PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

The new funding will be used to boost the company’s operations, with a focus on global growth. Founded in 2012, Cybereason boasts distribution in all major global markets. Boston-based Cybereason has 500 employees, with offices in Tel Aviv, Tokyo, London and Sydney, as well as additional presence on all continents.

Boston 115

Boston Big Data Security Analytics 115

PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

With results that show how COVID-19 closures are impacting the gaming industry, Wynn Resorts Ltd. Wynn Resorts runs the Encore and Wynn properties on the Strip as well as properties in Macau and the Encore Boston Harbor. reported a net loss of $402 million for the first quarter of 2020.

Online 210

Online Las Vegas New Jersey Nevada 210

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. Presto Eats is a good example of that.

Industry 110

Industry social media New York City Retail 110

PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

We at PYMNTS, being writers, don’t do cakes and gifts for birthdays, but instead prefer writing retrospective stories like this, treatments that serve not only as a history of a particularly newsworthy company, but also a glimpse into the future of the industry in which it operates. Back to 2012. Presto Eats is a good example of that.

Industry 100

Industry social media New York City Retail 100

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2020

And restaurant operators are aware. We want restaurants to work so badly that we are willing to lie to ourselves,” Heather Mojer, co-owner and beverage director at Boston-based Big Dipper Hospitality Group , operator of the Café Du Pays, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and State Park restaurants, wrote in an Instagram post. “We

San Francisco 291

San Francisco Boston Operations Report 291

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Kenneth Montgomery, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is taking up the position. The position means Montgomery will chair the Secure Payments Task Force, one of several task forces the Fed has formed to promote innovation and advancement in the industry.

Security 112

Security Kansas City Payments Boston 112

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. regulators have taken a more hands-off approach by issuing non-binding guidelines, thus allowing industry stakeholders to pave the way forward. It’s part of that “stand back” posture the Boston Fed noted in its March brief. isn’t in the lead here, which is okay.

US 171

US Boston Regulation Data 171

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

16) that it’s signed an exclusive multiyear arrangement with the New York Giants NFL team, making DraftKings the franchise’s “official sports betting, iGaming and daily fantasy operator.” DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.

Online 168

Online Indiana New York Nevada 168

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2019

Caesars Entertainment announced that it has reached an agreement to offer DraftKings , the leading sports-tech entertainment brand in the country, providing market access for its online gaming products. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

Online 108

Online Mississippi New Jersey Boston 108

PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Equiteq announced that it advised The Shelby Group , an eProcurement transformation and optimization consulting firm, on a recent growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners , according to a press release.

Groups 100

Groups Boston Capital Meeting 100

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

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. As if that’s not enough, McDonald’s — the granddaddy of the QSR industry, and which posted a better-than-average Q2 in terms of same-store sales both in the U.S. The old QSR is dead. Long live the new QSR.

Mobile 148

Mobile New York Philadelphia Google 148

PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

All of them and others are part of “Operation Warp Speed,” which also includes drug makers, medical distributors and federal agencies. Department of Health and Human Services has signed on dozens of grocery and pharmacy chains to provide COVID-19 vaccines once the inoculations are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

Retail 151

Retail Boston Analysis Report 151

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

That’s a figure Webster said she found hard to believe, but Xiao said that’s because she does most of her dining Boston — where phones’ prominence is a lot lower and digital channels are far more strongly developed. We really focused on what we can do to scale down the onboarding time and make this operational in a matter of days.”.

New Hampshire 180

New Hampshire System Boston Operations 180

PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

Before Uber in Boston, where I live, trying to get a taxi reliably was not only friction-filled, it was infuriating much of the time — something that a study conducted by the city of Boston in 2013 on the taxi industry bore out. That was on a day without bad weather, something Boston never has.

Boston 124

Boston Regulation Innovation Study 124

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 18, 2016

ImageSurge, a Boston-based unattended retail service provider, is looking to change the way consumers window shop. Specifically, Alshine said, the company plans to continue its attack on the retail vertical and carve out space in the financial services industry. Fellow micro-market provider Avanti Markets, Inc.

Retail 100

Retail Boston Mobile Technology 100

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. Because when they do, consumers can get hurt.

Regulation 181

Regulation Boston Cards Innovation 181

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2019

Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston. Governments are tightening know your customer (KYC) and anti-money laundering (AML) requirements on various industries out of increasing concern over fraud threats. But at this point, it seems unlikely that major changes are in store for the eCommerce operator.

Google 139

Google Payments Apple cryptocurrency 139

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Cosi, the Boston-based sandwich chain renowned for its flatbread sandwiches, filed for bankruptcy in a Boston courtroom. Cosi operated 74 company-owned restaurants and 31 franchised restaurants in 15 states at the time of filing. “Without technology, this industry is not going to move much further.”

Boston 100

Boston Retail Nebraska Study 100

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2019

The legal cannabis industry is large as of the start of 2019 – and, according to most experts, it’s on track to get even larger. Worldwide legal cannabis products represented a $55 billion market in 2018, and most analysts estimate that it will have nearly tripled to reach $147 billion by 2025. Here in the U.S.,

Retail 136

Retail District of Columbia San Francisco Denver 136

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

That mindset “is becoming increasingly necessary if retailers want to remain competitive in the market,” the index found. Pharmacy operator CVS , for example, experimented with a program in Boston in which shoppers received free delivery on prescriptions and eCommerce purchases as well as other perks.

