PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

The data digs into the likes, dislikes and habits of Apple Pay, Android Pay and Samsung Pay mobile payments users. Why do mobile payment users choose another method if they have taken the trouble to load their card data? Android and Samsung Pay Users For Debit, Apple for Credit. Let’s find out. Who Forgot They Have An App?

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Back in 1870, it took days to get cash from Boston to San Francisco through a combination of railroads and horseback. But the fact of the matter is that it is really easy now for people to pay merchants — it takes a couple of seconds with a card — and it’s not that hard to pay people. That’s really been the story in payments.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The world of B2B payments saw its latest significant acquisition play this week with Boston-based private equity firm Great Hill announcing its intention to acquire VersaPay, a company that provides cloud-based invoice-to-cash solutions. The B2B Receivables Revolution . Great Hill will be buying VersaPay — and paying a fair premium.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2016

We take our weather very seriously in Boston.”. Apple Pay was new, everyone was excited and the world was more or less convinced that plastic cards were about to go the way of the typewriter. After all, who wants an analog solution like a card in a digital world? Spare me the cutesy icon that tries to make a joke about it.

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William Mills

MAY 9, 2018

HQ: Boston, MA. Fiserv & Samsung , fiserv.com @Fiserv @Samsung. Samsung SDS provides purpose-built solutions & services for secure mobility, digital identity and authentication, advanced analytics and retail experience in a diverse range of industries including financial services, government, and retail.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B. sweetgreen.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 6, 2016

That means our focus in payments should be about swapping out mobile phones for plastic cards at the point of sale inside the store — right? Whipping out a card (or cash) has been how gasoline has been bought as long as there have been cars on the road. Charges are made to the card on file in the app. Take books, for example.

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Payments Online Mobile Retail 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

It could aggregate payments cards, loyalty cards, store coupons, and maybe even convert a consumer’s physical identity into something digital so that a consumer could literally leave home without her wallet. That’s also like saying the average winter temperature in Boston is 37 degrees. MasterCard is doing the same thing.

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Retail Payments Online Mobile 90

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

via Beta Boston. For millions of consumers accustomed to using credit and debit cards, the proposition of using a fingerprint hasn’t been all that appealing. “It’s hard to fight the credit-card companies,” says Gartner (IT) analyst Avivah Litan. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Instead, it has now sold off its technology to Samsung, and has left the coupon industry trying to make something out of the new mobile couponing standard it helped to create. Title: Boston startup Besomebody, once featured on ‘Shark Tank,’ shuts down app. million Series A funding round on February 28, 2017.

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