Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

A consensus says that the future banking customer relationships—particularly for millennial consumers—will orbit to one degree or another around mobile technology. Consumer studies the Boston firm has conducted indicate increasing mobile-banking adoption and awareness and use of mobile remote-deposit capture applications.

Mobile 105

Mobile Community Bank Community Technology 105

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

Yes, retail for sure—a quick search online turns up hundreds of stories about retail omni-channel. 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.

Retail 40

Retail Strategy Boston Industry 40

CB Insights

AUGUST 2, 2018

SoFi, for example, allows users to see all their assets and liabilities in one place, while Square uses vendor partnerships to offer credit card-like rewards for its debit card. US consumers aged 18+ make an average of 70 payments per month, with debit cards accounting for 32% of those purchases, according to a 2017 study by the Boston Fed.

Cards 71

Cards Fintech UX Strategy 71

PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2016

Favor, for example, will deliver everything from prescriptions to dry cleaning. Also, Mintel’s Foodservice Trends 2016 report found that 77 percent of Americans said they would use online food delivery services. Flour, a Boston-based bakery with multiple locations across the city, is among the eateries Favor users can order from.

Resources 102

Resources Operations Technology Boston 102

PYMNTS

APRIL 18, 2016

For example, botnet-induced traffic is responsible for 54 percent of the eyeballs to display ads on the Web, burning a $6 billion hole in advertisers’ pockets for eyeballs that aren’t and will never buy. 1 source of online fraud. Some people use bots to make tasks simple and fast – and nefarious. Remember ZeuS ?

Google 100

Google Mobile Branding Apple 100

William Mills

MAY 11, 2016

Chip card reader for when customers are shopping online to improve security. Integrate with any online merchant site. Customers can store all of their online profiles in one secure location to improve user experience. ^KT. Fiserv is meeting that need for FIs and millennials. Retail for a piece.

Video 40

Video Mobile social media Analytics 40

Tefkin

JUNE 3, 2014

It is limiting to define these businesses as just online, their capacity to craft a digital experience in line with the expectations of the younger generations is unmatched by traditional financial services players. Trefis is a good example of how machine readable financial information can make model building different.

Industry 42

Industry Management Innovation Analysis 42

CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

Facebook, eBay, General Motors, Twitter, and Dropbox are just a few examples of major IPOs that were underwritten by one or both of these firms in years past. For example, the dotcom company eToys filed suit against Goldman Sachs claiming exactly that in 2002. By 2017, it had much of this codified in its own internal software.

Management 78

Management Capital Company Marketing 78

PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2016

Naturally, where there’s alcohol, there’s bound to be bad decisions, and while friends should already know not to let friends drive drunk, much fewer know about the dangers of letting a friend shop online after he’s had a few too many brews. Millions of Americans wake up the day after St.

Rhode Island 100

Rhode Island Idaho Iowa Alabama 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2017

What the data shows is that 80 percent of millennials who characterize themselves as happily employed are open to learning about new opportunities, as long as they’re provided by a trusted relationship. In our very first year, we had over 10,000 referrals in the Boston market alone. In fact, many are happily employed.

Boston 100

Boston US Marketing Industry 100

PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

In the last few months alone, we’ve seen snow in Rome and three powerful nor’easters in Boston in the space of two and a half weeks — with some forecasts predicting a fourth this week. A Google search directed me to an online merchant that sent them to me (from Italy) four days later. What they discovered was sobering: 56.5

Google 148

Google Apple Retail Millennials 148

PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

For bridge millennials, those consumers between the ages of 30 and 40 who are the first generation of connected consumers with spending power, those percentages are even higher: 31 percent own a voice-activated device, 55 percent of whom used it to make a commerce purchase in the week we asked them to report on their purchasing experiences.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Had I been in town, I might have used Google to find a store near me in Boston that carried the brand I wanted so I could try before I bought. The season takes place in the year 1985 – 10 years before eCommerce and Amazon, and seven years before today’s 27-year-old millennials were born. Because that’s what consumers want to do.

Innovation 170

Innovation US Maine Google 170