PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

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. According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub.

Apple 101

Apple Massachusetts Data Cards 101

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

The digital transformation of the commerce ecosystem, which had been underway long before COVID-19 reared its ugly head, flipped into overdrive overnight, as consumers were forced to change their habits and shift almost everything they once did in real life to an online substitute. The Surprise in the Unsurprising. The Power of Persistence.

Retail 220

Retail Study Report Boston 220

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. Another had an offer with a promo code to get $10 off my first online order, which would be delivered free to my front door in two hours or less once I linked my Prime account to Whole Foods. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

Retail 156

Retail Branding Millennials Online 156

Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions. Several retail service experts say it will apply to your community bank, if it doesn’t already. 1% Don’t know.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Community Operations Retail 70

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. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2016

Spring is about renewal, the holiday season is about family and friends, and later winter (in Boston, anyway) is filled with the gnawing anxiety that it might never ever get above 40 degrees Fahrenheit again. Every season has a certain defining characteristic. For those keeping score at home, that is 39.6 billion calories.

United States 101

United States National New York Data 101

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Ample Hills Creamery — named for a line in a Walt Whitman poem — is an ice cream shop and “community gathering place.” MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain is a healthy beauty store with locations in Boston, Washington DC, and Nantucket.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

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APRIL 18, 2016

1 source of online fraud. And Messenger and Marcus’ big bet is that its chatbots will provide a mechanism for brands to strike up those conversations with their community faster, cheaper and as well – if not better – than a live person can do now. And who uses Facebook itself anymore to really communicate with their friends?

Google 100

Google Mobile Branding Apple 100

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Notable projects: The Mayo Clinic OB Nest explores ways for women with low-risk pregnancies to reduce the number of their in-person doctor visits through a combination of dedicated nurses, a special online community, and in-home monitoring. Boston Children’s Hospital — Innovation and Digital Health Accelerator (IDHA).

Innovation 73

Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Of course, business openings are just one part of this story: Business exits (AKA failures) are the flip side of that small business coin — and where those same dismal scientists say there’s even more cause for concern. And that trend line really hasn’t reversed course all that much since then.

Retail 134

Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Samsung’s global march added another stopping point this week, as Thailand became the latest nation to come online for Samsung Pay. That announcement comes as most of the global payments-watching community was watching Samsung Pay’s imminent foray into India. Speaking of watching — and watches…. Apple’s Adding Merchants.

Samsung 100

Samsung Apple Mobile National 100

CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

One popular explanation for this is that millennials are simply shopping less in physical locations in general, preferring to do their shopping online. Gucci has also had some success with millennials — the company’s sales rose by 86% in 2017 following a targeted online “geek chic” campaign. Millennials are 6.4%

Millennials 78

Millennials Industry Trends Branding 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Dream Exchange, which describes itself as the first minority-owned exchange in the world, intends to launch in 2021 and aims to create a more inclusive trading environment for smaller companies and empower minority communities. Of course, M&A is still a lucrative function for investment banks today. INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. SB Drive focuses on advancing self-driving technology, especially related to public and community services such as buses.

System 78

System Technology Michigan California 78

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

But a few common threads do emerge, such as an inability to generate sustainable revenue, bad product-market fit, losing to competitors, and (of course) simply running out of money. via Beta Boston. via MDDI Online. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine. The Top 20 Reasons Startups Fail. Company: Rdio.

Capital 78

Capital Company San Francisco Operations 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Raptr, the online optimization platform founded by former pro gamer Dennis “Thresh” Fong a decade ago, is about to be shuttered.

Company 78

Company US San Francisco Capital 78