PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. It’s a multi-pronged attack that is leveraging both gadgets and a big reboot of the in-store experience that the Boston-based firm is betting big on. The Step Into Tech: The RunIQ . The Run Hub. We started in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The biggest driver for the connected car, said Frieden, is recognizing the importance of the millennial market and the technologically-enabled ways that millennials buy what they need. “So, Picture this. It’s snowing. Hands-Free Commerce.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

When Mike Butler, CEO of Radius Bank, spoke of technology experimentation and implementation: "you have to change the culture in the company". At the time of the article, Wells averaged 3.4 When Raphael Reznek, CIO of Mascoma Bank, spoke about the biggest challenge to launch online account opening: "our internal culture".

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

WATCH Takeaway 1 Understanding generative AI and how peers are using AI and genAI helps financial institution leaders and management vet the technology and related risks. Nevertheless, understanding the technology is crucial. Even if a financial institution isn’t yet using the technology, it can learn from peers.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 23, 2017

As my colleague Dan Latimore wrote in the article that began this series , 2017 was the best ever year so far for Celent Model Bank programme in terms of quantity, quality and diversity of nominations. Consumer Banking Channel Innovation – for the most creative use of consumer channels, or the most effective channel integration.

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Risk Management Innovation Case Study Boston 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. Most people credit the idea to Late Night writer Randy Cohen, who claims the inspiration first came care of Cosmopolitan Magazine and an article rating the top 10 sexiest men over 60. million users, up from 9.2 Adyen’s Big IPO.

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Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This week we look at Monit , a Boston-based startup innovating in our favorite sector, small biz banking. Funding : $750k per Crunchbase (as Signal Financial Technology). Watch 8 Fintech Startups Pitch at Innovate Finance Pitch360 Finals. Business model : Primarily B2B2C. Monit explainer (3 minutes).

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

This week we look at Monit , a Boston-based startup innovating in our favorite sector, small biz banking. Funding : $750k per Crunchbase (as Signal Financial Technology). Related: Watch 8 Fintech Startups Pitch at Innovate Finance Pitch360 Finals. Monit explainer (3 minutes). Business model : Primarily B2B2C.

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Boston Fintech Tools Innovation 15

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. And not even because they’re job destroyers, which he said is the natural consequence of innovation, and innovation is goodness.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2018

The beloved mall kiosk, or the more formally named retail merchandising unit ( RMU ), had its humble beginnings in Boston. In some cases, the carts or kiosks could serve as a trial run to see whether a merchant could work as a long-term tenant.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. The feedback was eye-opening and generally the same: “Really great technology and vision. Title: How Wikimart.ru

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