PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Etsy is hardly alone: eCommerce is experiencing year-over-year growth of 14 percent, according to the Payments Powering Platforms Tracker , and merchants looking to capitalize on this rise must accept the preferred payment methods of their customers, which include everything from credit cards to PayPal to Venmo and everything outside and in between.

Retail 131

Retail Payments Apple Online 131

CFPB Monitor

APRIL 3, 2017

The CFPB has issued its March 2017 complaint report that highlights credit card complaints. The report also highlights complaints from consumers in Massachusetts and the Boston metro area. Consumers complained about the terms of deferred-interest programs, including confusion as to how payments were applied to multiple balances.

Massachusetts 89

Massachusetts Cards Report West Virginia 89

CFPB Monitor

APRIL 3, 2017

The CFPB has issued its March 2017 complaint report that highlights credit card complaints. The report also highlights complaints from consumers in Massachusetts and the Boston metro area. Consumers complained about the terms of deferred-interest programs, including confusion as to how payments were applied to multiple balances.

Massachusetts 74

Massachusetts Cards Report West Virginia 74

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The payments industry is a fairly large pie, but the way things are currently set up is skewed to favor larger vendors and businesses — a $4 trillion industry in the U.S. million small businesses make up about 26 percent of the overall payments industry but are responsible for 79 percent of its total fees. Payments are complex.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2018

Payment software solution provider Alcinéo is one player putting a new focus on improving mPOS security. The company is integrating a Trustonic solution as part of an effort to better protect customer data and payment information processed through its mPOS apps, according to a press release. Around the mPOS World.

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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. According to issuer Goldman Sachs , they have opened up about $10 billion in credit lines in just over month for the Apple Card. Of that $10 billion, Apple Card?

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Apple Massachusetts Data Cards 101

PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2020

As of the middle of June, the Treasury Department had issued nearly $270 billion worth of stimulus payments to some 160 million people, the Times reported. For example, the Times talked to Jess Brown, who has $40,000 in credit card debt and only qualified for $135 per week in unemployment benefits pre-pandemic.

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NCR

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Banks and card providers have been devoting a lot of attention recently to Asian markets, and it’s not hard to see why. Card providers have also been promoting the use of new solutions. With more than 1.3 billion potential customers in China alone, and a similar number in India, the opportunities for banks are immense.

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Regional Payments National Boston 75

PYMNTS

AUGUST 2, 2016

Reports from Associated Press last week put faces on the struggle of late small business payments. Days after AP’s story was circulated, reports emerged from the MIT Sloan School of Management and The Harvard Business School that provides new evidence that faster payments can help small businesses. National Slowdown.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

This digital shift — doing less in the physical world and more in the digital world for the same activity — is based on 16 longitudinal studies that PYMNTS has conducted of a national sample of more than 40,000 U.S. Many of those are payment apps used by consumers online, but not in brick-and-mortar stores without access to Apple’s NFC chip.

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Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2019

Thousands descended upon T-Mobile Park stadium in Seattle on March 28 — the earliest opening day in Major League Baseball (MLB) history — to see their home team, the Mariners, take on last year’s World Series champions, the Boston Red Sox. CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks , was the first NFL stadium to adopt the technology.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

Payments 102

Payments Innovation Data Course 102

PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

Payments 102

Payments Innovation Data Course 102

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

Circle is a payments company and one that has concluded to seek a charter from a federal banking regulator. Said charter will mean that Circle will face tighter scrutiny but great ease operating on a national scale. The OCC offers few limited-purpose charters, mostly for trust companies or credit card issuers.

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Regulation National Austin Fintech 100

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. Looking ahead, we see a cashless future for NFL fans, where events, including future Super Bowls, are digital — creating a more secure and seamless payment environment for fans and concessionaires alike.”.

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Boston Retail Branding Payments 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

And experts are warning that given the spike in cases nationwide, we should expect to see that national death toll to double over the next 10 days to reach 4,000 daily. And this, as Karen Webster noted in a recent commentary, is where payments players have an opportunity to help push a vaccine by creating richer incentives to get it. “If

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Arizona Survey Boston Examples 160

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

For businesses with between 20 and 99 employees, credit cards remain their top financing source, while bank loans are more commonly reserved for firms with between 100 and 500 employees. In this effort, the platform is turning to regional and national economic development organizations to promote education on both sides.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Or just to boo the Yankees (Boston-based baseball fans, mostly). Baseball is a game, a beloved game adored by a nation whose citizens have been going to the park in one capacity or other since at least 1791. Every moment they are focused on some redundant task around money, they are not improving their park experience,” John noted.

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Cards Community Boston Payments 115

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

According to its survey of 507 vendors of merchant processing systems, Apple Pay is the most requested mobile digital payments service among retailers. According to the recently released figures, 44 percent of those vendors’ customers are using, or have asked about using, mobile digital payment systems.

