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. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. Innovation by Any Other Name. Back here in the U.S.,

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Its abundance in payments and commerce is what inspires innovators to challenge a friction-filled status quo and create something new. This once-free social networking site, over the course of the 11 years it existed, assembled millions of people who freely shared their experiences with each other and the entirety of the web.

Boston 124

Boston Regulation Innovation Study 124

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment .

Apple 101

Apple Massachusetts Data Cards 101

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That enthusiasm for design in general first led Royer to be an early worker for bespoke men’s clothing firm Bonobos — but even back in his clothing days, he held onto a lasting fascination with the furniture market in general, and sofas in particular. But something simple, purpose build and of high quality for the middle market.

San Francisco 122

San Francisco Branding Austin Customer Experience 122

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In an interview with Karen Webster, Boston Federal Reserve Chief Operating Officer and FedNow Program Executive Ken Montgomery said the central bank’s ambitious payments initiative remains on track — and will inject competition into the instant payments market.

Payments 244

Payments Boston System Operations 244

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

That enthusiasm for design in general first led Royer to be an early worker for bespoke men’s clothing firm Bonobos – but even back in his clothing days, he held onto a lasting fascination with the furniture market in general, and sofas in particular. But something simple, purpose build and of high quality for the middle market.

San Francisco 101

San Francisco Branding Austin Customer Experience 101

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend.

Apple 227

Apple Study Innovation Survey 227

PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

The company has also expanded Starbucks Delivers with the help of Uber Eats, which is in more than 2,700 stores in 11 markets. That said, mobile order-ahead apps — as can be the case generally when comes to many types of retail innovations — have lower adoption among smaller QSRs. Beyond Delivery. McDonald’s. Mobile-Order Ahead.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

These teams are looking to mobile apps to innovate payments in a way that will revitalize purchases and the game experience. Revenue for the online sports betting market is predicted to reach $150 billion, making it likely that even more states will follow suit with regulations of their own.

Payments 161

Payments social media Mobile Seattle 161

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Just in case you needed even more of a reason to want the Pats to win!).

Boston 100

Boston San Francisco Houston Georgia 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). And then there’s Tom Brady. Just in case you needed even more of a reason to want the Pats to win!).

Boston 100

Boston San Francisco Houston Georgia 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2017

While many in the Greater Boston area stayed indoors to keep clear of the arctic chill that had descended upon the region, eight teams hunkered down in offices in the middle of the Financial District with another goal in mind: reimagining the retail and payments experience using AR/VR technologies. Payment-enabled, of course.

Retail 101

Retail Payments Boston Innovation 101

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. and identified five or six influencer markets that we wanted to penetrate.

Retail 100

Retail Boston Community Branding 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

Of course, the movie has a happy ending: Pat lets the family go, and the hero finally confronts his feelings about his mother’s death. Innovations such as…. Availability is expanding through West Coast and Midwest markets this fall and should go nationwide early in 2018. LG Everything. Miscellaneous. Probably not long at all.

Google 118

Google Course Boston California 118

PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2019

But that’s not stopping efforts at innovation and disruption in this space. Aspiration Bank is one of those innovators hoping to gain socially-conscious consumers via a pay-what-you-like fee structure — while also managing to please investors at the same time. “We That’s not all, of course. “No Aspiration Results.

Retail 116

Retail New York City Millennials Boston 116

PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2017

Some of it works; disruptive innovation depends on thinking a little bit differently. So in some sense, it is not surprising that the team at Boston Dynamics chose a dog to be their robotic delivery beast. But these days, Marc Raibert says the company has been testing how it can put its robots to work in more marketable ways.

Boston 108

Boston social media Washington Retail 108

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS’ Karen Webster, Gradifi’s new CEO David Chang — all of a week and a half in his role and a PayPal alum (where he helmed that firm’s Boston office) — said that all too often in conversation with young borrowers, it becomes apparent that debt is steering their career choices. What’s On Offer.

Study 170

Study United States Boston Millennials 170

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. Produce marketer Avocados From Mexico said that avocado demand hit new highs this year ahead of the Super Bowl, increasing 20 percent from last year to 242 million pounds. “We It’s a tall order. Go Pats!

Boston 150

Boston Retail Branding Payments 150

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. View credit card balances, transaction history. Stop payment requests.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Boston Community Iowa 70

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

In a Federal Reserve Bank of Boston survey of mobile banking and payment services released in August, roughly three-fourths of about 600 community banks and credit unions in five Federal Reserve districts that were polled were offering some kind of mobile service. View credit card balances, transaction history. Stop payment requests.

