PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

And, behind the scenes, the brewery’s story is that of an exacting journey of finding Main Street success. and Portland, Maine, where craft breweries are seemingly on almost every street corner like coffee shops, Marvil pointed out. The rapid proliferation of micro-suds has been most evident in cities like Burlington, Vt.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

But in Maine, at least, the benefits have yet to flow, according to the report. She told the NPR affiliate in Boston that the system routinely freezes, causing applicants to start over. She said staff members are helping 50 clients a day apply for unemployment. Last week we had a lot of that and it was a bit overwhelming,” she said.

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American Banker

JUNE 19, 2020

Worried about a lack of demand and that some of their customers are ineligible, community banks are still on the fence about participating in the effort to back loans for businesses recovering from the pandemic crisis.

Maine 65

Maine Community Bank Community Boston 65

American Banker

AUGUST 12, 2020

The head of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said the central bank had acquired stakes in 32 business loans as of Monday, four times the amount from two weeks earlier.

Maine 42

Maine Boston Community Bank Community 42

PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Boston-based Legal Sea Foods, which has 37 locations, has closed temporarily. Our main priority remains the health and wellbeing of our employees, guests and the communities in which we operate. Our main priority remains the health and wellbeing of our employees, guests and the communities in which we operate.

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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.

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Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

When small business (SMB) investment marketplace MainVest announced a $3 million Seed funding round last week, it did something that many Main Street SMBs cannot do. Exploring the importance of the small business through the lens of its immediate community is a critical component of promoting education among entrepreneurs.

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Capital Community Oklahoma Maine 145

PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. It’s a multi-pronged attack that is leveraging both gadgets and a big reboot of the in-store experience that the Boston-based firm is betting big on. The Step Into Tech: The RunIQ . We started in the U.S.

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Retail Boston Community Branding 100

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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San Francisco Millennials New York Wichita 156

Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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Community Community Bank social media Security 139

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms. Kathleen C.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of Main Street firms have at least three channels operating to drive sales: online, at physical stores and mobile. Aid has notably come in from all corners, particularly the card networks.

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Maine Philadelphia Community Boston 169

PYMNTS

JUNE 11, 2018

The pop-up program is also designed around building a sense of community, or at least a communal conversation, about their offerings. How well the pop-ups are doing – and whether they are living up to their main purpose of bringing in more foot traffic to the brands’ locations – remains unknown.

Retail 101

Retail Los Angeles Branding New York 101

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2018

When you make it super easy to farm something, it becomes a whole new business opportunity for a community. Boston-based agricultural tech company Freight Farms , for example, grows produce inside of shipping containers. Mushrooms make an actually great main if you’re at a restaurant.”. The Business Model.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Many of the Main Street businesses, which were once options for consumers, have closed or operate with limited hours and inventory,” Webster noted. Before the pandemic, James Beard award-winning Boston wine bar haley.henry was an eatery known for small plates, tinned fish and all-natural, small-batch wines shipped from all over the world.

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Retail Study Report Boston 220

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. Does ‘Google Checking’ Foreshadow Big Tech, FinTech Payments Changes? The mission of some nonprofits is to ensure that those in need have access to warm, nutritious meals.

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Google Mobile Data Capital 129

PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

Or just to boo the Yankees (Boston-based baseball fans, mostly). Which means in these early days, FIS and their collaborators at the MiLB have three main priorities. Minor league parks often have something of a unique relationship with their communities. Why not tie all of that together inside the same mobile app?” John asked.

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Cards Community Boston Payments 115

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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Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2018

Then I went to Whole Foods on the North Shore of Boston Saturday morning to do some grocery shopping. I’ve been a Whole Foods shopper since I moved to Boston 17 years ago for the same reasons that each of you may be too: organic meat, seafood, produce and foods, great bread and cheese and a fun vibe. Prime Time at the Grocery Store.

Retail 156

Retail Branding Millennials Online 156

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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Strategy Community Bank Louisville Community 135

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). Founded: 2015.

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Innovation Cleveland New York New York City 73

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.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

It offers delivery or convenient pickup locations in the community as it has partnerships with breweries, libraries and workplaces. The company recently launched its service in Boston, where producers have to be able to drive to the city within two hours. There is not a lot of noise like in Boston and New York.

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Rhode Island Marketing Online New Hampshire 122

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. Between that, the lack of any serious governance to guide its development and keep crazies under control, and the general seediness of the bitcoin community, the Silicon Valley crowd began to shift course.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2016

For some entrepreneurs, starting a Main Street business is how they choose to pursue the American Dream. Petryk, who said he was bullied ruthlessly as a kid from the third grade to high school, views his chain of Boston-based ice cream stores as safe havens that he wants to share with his community. For others, like J.P.

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Maine Massachusetts Boston Meeting 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

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. All inside the Messenger platform.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

We’re continuing to improve our defenses, and I think this also underscores that there are just constant attacks from people who are trying to take over accounts or steal information from people in our community.”. is a Boston-based startup that verifies government-issued IDs for third-party businesses. Confirm.io Source: Google.

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Google Apple Security Data 76

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2017

Twenty-six million strong, employing 50 percent of the workforce and creating 65 percent of all new jobs, SMBs and storefronts that line the side streets and main streets of our cities and towns are the fuel that keeps our economic engines humming, roughly 100 million Americans employed and what feeds a thriving middle class. economy pumping.

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Retail Innovation Maine Community 134

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. For other borrowers, the $596 million-asset community bank allowed deferrals of principal or, in some cases, full payment deferrals. Photo: R.J.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

We experimented and tested each release with beta customers, got some initial traction, and networked in the startup community. Already growing over 50% MOM, our volume increased 5X almost overnight after our main Bay Area competitor, Shuddle, closed suddenly in mid April 2016. which helps us cover our mileage-based insurance costs.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). The restaurant has 12 current locations, in New York, LA, Providence, Boston, and most recently London, and another 20 are planned. In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra.

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San Francisco California United States CA 69

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 29, 2021

The bank was founded in 2006 and operates 19 full-service branch locations in multi-ethnic communities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia. It's largest acquisition in the last five years was Boston Private Holdings, but it has been active in its other segments, including the acquisition of Leerink.

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Capital Texas Metro North Carolina 78

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

One of the main things investment banks offer the companies whose IPOs they underwrite is legitimacy — they confer their prestige on them. Boston Consulting Group predicts, however, that only a few investment banks will ever again be able to grow to that kind of size. INITIAL COIN OFFERINGS.

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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. Top initiatives: Main project involves self-driving truck “platoons” connected through wireless signals.

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System Technology Michigan California 78

PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

Your idea plus four weeks of intensive mentoring by me and the lead Alexa developer evangelist will produce 12 ideas that the community will vote on for best in class Alexa skills. Another study done by a Boston University professor suggested that music itself is a marketing platform for alcohol. In the early part of the 2000s, a U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2016

While Donald Trump’s victory may have propelled the Dow Jones to an all-time high, it had little effect on the state of Main Street. According to the index, Main Street merchants scored 1.7 So, is Main Street sounding the alarm? Main Street USA boasted a 1.7 percent growth in Q3 2016, a dip from the 1.9 percent, 4.6

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

via Beta Boston. In a Boston Globe interview in January, he had indicated that the company’s financial performance was a pressing concern. ” via Boston Globe. via Boston Magazine. Select VC Investors: Community Investment Management, Brevet Capital Management, Trinity Ventures, Giles Raymond.

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