PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2017

After opening the first of these brick-and-mortar pop-up shops in New York in 2016 — followed by more in cities including Boston, Los Angeles and Miami — Shuken noted the shops often led to repeat customers. While Qüero may have built its brand with the help of real-world pop-up shops, its foundation remains decidedly in the virtual world.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2020

Caplan said the goal of the new program, called Alibaba.com Payment Terms, is to “get both sellers and buyers quickly set up for success and provide the critical tools and services that are required for growth. “Ultimately, our goal is to give SMBs even greater access to the $23.9 based B.A.A.B.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2020

The attraction and activity operators it serves include Walt Disney World, BigBus Tours, Boston Harbor Cruises, National Geographic Encounter: Ocean Odyssey and the Intrepid Sea, Air & Space Museum. With nearly 44 million customers, a massive mobile footprint and a trusted brand, we’re thrilled to partner with them.”.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. The 2018 Boston Pride parade reportedly saw more than 750,000 spectators and over 55,000 marchers. Her needs are relatively simple.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Today in the payments news roundup, FinTech startup Brex is launching a business cash management account to take the place of traditional business bank accounts. Taco Bell is among the major restaurant brands that has teamed with delivery service provider Grubhub to reach customers. Inside Taco Bell’s Omnichannel Overhaul.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

PXM is becoming a critical business application for brands and distributors to win in omnichannel retail,” added Fred de Gombert, CEO and co-founder of Akeneo. headquarters is in Boston, and the company has more than 180 employees across six countries, including France, Germany, the UK, Spain and Israel. Akeno’s U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

It is currently operating in New York, Chicago and Boston, but has received driver requests from 49 U.S. Passengers go to the URL, enter the vehicle code, browse the menu and check out using a credit card or a mobile payment option like Apple Pay.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

The expansion into the Nordic region is just one part of the fast-food chain’s plans to boost sales and build brand loyalty. The company has also tried some interesting promotions , such as last year’s “Big Mac ATM” in Boston, which dispensed two new sizes of burger — the Mac Jr. same-store sales were down 1.3

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

People were not lovin’ it, for instance, when McDonald’s installed self-service kiosks in about 9,000 locations — with no cash payment option — leaving about 8.5 Loyalty is the real prize, and smart brands have gotten out in front of the challenge. million cash customers hungry. fast food customers pay exclusively with cash.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 21, 2020

In addition to Uber Eats, which donated $2 million to jumpstart the fund, founding partners included PepsiCo, Constellation Brands, Moët Hennessy USA, Ecolab, Cargill, Boston Beer Co., Shift4 Payments, P&G Professional, The Elliot Group, Davis Wright Tremaine LLP and the Light Foundation.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

When it comes to mobile payments, there are plenty of question marks. That’s why PYMNTS and InfoScout track those burning questions and more — and we have plenty of news to share in this week’s Mobile Payments Tracker as we continue last week’s delve into the PYMNTS/InfoScout mobile payments adoption data. Let’s find out.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Here’s the latest news on the mobile + payments + commerce front. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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Banking 2020

NOVEMBER 13, 2015

Articles via USA Today, Payments Today, The Financial Brand and Bloomberg. No security silver bullet for mobile payments: As mobile payments become more popular for consumers, it is also making mobile devices a growing target for hackers. The hackers pulled off the largest theft of customer data from a U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. And it will be a lot more than just 10 cents. The Ban on the Ban.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Pharmacy operator CVS , for example, experimented with a program in Boston in which shoppers received free delivery on prescriptions and eCommerce purchases as well as other perks. The program, which is dubbed CarePass, also includes access to a pharmacy helpline, a discount on CVS branded products and a monthly coupon.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

In a recent trend, eCommerce mattress brands have been moving into the world of brick-and-mortar retail by opening their own stores and pop-up shops to help let customers test-drive their products in real life. The store was to feature the brand’s original mattress along with pillows, sheets, and, yes, a dog bed made for man’s best friend.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Talk of “friction” in the payments industry is mostly about removing obstacles to consumer transactions, and how easily (or not) those payments get processed on the backend by merchants and banks. PYMNTS research found that 42 percent of B2B payments were made via paper check in 2019, for example.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

NanoPay is finding that for mobile payments to take off, even among early adopters, using a phone to pay must be much more rewarding and convenient than tapping a card. Korean consumers see no evil in mobile payments. The statistics get even better as the daily average number of mobile payments increased almost 83 percent to 810,000.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Innovators — particularly payments innovators — love this particular bon mot and spend a lot of time trying to build that new payments mousetrap, in the hopes that the world will beat a path to its door. If mobile payments is going to ignite, it’s going to have to do something consumers really care about. Everyone wins.

