachs are just two of the top banks to begin pursuing the acquisition of blockchain patents.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2017

FBI Director James Comey discussed cybersecurity issues at a Boston College cybersecurity conference this week, highlighting that Americans should let go of their expectations of “absolute privacy.”. There is no such thing as absolute privacy in America; there is no place outside of judicial reach,” Comey made clear to the crowd.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 20, 2017

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.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

The beloved mall kiosk, or the more formally named retail merchandising unit ( RMU ), had its humble beginnings in Boston. The New York Times , in the 1990s, cited a couple that went from selling personalized key chains and refrigerator magnets at Minnesota’s Mall of America to having a store in the mall – as well as nine employees. (In

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FEBRUARY 21, 2017

Research from Boston Retail Partners (BRP) and Manhattan Associates shows that while 70 percent of surveyed North American retailers understand the importance of personalization and are putting it at the top of their objectives list in 2017, many don’t have any actual plans to put the wheels in motion for a few years out.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2020

`As noted earlier in the fall , Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America.

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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.

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PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2017

This report purports that technology is the game changer when it comes to bridging the gap between the startup-heavy places, like Silicon Valley and Boston, and the rest of the world. The technology industry currently sits at 4.5 percent, this means the technology industry is growing twice as fast as the worldwide economy.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mobile is one of the fastest-growing retail sectors at the moment and still projects to grow for years to come, but the technology is still not where most retailers want it. But, despite mobile’s rapid growth, many retailers still feel as though the technology is not where they would like it or need it to be.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

For these two segments, the Model Bank award candidates come from Europe, North America, the Caribbean, Asia Pacific and the Middle East. The goal of these packages is to offer a business owner every piece of business functionality and technology they would need to grow their business. Operations and Risk. Emerging Innovation.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Josh Glover, EVP of the Americas at banking technology provider nCino, said that when it comes to corporate banking and lending, the end-user experience is just as much of a focus for traditional banks engaging in digital transformation as it is in the consumer banking market. According to Glover, that means banks in the U.S.

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AUGUST 11, 2016

With more the 8,600 certified schools nationwide, as reported by The Boston Globe , the federal government is increasing oversight of international students coming to the United States to receive an education. Nearly a third of all foreign students studying in America are Chinese, which accounts for the largest source country.

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MARCH 17, 2017

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. Gold: Bank of America Merrill Lynch.

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JANUARY 24, 2017

Voice health functionality could be coming soon to the big names in voice-activated technology. The MIT Technology Review wrote that Mayo also has plans to conduct a similar study in China to determine if these features translate into other languages. Controlling smart lighting, security products and shopping all saw 33 percent.

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MAY 2, 2023

For the most part, financial technology event planners are organizing in-person gatherings, often with a virtual option. These the biggest and best events in the financial services space geared towards technologists, product managers, developers, marketers and C-Suite execs at both financial institutions and rival fintech firms.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

Bonus points to the influencer who can find a way to combine all of those design elements into a single outfit – the team at PYMNTS just can’t wait to see that conglomeration on the streets of Boston this spring. There was even the usual wash of celebrity appearances and stunt casting. NYFC is moving to adapt to those changes.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Of course, many also have privacy concerns related to voice-activated technology, even at home — let alone in a shared space, where others use the device before and after them, and where someone (the hotel) could potentially have access to data or moments that the guest would prefer to keep private.

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MARCH 22, 2017

Case has been promoting entrepreneurship as a path for development in America outside the hubs in Silicon Valley and Boston. Vance said , “I ask myself that sometimes … Why is it the case that … so many of these technologies that are or could [be] life-changing innovations aren’t making it to the middle parts of the country?

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FEBRUARY 14, 2017

Indeed, it does not take extensive examination to see, in Wayne Gretzgy’s words, “where the puck is going” Digital needs to be a top technology priority among financial institutions – particularly in highly digitally-directed markets such as North America and Western Europe.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Big brands are opening pop-up shops chock full of digital commerce technology and experiences for fans, and Nike is no exception. That store is located only 45 minutes away from one of its Boston-area locations. The sportswear company said the store would feature limited-edition styles that will rotate.

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APRIL 20, 2017

Just west of the Research Triangle in North Carolina, Charlotte’s technology industry has been slowly growing over the past few years. As we reported about three weeks ago, Bank of America has announced its plans to invest $1.5 million over the course of the next three years to build up a FinTech hub in Charlotte.

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DECEMBER 12, 2019

In addition to being one of the world’s top-10 tourist attractions, Grand Central Station is the third-busiest train station in North America. So, when is it coming to Boston?” Yesterday (Dec. That is not the norm in the rest of the U.S. as of today, he noted. This time next year, though? A Big Year On The Horizon . “So,

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JUNE 25, 2020

Some of the data, Gay said, was unsurprising: cities like San Francisco, New York and Boston will be particularly resilient because of the high percentage of jobs in areas like technology, academia and medicine that have been fairly resistant to the economic downturn.

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APRIL 11, 2017

The Super Bowl may be a memory, but the somewhat improbable victory of the New England Patriots was still fresh in the minds of many at snow-jammed Boston during Innovation Project 2017. Against that backdrop, retailers are important to the towns (if not cities) that they help define, agreed the duo. In the U.S.,

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