PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2020

Frameworks, of course, offer guideposts and at least some movement toward standardization. And we’re not talking about the myriad of cryptos that have popped up hither and yon, offered by private companies across what is still a Wild West for issuance (with no real set of security principles, yet) and scattered use cases.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

The crypto landscape is littered with digital tokens, with promise and peril, with stories of booms … and, of course, more recently, busts. Of course, some of those investors got in well before the downturn, and may still be holding onto gains. No one seems to be all that sure whether or not cryptos are securities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Separately, of course, the People’s Bank of China (PBOC) has said that a test of a CBDC rests with small retail transactions — not large-volume transactions. An increase in protectionist policies” may present risks in a landscape where foreign payment service firms still are dominant, she said.

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Celent Banking

OCTOBER 5, 2016

Its seriousness brought into stark relief by the $81mm Bangladeshi incident (something my cab driver in Boston asked about on the way to the airport!), Technology, of course, is a necessary but not sufficient condition for success; banks must be culturally able to integrate with new partners quickly and flexibly.

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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. He noted there has been additional input from the FedNow Community of 700 members.

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PYMNTS

MAY 16, 2018

If one board member splits time between Florida and Boston, it can hold up approval until that person is available to sign. Praeger said AP automation also helps to increase security and – perhaps ironically, since HOA managers are letting go of manual control over payments – creates greater control around paying bills.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Building trust in your institution has a lot to do with technology, from implementing strong data security practices to humanizing your online customer interactions. Penetration testing, or pen testing for short, has become a staple of bank IT security programs because hacking threats are constantly evolving. Elizabeth Judd.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

The move comes amid a general trend in all areas of payments and commerce to move beyond the limitations and security risks that come with older forms of ID authentication and verification. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! – we can also expect more voice-assistant retail as part of the games.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

This small business is a really small business: a guy working out of a teeny tiny storefront in a little town north of Boston. Ubiquity, of course, is payments nirvana. Certainty of good funds is what they need to plan their cash position, as is the certainty that the funds moving across the networks are secure.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

Connecting with consumers has seen a significant change over the course of the past few decades. Retailers are working hard to not only adjust but also enhance the approach to securing and maintaining sales. Retailers are working hard to not only adjust but also enhance the approach to securing and maintaining sales.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

There’s an important wrinkle here for the banks, which allows them to wrap the FinTech’s services and products into their own interactions with consumers and thus — through convenience, of course — create stickier relationships with clients. the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. trillion to $7.2 trillion.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

Think of access to reliable internet service, perhaps, as roughly similar to access to reliable and secure financial services — without both, the larger worlds of payment and commerce can indeed suffer. “In Of course, Open Broadband is not alone in this general area. communities. Expensive Cities. We are tech agnostic,” Winrich said.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 25, 2019

And, of course, that moment never occurs on a day when one is early. Many things had to happen, particularly embedding safety and security around these transactions so this great new innovation doesn’t end up enriching fraudsters. Riding the Inflection Point. Contactless technology in the U.S., when stacked up against the U.K.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2018

It’s Boston. It’s February (or maybe it’s May, because it’s still snowing in Boston). And these merchants and retailers are recognizing that, over the course of the next two to three years, that $400 billion is going to inflate to something like $1.2 Picture this. It’s snowing. A driver has to pull over and get gas. trillion.”.

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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.

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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.

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FICO

JANUARY 25, 2017

Of course, people are studying stats with obvious relevance to a victory: team performance during the season, comparison of team member “big game” experience and physical strengths/weaknesses, injuries, projected game-day weather conditions, etc. on which team will take the title — the Atlanta Falcons or the New England Patriots.

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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. Looking ahead, we see a cashless future for NFL fans, where events, including future Super Bowls, are digital — creating a more secure and seamless payment environment for fans and concessionaires alike.”.

