Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. Since the pandemic started, Crowe says, more customers are opening online or mobile accounts and making remote payments. Online U.S. By Elizabeth Judd.

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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.,

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JULY 30, 2019

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. More than 400 Dunkin’ restaurants throughout New York City’s five boroughs are now offering delivery through Seamless, Grubhub’s New York brand.

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JUNE 20, 2019

To meet this rising demand, QSRs are tapping into ordering interfaces built into cars and reconstructing stores to make for smoother mobile pickup — along with other innovations. From Chipotle Mexican Grill to Square , QSRs and payment firms alike are enabling a world of ordering innovation.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. According to reports from The New York Times , CVS Health is encouraging employers to cover the costs for their workers to use the app.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The plan from our perspective was to create a user experience online first that would enable shoppers to easily customize a piece,” said Royer. Today, Interior Define has opened several new guide shop locations in New York, LA, San Francisco, Austin and Boston. “We

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FEBRUARY 4, 2019

The plan from our perspective was to create a user experience online first that would enable shoppers to easily customize a piece,” said Royer. Today, Interior Define has opened several new guide shop locations in New York, LA, San Francisco, Austin and Boston. “We

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MARCH 2, 2017

Boston-based athletic company New Balance has a simple mission: to become the world’s best running brand. Said simply, New Balance is rethinking athletic footwear retail — how to sells shoes, where to sell shoes and how to carry on its relationship with its customers across channels — and in between sneaker replacements.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

If we had a nickel for every mobile wallet that had come and gone in that time period, we would at this point be larger than The New York Times. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway.

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JULY 22, 2017

“Anytime somebody’s in the news, [you’re] always going to see an initial spike for a few days for those few people that hope to get lucky, or think that it’s going to be something relevant and in-demand,” said Las Vegas-based sports memorabilia dealer Jeremy Brown. s more scandalous post-football career life. Among items up for sale?

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

.” The company operates six permanent and two temporary locations in the New York City area, as well as one at Disney’s BoardWalk Inn in Orlando, Florida. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Select VC Investors: Breakaway Innovation Group.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2019

For those charged with managing the consumer’s trust and safety when transacting online, and in the midst of increasingly clever cybercrooks, being comfortable going against the status quo flow has become much more important than ever before, he said. I’ll leave the political and public policy discourse to others.

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APRIL 20, 2017

A manual published in the late 1800s for New York City school teachers may not seem like a likely source of favored conventional wisdom. I tried last night to make a reservation from Boston to San Francisco, and it told me that I had presented it with a first: There were no flights between those two cities. Aeromexico.

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MAY 27, 2016

The weather in Boston – and it’s about darn time. Overall, according to the Global Fraud Attack Index that we do with Forter every quarter, fraud attempts are up 217 percent, putting nearly $5 of every online sale at risk. Here’s perhaps the best quote to date on the topic, courtesy of The New York Times yesterday.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

This summer, Nike unveiled its latest brick-and-mortar venture in Los Angeles: Nike by Melrose, a physical store that uses local online shopping data to determine its in-store inventory. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays.

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OCTOBER 10, 2017

Here are three innovators of many who have found ways to not only cut back on food waste, but also, in some cases, turn a profit on food that would have otherwise ended its life in a landfill. Misadventure Vodka sells its spirits to bars, restaurants and retailers throughout the state, and the liquor can also be ordered online.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2018

Almost 33 years ago, David Letterman introduced his singular innovation in stand-up comedy: the Top 10 List. CFO Adam DeWitt noted that a seven-year-old, Boston-based LevelUp serves 200 regional and national brands, with a point-of-sale (POS) approach that seeks to replicate each brand’s experience online.

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JULY 9, 2018

Many major food companies have begun to invest in e-commerce, healthier product options, new corporate venture funds, and other tools, but is it enough? At the same time, startups are riding the craft spirits, cannabis-infused beverages, and alcohol-free trends, offering innovative products to happy hour drinkers. New Alcoholic Drinks.

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DECEMBER 19, 2017

Additionally, many of these physical retailers have lost the cache they once had as new direct-to-consumer brands with a hyper-focus on specific products have taken off. Digital laggards – Many big-box retailers either failed or were too late to establish an online presence. Date: September 2017. Category/Product(s): Footwear.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

The number of deals was inflated somewhat by the six new fintech companies launched at YC’s demo day that we had not previously covered. In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: New York City. HQ: Boston, Massachusetts.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

While it was easy to chalk things up then to the financial crisis and the consumer spending hangover that resulted, we dug deeper and discovered the enormous shifts in buying online from physical stores that had been underway. There weren’t easy ways to innovate retail business models.

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MARCH 13, 2019

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Circle Internet Financial is a Boston-based cryptocurrency company offering a crypto exchange platform, money transfers, and investment services. Circle Internet Financial. Valuation: $3B.

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JULY 1, 2016

What we will say is that fun times with family, the dazzling display of fireworks and the perfunctory cookouts and beach time, truly and totally make this upcoming weekend one very big sizzle wrapped around what appears to be in Boston, at least, abundant doses of sunshine. Circuit of Appeals in New York. Seriously a Sizzle!

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JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Fall has arrived in Boston and we are sizzling. Regardless, the full employment act for lawyers on these matters continues as the Supreme Court just yesterday agreed to take the appeal of the New York state law barring retailers from imposing surcharges on purchases made with a credit card instead of cash. They were ….

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MAY 9, 2018

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. HQ: Boston, MA. In today’s world there is uncertainty around many things, your finances don’t have to be one of them. Key Executives.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Our two-day conference returns to the Hilton Midtown in New York City, September 16 & 17. We recognize the value of technology hubs like Northern California, the Boston area, and New York. We hope you’ll join us for what promises to be another sold-out Finovate event in New York.

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APRIL 24, 2018

E-commerce sales growth is pulling ahead of total retail sales ( 17% vs. 6% for year-over-year in Q4’17), and Amazon is controlling upwards of 40% of online sales in the US, according to the US Department of Commerce and Slice Intelligence, respectively. ” — Alistair Davidson, CFO, Ikea. Its membership fee revenue grew 12.6%

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: First company to test self-driving tech on the streets of Singapore, and later in Boston. Closer look: In May 2017, Delphi Automotive spun off of its powertrain segment and rebranded itself as a new company: Delphi Technologies. Read more: The Guardian , Reuters , Bloomberg , The Guardian , Wall Street Journal.

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MAY 10, 2018

Before Bruce Doolin Henderson opened the doors of Boston Consulting Group on July 1, 1963, the concept of “competition” barely existed in American business culture, let alone the concept of strategy. State of Innovation Report. There were great, successful companies. Those companies made plans. ” —Walter Kiechel.

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JULY 23, 2020

A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. Source: New York Times. As the world moves increasingly online, cybersecurity is an omnipresent threat (as we discuss further on in this report).

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NOVEMBER 9, 2017

via New York Magazine. via Beta Boston. via The New York Times. Select VC Investors: New Enterprise Associates, US Venture Partners. Torris said Boo.com also spent too much on advertising and promotions and failed to keep pushing forward on technology innovations. via MDDI Online.

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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. Margaret Mead’s mother, Emily Fogg Mead, wrote in 1901 that department stores and the consumer’s thirst for consumption drove the invention of entirely new products.

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OCTOBER 31, 2017

But overpriced, over-hyped hardware products weren’t the only “innovations” we said goodbye to: we also recently witnessed the deaths of startups working in mobile AR, e-commerce, digital media, and more. Markafoni was an online shopping destination for Turkish consumers, specialising in clothing and fashion accessories.

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