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PopularBank

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Which means now might be a good time to explore alternative payment options. The second way we analyze fraud is by the size of its impact, which comes in many forms, including brand damage or financial loss. Security and convenience of payment options. You’ve heard U.S. USPS changes delivery timelines. Yes, that’s the U.S.

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Online Mobile Fraud Boston 98

PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2018

Amid the headline numbers, the company has noted that average order sizes were up 3 percent year over year, with a boost in mix across all brands served. That increase in revenue per order comes absent increased support costs for those orders. LevelUp processes about 100,000 orders a day, as noted on the call.

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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. And, he noted, the challenges only go on from there, as this week they can reopen their Boston-based Sip Wine Bar for outside seating.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

Phase 1 of the Faster Payments initiative launches on Sept. will be able to accept Same Day payments, with the option to originate them. It’s providing an enhanced service that everybody is already familiar with, it’s not a brand new payments system where people have to figure out, ‘How do I use this?

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FEBRUARY 23, 2018

This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. However, while consumers in the US have been keen to embrace mobile solutions to manage their finances, many have not yet made the transition to mobile payments.

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Mobile US Payments Study 72

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

Earlier this year, SoFi acquired payments firm Galileo for $1.2 To address that perceived name recognition mismatch, in 2019 SoFi signed a record 20-year, $600 million stadium naming rights deal for the brand-new facility that is home to both the Los Angeles Rams and Chargers football teams.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. The two brands first started working together in 2015. At NFL events and shops, there will be an MVP checkout lane that encourages cashless payment, whether it’s through a card or a wearable.

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Boston Retail Branding Payments 150

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Mobile payments will be how we pay. Technology — not traditional payments companies — will be who leads the way. The future will look nothing like the past — in fact, the future of payments and commerce may not at all be like that which many have envisioned and perhaps even planned for. Online retailers will be where we shop.

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Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Early accounts seem to indicate that the just-launched Apple -branded credit card is finding its way into customers’ hands, and into heavy use. The fee-free card is Goldman Sachs’ latest inroad into the retail consumer business after establishing its online Marcus brand in 2016, which makes unsecured personal loans.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. And why advances in the field of voice and visual, particularly when applied to authentication, are poised to become such a disruptive force across the payments and commerce landscape.

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Innovation Payments Google Training 109

PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

It’s got a new mobile app, new theme colors, new payment options and even a new name — the “Kitchen” was added recently to emphasize the quality, healthy ingredients in every meal. The new app is powered by LevelUp , a mobile payments platform created by Boston startup SCVNGR and the force behind PYMNTS’ mobile order-ahead tracker.

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Mobile social media Boston Payments 109

PYMNTS

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. Between its flagship and pop-up shop, brands like Nike are incorporating mobile payments along with experiences into their new retail spaces as they head into a digital future.

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Atlanta Retail New York City New York 127

PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

From Chipotle Mexican Grill to Square , QSRs and payment firms alike are enabling a world of ordering innovation. And payments firms are helping restaurants with mobile orders: Square, for instance, is releasing new order management integrations for Square for Restaurants.

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Mobile Jacksonville New York City New York 116

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. Is it “a bot time” for peeps in payments to get on board and confront the reality that bots are today what apps were in 2007 and 2008?

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Payments Mobile Apple Google 100

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. In payments and commerce this week, a fall chill also rolled through. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Berger’s ambition is to for Marie Claire to be the brand that curates an experience for women that is about discovering the “ Next Big Thing ” at the intersection at fashion, beauty, content and technology as women go about their day – making it, as Berger told Webster, experiential and real.

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Groups Las Vegas Retail Branding 158

PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

The current best-in-class method of payment for a ride on a subway in any American city works just fine – until it doesn’t. As of last week, the card network announced it will be bringing contactless payments to transit turnstiles in more than 20 U.S. cities in the next few years. Riding the Inflection Point.

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New York City Los Angeles New York Training 179

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Animal metaphors aside, 2019 is a year that should inspire excitement, along with great anticipation, across the expansive payments and commerce ecosystem: It’s the bridge year between the decades of the ‘10s and the ‘20s. Leave Mobile Payments, Embrace Ambient Commerce. That makes it the most important year of the last decade.

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Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205