Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2016

Walmart wants to add $250 billion worth of Made in the USA products to its stores by 2023, an ambitious plan the retail giant says will add 1 million new American-based manufacturing and support jobs as well. Harold Sirkin, senior partner and managing director at the Boston Consulting Group, who presented a forum on U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When asked, fear of crowds surfaced as consumers’ primary reason for preferring to carry on with digital-first experiences when it comes to shopping for groceries (57 percent), purchasing retail products (52 percent) and even ordering food from restaurants (45 percent). The SMB Pinch. The Power of Persistence.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 11, 2014

According to a 2012 Boston College Center for Retirement Research study , 63% of American males (why only males I do not know) participated exclusively in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans in 2007, up from 47% in 1992. Could this need for personal financial management prove to be a viable niche for community financial institutions?

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

While the store is a first for Nike, it’s part of a bigger trend in retail — product and inventory localization. how retailers can survive (and thrive) this holiday season. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays. Major retailers and brands go local.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Share of community banks and credit unions offering the following mobile banking features and functions: 84%.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Share of community banks and credit unions offering the following mobile banking features and functions: 84%.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2019

2,420 in Boston and $2,300 in Seattle for a no-frills one-bedroom, probably a walk-up. They also don’t have to cope with the loneliness typically reported among young workers, as co-living arrangements offer not just a place to live, but also a built-in sense of community. Co-living opens you up to an instant community and connections.

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PYMNTS

JULY 19, 2018

And while one might assume that moms would be the leading consumer group for Monica + Andy, it turns out that non-moms are 50 percent of their business, and some of their most active repeat customers. It has also added six retail stores, three permanent and three nine-month pop-ups. A Boston location is set to open soon.

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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. Cava Group.

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

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PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

Annoyed to the point of swearing them off for good: “Shopping with a bot is tedious — it takes 20 exchanges to finally get a link to a just-OK pair of black pumps that you have to then go outside the bot to the retailer site to buy. enabling convenience, access and simplicity to further connect individuals and communities all over the world.

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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. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. 82% to over 2.3%

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

There is no shortage of startups that enter the wild world of direct-to-consumer (DTC) retail to address a hole in the market that leaves a massive number of consumers underserved. And the Boston-based brand’s only shop is located right next to the finish line for the Boston Marathon.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

London transportation that accepts Oyster will support mobile payments of up to £30 only, and for larger amounts, users can use Vodafone Pay at retailers, which requires a PIN. According to Media and Services UX, (MSX) group at Strategy Analytics, three-quarters of mobile payment users in China do so in physical stores daily.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

They connect one group of customers (like people looking for a ride) with another group of customers (like drivers). They provide physical or virtual platforms (like a shopping mall) for multiple groups (like retailers and shoppers) to get together. Platforms’ Critical Success Factor: Crossing the Critical Mass Frontier.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Distribution will start with priority groups — healthcare workers and people in nursing homes are already seeing the vaccine roll out, with a longer-term plan of getting the vast majority of nearly 300 million Americans vaccinated by the end of summer 2021. Distribution officially began in the U.K. last week, and here in the U.S.,

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

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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 9, 2017

That announcement comes as most of the global payments-watching community was watching Samsung Pay’s imminent foray into India. According to new published data from Boston Retail Partners, Apple Pay has garnered the largest percentage of U.S. Speaking of watching — and watches…. Samsung Pay In Thailand.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

Point-of-sale financing for retailers. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Payment collection services from groups . Tags: SMB, expense management, expense reports, debit card, prepaid, accounting, bookkeeping, Y Combinator (investor), Community Federal Savings Bank (issuer). Latest round: $25 million Debt. Total raised: Unknown.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In the past decade, restaurant and bar purchases have grown at twice the rate of general retail spending. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra. table of contents.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Both firms were among the 23 banks underwriting Snowflake’s IPO, which was the biggest software IPO in history — more than triple the size of VMware’s offering in 2007 — as well as the IPOs of real estate investment firm Broadstone Net Lease, telehealth company Amwell, and investment group StepStone. INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS.

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CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

The news that millennials were too lazy to eat cereal was catnip for many publications, eager to drive traffic for a their coverage of this controversial age group’s habits. GET THE 54-PAGE RETAIL TRENDS REPORT. Not all in-store retailers have fallen out of favor with millennials the way department stores have.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

These companies are advancing a variety of construction methods to build ambitious development projects that reimagine everything from the wood used in homes to the ways we think about private vs. communal space. Blokable was founded by Aaron Holm, who formerly spearheaded physical retail efforts at Amazon. Table of contents.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

It didn’t work out so well, noted Jeff Green, a partner at retail real estate firm Hoffman Strategy Group. It’s so important because those are the communities that have the adverse health outcomes. Safeway tried to compete on a traditional supermarket level, and it couldn’t,” he said. The experiment crashed and burned.”.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Select VC Investors: Alibaba Group, Atlantic Bridge Capital, GGV Capital. Select VC Investors: Wellington Management, Otto Group. via Beta Boston. Company: Webvan Group. Meanwhile, it floated other plans, like starting a print catalogue and delivering for local retailers. via Cleantechnica. Company: Quixey.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Retail/Consumer Goods. Originally opened in 2008 by a group of Googlers who wanted someplace a bit more free-form to do their “20% work.” (“20% work” itself is a form of constant innovation: it’s the 20% of the workweek during which Google employees get to work on projects not directly connected to their core tasks.) Technology.

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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. Imzy was created by former Reddit employees Dan McComas and Jessica Moreno as a safer, friendlier version of the popular community site. Around 4 p.m.,

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