Community Bank 70

Community Bank Boston Community Iowa 70

PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). The firms are eyeing a confluence of mobile commerce, digital marketing and ease of payments. Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. It’s the kind of commerce that engenders no joy. The Available Data. trillion.”.

Millennials 109

Millennials Boston Retail Mobile 109

PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities. We are tech agnostic,” Winrich said.

Payments 131

Payments Los Angeles San Francisco New York City 131

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2016

Sure, spring can be great — unless, of course, “spring” where you live is best defined by six weeks of chilly rain followed by eight weeks of infernal heat (welcome to Boston). Well, unless you’re PYMNTS, of course, in which case, you can always find something! Starbucks, of course. But fall — ah, fall!

Course 100

Course United States Boston Mobile 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

It is a delicate balance, of course. Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely. Stringfellow was promoted to the permanent position of VP of internal innovation and operations. ECommerce was big business for Target in 2015.

Retail 100

Retail San Francisco California Minneapolis 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

The most effective contrarians, of course, are those whose countervailing opinions are rooted in an intellectually honest framework or set of hypotheses that offer credible support for looking at things through a different lens. Some consumers will take the bait, of course, but most won’t. Good luck with that.

Cards 169

Cards Course Study New York 169

PYMNTS

APRIL 20, 2017

million over the course of the next three years to build up a FinTech hub in Charlotte. I helped to start the Charlotte Entrepreneurs Organization’s (EO) chapter in 1998 to help foster dialogue in the Queen City around innovation and opportunities. PYMNTS: How has Charlotte’s startup ecosystem changed in recent years?

Charlotte 118

Charlotte North Carolina Community United States 118

PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true.

Bitcoin 100

Bitcoin blockchain Video Apple 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

Over the years, of course, long-armed women were replaced by the automated switching systems that evolved to become the backbone of the telephone switching systems that are in place today. She stayed with Bell and the Boston Telephone Dispatch Company for more than 30 years until her retirement. Consumers, of course, want it now.

Google 190

Google Branding System Apple 190

CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cava has around 30 restaurants in the DC, LA, and NYC markets, and its packaged dips and spreads are sold in more than 200 Whole Foods Market stores. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Select VC Investors: Breakaway Innovation Group.

Maine 70

Maine Capital Rhode Island DC 70

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

For a startup that’s done some pretty heavy lifting to successfully recruit merchants to join an innovative new eCommerce platform, being front page news lauding its accomplishments is always great news. And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. .

Comparison 100

Comparison Retail Boston Online 100

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 19, 2018

That retailer is, of course, Amazon. That curiosity was piqued by my walks to the office when I am in town (I live in Beacon Hill in Boston) and my mental counts of the number of Amazon boxes I see out on trash day. Today, based on brand-new PYMNTS proprietary analysis, Walmart accounts for roughly 8.9 Minding the Whole Paycheck Gap.

Retail 167

Retail Online Branding Analysis 167

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2017

But memorabilia, its collectors and its sellers comprise a unique market. Sheen auctioned off two pieces of precious Ruth memorabilia — his 1927 World Series ring and the original copy of the document selling Ruth from the Boston Red Sox to the Yankees in 1919. How unique? We’re so glad you asked. . The King And His Contract.

Las Vegas 109

Las Vegas New York Boston Online 109

CB Insights

AUGUST 4, 2017

Download our research briefing as we take you through private market trends, major investors, and pioneering medical device startups. The device uses EEG electrodes to monitor and analyze brain activity during the course of sleep. Select Investors: Innovation Commission 2030, Laurent Alexandre, MAIF Avenir, Xavier Niel.

San Francisco 78

San Francisco Training Capital Trends 78

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Regardless of how and why they hit the market, some technology-driven innovations seem to lend themselves to particular vertical markets and/or disciplines. Redefining media and communications of every kind, of course. Revolutionizing every aspect of sales and marketing in the process? Wearable technologies?

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. The bit obviously needed some refining, which it got over the course of the next 30 years while “Late Night” and the “Late Show” were on the air. The Top 10 List retired with David Letterman in May of 2015. Grubhub Buys LevelUp.

Branding 100

Branding Cards Fraud Marketing 100

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Given the still nascent state of consumer adoption of mobile payments technology, time and opportunities for growth and innovation in the mobile arena at the community bank level still exist, banking technology experts say. Typically the younger segments are more innovative and are looking for new ways to do things,” Brown offers.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That most of our elected officials don’t have any clue how Facebook, much less the platform business models that have powered so much innovation across industry segments for thousands of years, work. Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. trillion searches a year.

Google 121

Google Data social media Branding 121