PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

I hosted a digital discussion last week with an executive from Sift with more than 15 years of experience building trust and safety organizations for some of the biggest digital brands in the world – including Google , Facebook and Square. Most also know that to do that, they have to pay attention to doing right by those stakeholders.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Funding and investor information is as of 9/6/17. .

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

“Digital companies like Amazon have long demonstrated the effectiveness of precision marketing through online and social media, but it’s been impossible for restaurants and retail operating in the brick-and-mortar world to duplicate those capabilities,” said Jain. Because by the numbers, every open quite literally counts. Redefining Goals .

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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. It is a delicate balance, of course. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

All of those things are precisely what Sam Walton staked the Walmart brand on 56 years ago when he opened the first store in Bentonville, Arkansas. The brand was built on keeping prices low, and stocking shelves with a variety of merchandise categories that would keep consumers coming back week after week.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. Social Media’s Role.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. Social Media’s Role.

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Industry social media New York City Retail 100

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Her proposed course of action is likely to deliver anything but more uncertainty. The hope is that the brand/experience convo will lure in customers and keep them buying. But they, like so many storied retail brands, are going through a bit of a spiraling down.

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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. Of course, these are on Android phones, too.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

The big competition will be on the field of course – when more than 100 million people will tune intomorrow night to see if the Eagles will be able to snag their first championship win – or if Tom Brady will end the day able to cover 70 percent of his fingers with Super Bowl rings. Hey, we’re Boston-based. Go Pats!

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Yes, of course, Uber upset the balance of power in the taxi ecosystem by giving consumers a better “taxi” experience using, at first, idle black car drivers and then later, just about anyone with a newish-car and a driver’s license. Some spend much more in cities like Boston, New York and San Francisco. Fleets As The Fuel.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. Today’s mobile options.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This small business is a really small business: a guy working out of a teeny tiny storefront in a little town north of Boston. That would ignore the fact that there’s a huge swath of SMBs who operate just like him and bank at one of the 13,198 banks that have not yet connected to the Zelle network — lots of them very small.

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Payments Innovation Boston Branding 195

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. The biggest knock on multifactor authentication is inconvenience, according to Joel Williquette, ICBA’s senior vice president of operational risk policy. Safety courses can be brief but should always be practical. It’s in their DNA.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2020

Northeastern cities like New York and Boston with an incredible and nearly unexpected force, a bit like a tsunami that surged and almost overnight washed away the entire cultural practice of eating out. Now we’re getting them for two, three experiences, possibly even four experiences in the course of a week,” Damian said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

The media has declared chatbots the digital version of the little black dress: a technology staple that every brand must now have and every payment type must now commerce-enable. Consumers were incentivized to send (and receive, of course) Red Envelopes with small amounts of cash to each other to celebrate the Chinese New Year.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Even as the regulation pendulum swings back toward more limited oversight, how investment banks operate is fundamentally changing. Table of contents. The disruption of the IPO.

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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.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I suspect it might be a tough hill to climb for the simple reason that anyone who is already a preferred customer of an airline probably uses their branded airline app. Or, alternatively, be the only platform available for consumers to communicate with brands – which they could be well positioned to become in lesser developed markets. .”

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

I believe that this inflection point will accelerate the four big shifts that have been taking place right before our very eyes over the last decade — shifts that will now set the course for how every single player in payments and commerce and retail should be planning their 2017 and beyond. Shift Number One | The Shift To Buying Online.

Payments 100

Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

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. Expertise: An experienced operator’s perspective on a problem and the different ways that it can be solved.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Of course, Amazon – who already claims 21 percent of the U.S.

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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. Facebook, Amazon, Google and Apple are competitors — vigorous competitors — not four companies operating independent of each other in discrete silos.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

This is, of course, a mere four years after voice-activated devices were officially introduced by Amazon and Alexa through the Echo device. Google, with Google Assistant, recognizes this shift, too, and is making its own moves in the space with branded devices and integrations with consumer product brands.

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Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new.

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Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The first commerce intermediary to operate at scale was Istanbul’s Grand Bazaar , which opened for business in 1460. It also standardized pricing and hours of operation. Fewer buyers means that brands no longer find those outlets useful for distribution. Commerce intermediaries are nothing new.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. Of course, there are some serious issues with the Starcourt Mall specifically, but I don’t want to spoil the season for those who haven’t yet binged.).

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