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Apple Houston Boston Mobile 100

FICO

APRIL 11, 2022

This slight uptick is not surprising as we have been seeing the average FICO® Score on the national population increasing as time since the “great recession” ages. . As of April 2019, about 1.6% of the U.S. scorable population had an 850 FICO® Score. That compares to 0.98% in April 2014 and 0.85% in April 2009.

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New Hampshire Connecticut Minnesota San Francisco 52

PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2019

22) before reportedly extending the service into Boston and New York, among other cities. In other news, Apple announced that five major retailers now have Apple Pay: The tech company said that Taco Bell, Target, Speedway convenience stores, Jack in the Box and Hy-Vee supermarkets in the Midwest support the digital payment service.

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Apple Branding San Francisco New York City 109

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Digital and payments plans were developed, investments are being made, and transformation projects are being executed. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim!

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Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Agnani, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, D.C. Engel, Research Professor, Suffolk University Law School, Boston, Mass. Hughes, Senior Vice President of Card Marketing, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, Ill. Kathleen C. Dr. Raul A.

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FICO

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

One driver of this observation is likely the FCRA-mandated seven-year purge rule for negative information, which means that missed payments reported in the 2007-2009 period (epicenter of the recession) have been dropping off of people’s credit reports. Paul and Boston. Which states have seen the biggest increase over time?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

While we would never claim to do a top 10 list with quite the panache of David Letterman, it has been an awfully busy summer in payments and commerce — one where it would have been unusually easy to lose track of the action. million-worth of NPXS tokens that were issued by payment project Pundi X’s ICO. They also stole $13.8

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Tomorrow's Transactions

JANUARY 19, 2017

Naturally, as is the case for most forward-looking of retailers, they do not take cash, so I paid with one of the many cards about my person. Perry Kramer, vice president and practice lead at consultant Boston Retail Partners, contends that as many as four-fifths of (US, I presume) retailers are already “largely cashless”.

Retail 30

Retail Case Study Cards Boston 30

Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 11, 2023

Come for the wall-to-wall innovations, bring back actionable plans Sep 11-13 | Marriott Marquis | NYC Book Now If we are missing anything, please drop me a note.

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FICO

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

This slight uptick is not surprising as we have been seeing the average FICO® Score on the national population increasing as time since the “great recession” ages. As of April 2019, about 1.6% of the U.S. scorable population had an 850 FICO® Score. That compares to 0.98% in April 2014 and 0.85% in April 2009. by Tom Quinn.

New Hampshire 40

New Hampshire Connecticut Minnesota San Francisco 40

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

With the desire for seamless omnichannel experiences eclipsing cost as the most important factor in food delivery, it’s no wonder that store-to-door apps aim to provide simple yet secure payment processes to stay competitive. When you order your first Favor, you’ll enter the payment information, which we store securely.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

And it’s going to shake the payments industry by its ankles. 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.” What is it you ask? Is it one those amazing blockchain things?

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Bitcoin blockchain Video Apple 100

William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. The company enables clients to achieve best-in-class results driving quality and innovation in Payments, Processing Services, Risk & Compliance, Customer & Channel Management, and Insights & Optimization. HQ: Boston, MA. Press & Sales: Colby Ross, colby@projectfinance.io , 603-767-2089.

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Security Samsung Strategy San Jose 40

PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

There’s credit to be added to said ticket, of course, leaving little time to find the appropriate terminal and make a payment — often resulting in them rushing around only to arrive as their trains or buses roll by. s national railroad system. In 2012, we moved beyond the U.K. In 2012, we moved beyond the U.K. Something for everyone.

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Mobile Training Boston Alaska 161

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

As mobile payments continue their race into the mainstream, land grab expansion seems to have become the name of the game. Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. Speaking of watching — and watches…. merchants to 36 percent of U.S.

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Samsung Apple Mobile National 100

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 1, 2018

Because the idea worked, it spread – first throughout the West Coast, where Christmas kettles caught on quickly, and then in the East after McFee was stationed in Boston (at which point they added the bells). As of 2018, cash continues to be the most-used payment method in the U.S., Twenty-four percent of U.S. Cash made up 12.6

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San Francisco Oakland Maine Boston 160

CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

Companies will have to look to guidelines from local and national authorities for each office location. As we become more conscious of avoiding frequently touched surfaces, touchless modes of entry will displace traditional card swiping. Track companies that are driving more efficient payment and checkout for retailers and shoppers.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. He believed Powa would set down mobile payments infrastructure that would be just as revolutionary. via Beta Boston. via TechCrunch.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

We are confident that to truly have the long-term impact we want to make, we need to focus on finding an acquirer with an existing national fresh food supply chain who can carry forward the Juicero mission. Title: Wyre Pivoted Away from Consumer Bitcoin Payments. Title: My Mobile AR Start-Up Died So Yours Doesn’t Have To.

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