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PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

Nouchi noted his transit system is marked by density of population and high use — and has the fifth-highest ridership in the nation, taking its place alongside New York, San Francisco and Boston, for example. The bus system carries 70 million people annually, a ridership that, of course, includes tourists. How bustling?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2016

The Princeton Review lists SAT Test Prep courses in the Boston area for between $780-$7,800, depending on the scope and depth of the courses. Independent testing specialists briefed on the matter said the breach represents one of the most serious security lapses that’s come to light in the history of college admissions testing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Beware the Ides of March, warned Shakespeare. Then, amid all that consumer data, comes the debate over who owns said data.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Beware the Ides of March, warned Shakespeare. Then, amid all that consumer data, comes the debate over who owns said data.

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Payments Innovation Data Course 102

PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

Over the course of the experiment, through a series of 1,000 daily tasks, the researchers changed how the white and green dots were presented to the monkeys. Of course, we’ve seen evidence of this hard-wired behavior play out in our own payments and commerce stomping grounds over the years. Locking and unlocking the front door.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

Apple has long said that it ixnays anyone but Apple, and anything but Apple Pay, from accessing the NFC chip needed to make a contactless purchase at a terminal in a store because of security concerns. Of course, these are on Android phones, too. The whole process took less than 15 minutes.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2017

Which means the inefficient, rush-hour obstacle course that stands between commuters getting their tickets and catching their trains needs to have far fewer obstacles. New York City commuters – arguably the most on-the-go demographic in the United States – do not want to wait for anything.

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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.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 4, 2016

Of course not, but the mere indication that top executives and defense officials are willing to coordinate in an intermediary space, somewhere between a boardroom and a courtroom, echoes Carter’s earlier plea. and the new ones in the Bay Area.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Payments are and will be embedded in each of these experiences, enabled by an intermediary that will authenticate the user or the user’s device and enable secure, private and interoperable commerce experiences. The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, by contrast, gets me far less excited, even though I use it a lot.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. It doesn’t appear that this experience is exclusive to fancy hair salons in Boston. Of course, not all consumers who have switched will stay only-digital, as many of them want to get back into stores. Don’t Touch This.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2017

Historically, human beings have reacted strangely to two hours of darkness during daylight hours, although for those of us living in Boston we just call it winter. Those who have not secured their eclipse glasses at this point should be prepared to pay a handsome price. More on those later.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2018

The industry paid $321 billion in fines just through the end of last year, estimated Boston Consulting Group. The paths of the launderers themselves are tough to track, of course. JPMorgan had to pay more than $2 billion in violation of the Bank Secrecy Act, tied in part to the infamous Bernie Madoff scheme. Manual processes abound.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2018

. – beach trips, outdoor cooking, waterparks and, of course, baseball. Or just to boo the Yankees (Boston-based baseball fans, mostly). All of these things, John noted, have security issues – and are terribly inefficient.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

It’s secure, it’s cheap, it’s faster than a speeding bullet. Except, of course, it didn’t – and it is now in the crowded graveyard of payments innovations that sounded too good to be true. Webster talks to literally hundreds over the course of the year, and advises innovators large and small regularly.

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AUGUST 5, 2016

And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. . Drizly is an eCommerce marketplace that connects consumers who want alcohol delivered to them with the local dealers willing to deliver it to them – with a secure, user-friendly interface.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Of course, we don’t really expect or even want gifts for our ninth anniversary. It took us 18 months to launch the product in a legal and compliant and secure way.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Redefining media and communications of every kind, of course. For example, a new report from consulting firm Boston Retail Partners states 85% of retailers say that ‘unified commerce’ is a top priority for the year ahead, and many merchants are well on their way. Wearable technologies? Social channels? The Internet of Things?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2018

That Mark Zuckerberg showed remarkable restraint in the face of being asked, repeatedly, over the course of two days and 10 hours, questions that highlighted that lack of understanding. Law” or “CSI” or reading The Boston Globe or The Wall Street Journal all more or less liked the same things. billion searches a day or some 1.2

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