Innovation 166

Innovation Retail social media Apple 166

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pedicab drivers in cities like Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., According to some recent projections, the mobile payments market is projected for some big growth over the next few years. To secure a portion of the quickly expanding mobile market, several players rolled out new mobile wallet solutions over the past month.

Mobile 100

Mobile Dallas Apple Boston 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

As diehard baseball geeks pout about having to share TV time with another major sport, and most of the country goes into New England Patriot-hating mode, the digital payments and commerce industry gets pretty optimistic – and even excited. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

Payments 161

Payments social media Mobile Seattle 161

PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

For years, New York City has been at the epicenter of United States’ culture with the fashion and entertainment industries leading the way. With a big focus on technology in Silicon Valley and Boston, New York City slowly made its way to becoming a powerhouse tech player. Being in NYC means knowing your market.

New York City 100

New York City New York Community Industry 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

The payments industry is a fairly large pie, but the way things are currently set up is skewed to favor larger vendors and businesses — a $4 trillion industry in the U.S. million small businesses make up about 26 percent of the overall payments industry but are responsible for 79 percent of its total fees. Payments are complex.

Meeting 100

Meeting Los Angeles Payments Resources 100

PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2020

trillion gap in available trade finance, non-bank players have flooded the market to address the demand — and introduce efficiencies to an area of finance that has historically been bogged down by paper, manual processes and burdensome compliance requirements. “We’re talking about $1.5 “What does the client need?

Regulation 140

Regulation Tools Strategy Compliance 140

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Our team is dedicated to continuing 7-Eleven’s legacy of innovation with industry-leading digital solutions. RBS had the task of application development, food retail operations and technology connectivity, while UST Global and its partners provided the artificial intelligence (AI) solution and physical infrastructure.

Retail 143

Retail Dallas Massachusetts Technology 143

PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

billion annually if it renegotiates to the now-lower market rates. The majority of those vendors are in the wind, solar and green energy industries, reports said. The publication said that late payments have been cited by companies ranging from Bechtel to Boston Consulting Group. Peacocks Extends Payment Terms.

Boston 109

Boston New York Payments Conference 109

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Calculating how long lockdown trendlines can continue before plateauing or falling off is now the fixation of most CEOs and CFOs, as they closely watch the progress of market-makers. Unmasking What Happened.

Boston 141

Boston Tools Report Branding 141

MyBankTracker

MAY 7, 2021

The company’s core product offerings revolve around insurance and operates as a subsidiary of a Canadian-based company called Manulife. John Hancock, also known as The John Hancock Life Insurance Company, was founded in 1862 with operations based mainly in Boston, Massachusetts. Industry ratings.

Policies 52

Policies Boston Tools Maine 52

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

PYMNTS recently caught up with Ben Morris, founder and chief pedicab officer at Coaster Pedicab, which owns and operates bicycle taxi companies in more than a dozen cities, including Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., Morris said modern payment technology can have a similar impact on the pedicab market.

Cards 100

Cards Payments Industry Mobile 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

There’s a rule of thumb at fast food and quick-serve restaurants (QSR): a seven-second reduction in customer wait time results in an average 1 percent gain in market share. In the latest quarter, the percentage of QSRs using kiosks rose four percentage points, to 41 percent of the industry. There’s still plenty of room for growth.

Innovation 105

Innovation Study Google Survey 105

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

“In 2022, we’ve got some critical milestones around integration testing with all of our Fed systems, as well as pilot testing,” said Connie Theien, senior vice president and director, payments industry relations with the Federal Reserve System, to ICBA members during a November 2021 webinar ( see sidebar below ). Go-to-market preparations.

Community Bank 91

Community Bank Community Resources Fraud 91

PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2018

The account of that earnings boost not only reveals how the process works, but raises questions about how the use of pricing software might change the automotive and insurance industries, along with the sale of spare parts.

Software 100

Software Massachusetts Boston Industry 100

PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

The destruction of the car rental industry? These missteps are coming against a general malaise in the auto industry. In this case , “a bit” goes back as long ago as January 2016, when it came out that beginning in the third quarter of 2015, Uber began to displace rental cars, at that point only in Boston. Hertz knows it.

Phoenix 112

Phoenix Trends United States Boston 112

Abrigo

APRIL 1, 2015

The article stated that while supervisors have always interacted with bank boards, industry experts have noticed a “new level of scrutiny over the past two years.” How complex is the bank’s operating model? What is the pace of change in the organization and markets served? How is the management of risk overseen?

Risk Management 150

Risk Management Community Bank Regulation Boston 150

PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2017

Plain cake, glazed, chocolate dipped, Boston creme, powdered sugar and jelly was the standard line – with perhaps the occasional cruller or blueberry cake thrown in for exoticism. Its entry into the market comes nearly three year after Tim Hortons first announced its interest in incorporating mobile order-ahead. We’re good to go.”.

Innovation 101

Innovation Mobile Michigan Ohio 101