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

JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. Never mind the people who start rummaging around in their purse or wallet to pull out their cards after stepping up to the checkout counter. The ability for merchants to surcharge in the U.S. is nothing new.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2016

From loyalty to inventory management and data to omnicommerce strategy, there’s no shortage of available features and options for retailers looking to upgrade to full-service payments solutions. Even after a retailer does find a suitable option, integrating the system into their operations can be a challenge. About The Tracker.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The BIS noted of central bank digital currency ( CBDC ) that “a CBDC could provide a complementary central bank money to the public, supporting a more resilient and diverse domestic payment system. To be sure, recent PYMNTS research shows an increasing comfort level with digital payments, in general.

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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. Disrupting Paper-Based Systems.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Fostering this growth means enabling food truck operators to quickly accept customers’ payments as they dish out food and friendly service. When it comes to completing in-store payments, 36 percent of customers prefer to use credit cards and 33 percent opt for debit cards. with the industry being valued at $856.7

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. 25) that it will sell its StubHub ticketing operations to online ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc. The marketplace company said on Monday (Nov. for $4 billion.

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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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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

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It’s a concept Rob Orgel, now the new president and chief operating officer at Flywire , told Karen Webster was foundational to his decade-long career at Apple — where he was part of the leadership team that developed, rolled out and grew the Apple Pay business. Flywire announced his appointment Tuesday (Nov. 5) to the newly created position.

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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. can now use their PayPal accounts for contactless payments. is mired in cybersecurity anxieties.

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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

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). All of those viewers present a massive commerce opportunity and a chance for payments to really shine.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). All of those viewers present a massive commerce opportunity and a chance for payments to really shine.

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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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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Here, a fraudster obtains a legitimate user’s details to take over their online accounts, enabling the theft of money or a credit card, according to Marianne Crowe, vice president in the Secure Payments Innovation and Research group at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. Online U.S. High-tech and low-tech solutions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

They are increasingly able to serve more customers than ever before, thanks in large part to mobile payment acceptance technology. Pedicab drivers in cities like Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., can now accept credit and debit card payments thanks to mPOS systems that allow them to take cards while on-the-go.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Its abundance in payments and commerce is what inspires innovators to challenge a friction-filled status quo and create something new. The study was published one year after Uber set its drivers loose on the road in Boston and taxi drivers collectively stomped their feet over the fact that Uber was cutting into their business.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

One of the biggest trends in fintech today is the rise of digital banking products like mobile checking accounts and new debit cards. From Square to Paypal, a host of fintechs are creating products that let consumers spend money directly out of digital accounts using a physical card. turning Digital p2p payments into debit cards.

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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

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

Giving consumers a safe and trusted online payments experience means being comfortable finding and then following the paths not typically taken to uncover potential vulnerabilities – and then defending those decisions to team members and management. Card Networks Want to Raise Their Prices. have been settled.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Plain cake, glazed, chocolate dipped, Boston creme, powdered sugar and jelly was the standard line – with perhaps the occasional cruller or blueberry cake thrown in for exoticism. Customers, after downloading the new app, log in via Facebook, Google or email and register a card or to use Apple Pay. Moving To Mobile Payments .

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NOVEMBER 2, 2017

The basic philosophy of open payments is this basic notion that customers should not be forced to change the money they already have in their regular accounts to a special form of money for transportation,” said Judge. Once that new system is place, riders will be able to pay at the gate using contactless payments.

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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

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Today, payments innovators want to better understand how their innovation could make existing ecosystems stronger and healthier, destroy them on the way to creating something different (and they think better) or blunt their ambitions entirely. Decomposers are the ecosystem wild card. Absent an energy source, the ecosystem dies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Although the wagons have begun to circle more publicly and more recently on Apple and its payments stance — given the very public lawsuit over in-app purchases — large-scale efforts to challenge Apple’s position on allowing anyone other than Apple access to the NFC chip haven’t gotten much media bandwidth. And it probably has. 25-31, 2020.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). and was followed by the great cybercriminal migration to the web and card-not-present transactions. True in 2009.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

As a result of the historic pace of vaccine development through Operation Warp Speed and careful logistics planning, the FAA today is supporting the first mass air shipment of a vaccine," the agency said in a statement on Friday (Nov. Walmart now operates 19 clinics inside its stores to attend to routine, non-emergency health matters.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

These days, however, Uber is spending its time, increasingly, in court and has even managed to allow things to break down completely in Austin such that it doesn’t operate there anymore. Circle is a payments company and one that has concluded to seek a charter from a federal banking regulator.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Or just to boo the Yankees (Boston-based baseball fans, mostly). Their early conversations were about how they could deliver on that, and how FIS could take redundant payment tasks off their plates. Every moment they are focused on some redundant task around money, they are not improving their park experience,” John noted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

And the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything — and that you start off December right, with the latest in payments and commerce news. Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes? Paytm , India’s mobile payments startup, said on Monday (Nov. The marketplace said Monday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

Operating in concert with Mastercard and Neiman Marcus, the store will offer a range of items segmented into three categories relating to the magazine’s three core areas: @work, @play and @peak. Placed within the store’s dressing rooms, the mirrors can suggest accessories to complete outfits and accept payment for those outfits.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. B2B Payments. PYMNTS breaks down the latest deals below. Cybersecurity. Singapore’s CardUp announced nearly $1.7

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

The service is available in several major metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., Biggins explained how she initially encouraged restaurants to join the MealPal platform by conducting a series of tests at a Fresh Market location in Boston. million lunches over the past year. San Francisco and Miami.

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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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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

These programs — which include apps like GrubHub, Foodler, Favor, Seamless and DoorDash – operate independently of merchants, acting as middlemen between in-home consumers and various eateries. When you order your first Favor, you’ll enter the payment information, which we store securely. Or, for that matter, even a lobster dinner?

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The latest twists came in September, when one of the biggest technology and payments events of the year featured the announcement of Apple Inc.’s s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow.

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