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. Merchants, especially in an increasingly tough retail environment, just want the sale.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

But Boston Consulting Group (BCG) says generative AI serves a fundamentally different purpose than predictive AI, which is the powerful tool with which many financial institutions are already familiar. The greatest absolute gains forecast (largely from increased productivity) are tied to corporate and retail banking.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

When it comes to completing in-store payments, 36 percent of customers prefer to use credit cards and 33 percent opt for debit cards. Conflicting POS systems could prove costly to integrate or present complications when reconciling payments. Card acceptance has also been key. Card acceptance has also been key.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2019

This week, the world was presented with a truly unusual retail mystery: The Case of the Inexplicable In-N-Out Burger. She was able to provide both Instagram and credit card evidence of having bought the burgers on the other side of the country several hours prior to Boehm’s discovery. The story starts at 6:30 a.m. But they didn’t.

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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. Gift Cards’ New Unfavorable Fans. As of September 2018, losses from gift-card fraud have hit $53 million.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

Brex Co-Founder and Co-CEO Henrique Dubugras said in a press release , “Even before customers think about credit cards, they need a place to store their business capital. Goldman reportedly wants to keep expanding retail offerings and raising revenue, while Saga wants to become more competitive in regards to savings offerings.

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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”.

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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. percent of all retail sales. consumers — 47.2 Share of U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

That changed on the 11th day of the month that year, when the first internet purchase in history was made by a Philadelphia resident with a Visa card. s two resident retail superpowers’ race for the consumer’s whole paycheck this week. s two resident retail superpowers’ race for the consumer’s whole paycheck this week.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

That retail is changing rapidly — and that many of its oldest and most established players are struggling to keep pace — is not much of a surprise these days. Everyone knows retailers are in trouble — at this point, the whole market knows it. And retailers also know they have a problem,” said Arish Ali, CEO of Skava.

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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. Like many small businesses (SMBs), he doesn’t accept cards. Retail payments innovators have tapped into that ubiquity-driven certainty to enable new use cases that extend their reach.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2019

That was one of the main messages from a recent PYMNTS discussion featuring Karen Webster and Vaduvur Bharghavan (who goes by VB), the president and CEO of Ondot Systems. As Voice-Assisted Retail Gets Emotional, Privacy Issues Loom. The mission of some nonprofits is to ensure that those in need have access to warm, nutritious meals.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Apple’s first retail store overhaul in 15 years is hailed by just about everyone as a Grand Slam Home Run – and the store hasn’t even opened yet (it will, in SF, on Saturday). But they, like so many storied retail brands, are going through a bit of a spiraling down.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. That just makes the point much stronger. Consider this.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Taking a page out of the copy book of the London Tube, where contactless payments have skyrocketed, the Miami-Dade County’s Department of Transportation and Public Works has signed a $33 million contract with Cubic Transportation Systems to install contactless and mobile payments. The rollout will be completed in the next 18 months.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

Now they can earn points no matter how they pay, even if they opt to use a credit card or cash. 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. That’s the biggest win for our guests,” said Rettker. Because they are special to us.”.

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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. New Frontiers in Retail Tech. How will we shop in 2020?

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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. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant. Fees follow. Ever stand behind anyone trying to use mobile pay?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

Jim Harper, CEO of Sonde Health in Boston, which is working on voice tests to monitor for postpartum depression, Parkinson’s and dementia, was quoted as saying: “We’re trying to make this ubiquitous and universal by engineering a technology that allows our software to operate on mobile phones and a range of other voice-enabled devices.”.

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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. How about Facebook gift cards? Department stores used to dominate retail , and shopping was always done in a physical store.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Fall has arrived in Boston and we are sizzling. In what was a huge blow for the DOJ who brought the antitrust case to court on behalf of merchants, the 66-page decision said that consumers weren’t harmed and if merchants didn’t like taking American Express cards because the fees were too high, they could just not take them. Better not.

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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. Peace Among Merchants and Card Networks. Seriously a Sizzle!

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

Online retailers will be where we shop. 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.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Based on a clearly defined strategy, this team has established a dedicated fintech group that offers services ranging from BaaS to sponsoring card issuance and lending, to providing crypto services, to offering niche partnerships to the gaming industry. Man, this is the bread and butter of retail banking and credit unions.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

They provide physical or virtual platforms (like a shopping mall) for multiple groups (like retailers and shoppers) to get together. Put yourselves in the shoes of the Revolution Money team back in 2007, pitching its platform to retailers and consumers. Why New Mobile and IoT Operating Systems Will Mainly Fizzle.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

An app with a card on file, Uber, as all of us who are addicted to it know, requires no intervention on the part of the consumer to pay and tip the driver. Cards on file are charged once the rider’s destination has been reached and the consumer left the vehicle. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The escalation of this now seven-year-old death spiral in just the last two years — from May 2015 to June 2017 — has wiped out $230 billion in market value off the top 20 traditional retailers. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Say Hello to Disintermediation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

The escalation of this now seven-year-old death spiral in just the last two years — from May 2015 to June 2017 — has wiped out $230 billion in market value off the top 20 traditional retailers. I need a new pair of snow boots; it’s Boston, and winter is coming.”. Say Hello to Disintermediation.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. Their platform integrates with common mortgage loan origination systems. Fiserv is one of the top two US FinTech companies focusing mainly on core systems. HQ: Boston, MA. I really like this kind of tech: why use a card with an ATM when you have your mobile banking app on your mobile phone?

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Tomorrow's Transactions

NOVEMBER 17, 2014

It’s called Card Risk Assessment for Blackjack Scenarios, or CRABS for short. From Apple Pay brings significant increase in mobile payments to retailers like Whole Foods and McDonald’s, increases awareness of Google Wallet and… | Killer Apps TV ]. The only card he had with him was that driving licence that S. Out of nowhere, N.

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William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Credit cards offer rewards but over 60% of payments are made on debit cards. Portfolio outlooks, recommendation.Provide retail and advisory users the insight they need with Polly Portfolio. If you have a large retail investor base, and no resources to interact with them, then perhaps there some value? ^SR.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 13, 2016

Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform. Prepaid card payments platform. HQ: Boston, Massechuesetts. Tags:Consumer, merchants, payments, POS, acquiring, debit/credit cards, mobile. Tags:Consumer, merchants, payments, POS, acquiring, debit/credit cards, mobile. Retailer point-of-sale system.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Steering the ship — handling all of the engineering, manufacturing, marketing, and retailing, even when you’re taking 90 percent of the subsequent profits — was ultimately too expensive of a proposition, especially in comparison to other, less-handholding-oriented start-ups. Company: Lilliputian Systems. via Beta Boston.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

For visitors, who may be outside of the closed-loop system and could pose an additional risk, office lobbies can institute biometric kiosks similar to CLEAR’s in order to provide some form of immunity verification. By implementing and enforcing these systems, employers can create a more positive experience and reduce anxiety.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

During this process, it became clear that creating an effective manufacturing and distribution system for a nationwide customer base requires infrastructure that we cannot achieve on our own as a standalone business. We began identifying ways that we could source, manufacture and distribute at a lower cost to consumers. Product: Guvera.

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