PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.

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JUNE 8, 2020

Amy’s payments industry insight and unique experience in properly scaling a company will be valuable assets to our growth strategy,” said Paytronix CEO Andrew Robbins. “I Porter nabbed the 2016 EY Entrepreneur of the Year Award in the Financial Technology category for the Central Texas region.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2020

New payments infrastructure continues to gain traction with financial service providers looking to modernize their services for business clients. The Clearing House’s RTP finds expansion within the community bank arena, while abroad, the Bank of Thailand is planning its own infrastructure development to accelerate B2B payments.

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AUGUST 7, 2020

For the Federal Reserve, real-time payments will take time — three or four years’ time, to be specific. Federal Reserve Board members this week shed some light on the timing and mechanics of FedNow — an always-on, fully interoperable interbank-settlement service that will give rise to instant payments in the United States.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2017

Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. Kenneth Montgomery, first vice president and chief operating officer of the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston, is taking up the position. Treasury and financial market, among other responsibilities.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Federal Reserve Governor Lael Brainard addressed barriers to financial inclusion at a conference hosted by the Boston Fed and the Aspen Institute in Boston on Oct. But no single […].

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The Products entries for 2017 fall broadly into four sub-categories: Payments Product — for launching the best consumer or business payments product. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. I look forward to seeing you there.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 28, 2017

The Products entries for 2017 fall broadly into four sub-categories: Payments Product — for launching the best consumer or business payments product. Product Innovation — for demonstrating the ability to launch multiple innovative products. I look forward to seeing you there.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

It also explains why some innovations in payments have been met with open arms by consumers and others given the cold shoulder. And why advances in the field of voice and visual, particularly when applied to authentication, are poised to become such a disruptive force across the payments and commerce landscape.

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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. That’s because every NFL season promises to bring advances in payments. Biometric Plays.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Long before innovators began talking about the power of ecosystems to transform commerce, scientists spent centuries studying them under microscopes in their labs. It’s a useful metaphor for examining one of the latest payments and commerce ecosystem moves: Uber, with Uber Cash. An Ecosystem By Any Other Name.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 24, 2017

This particular article is focused on innovations in small business and corporate banking: two critical market segments for financial institutions as they seek revenue growth and relevance in the evolving digital B2B marketplace. Legacy Transformation / IT Platform Innovations. Emerging Innovation. Operations and Risk.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2020

The partnership with LevaData comes as Boston-based Bain, through its supply chain management consulting practices, works with companies looking to digitalize their supply chain network. LevaData’s cognitive platform is delivering the future of supply management to sourcing and NPI teams,” said David Schannon, partner at Bain & Company.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 17, 2017

But some things are different when it comes to intellectual gatherings — at least if the gathering is peopled with some of the best and brightest and insightful in payments. With blizzard Stella faded like Blanche Dubois’ southern charm, Boston still had its winter chill. Pot Shots in Payments. Connectivity and Collaboration.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 7, 2017

Many of us at Celent just came back from a busy and exciting week in Boston. Undoubtedly, the highlight was attending Celent's Innovation and Insight Day on April 4th, where we celebrated achievements of the Model Bank and Model Insurer award winners. Emerging Technology for Consumers. Emerging Technology for Businesses.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

They aim to help shoppers move seamlessly from browsing a merchant’s website to perusing the aisles of brick-and-mortar stores through shared carts and other digital payment experiences. The finding was reported by Boston Retail Partners in its 20th annual POS/Customer Engagement Benchmark Survey. Roche Bros.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 14, 2017

This is the next instalment of our Model Banking preview blogs, and it’ll come as no surprise that I will focus on Payments. It’s also somewhat frustrating too at times – payments, covering so much territory, often ends up with the tricky task of comparing two very different projects, and trying to decide which is best.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2019

As weaknesses in authorization systems can be exploited by online thieves, financial services firms are more vulnerable to hackers and get hit 300 times more often than other businesses, according to the Boston Consulting Group. As cyberattacks grow in scale and sophistication, it is critical that we advance trust in our payments system.”.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 14, 2020

The dine-in payment feature will launch in Atlanta, Boston, Chicago, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, New York City, Vermont, and Washington, D.C. In July, Uber Technologies agreed to purchase delivery firm Postmates Inc. The food pickup option will be available everywhere Friday (Sept. Instacart came in fourth.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

One key reason: the New Payments Platform is doing just fine. But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. As reported by Cointelegraph Thursday (Sept.

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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. Moving To Mobile Payments . Donuts used to be one of the more standard staples of the American “balanced” breakfast.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how friction is being removed from all types of payment methods. The agency has approved almost 13,000 low-Earth orbit satellites, which encompass 11,943 for Elon Musk’s Space Exploration Technologies Corp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2016

Some of the largest banks already involved in blockchain development are now in a race to snatch up patents from the technology, reports said. The Boston Globe reported Wednesday (Dec. Anybody who’s investing in the ecosystem, anybody who’s interested in the technology should be worried about this.”.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 20, 2017

Ongoing innovation in banking technology is clearly beginning to pay off, and we’ve been privileged to learn an immense amount from all of the financial institutions that took the time to tell us about their how they’ve been using technology and innovation to serve customers better, become more efficient, and mitigate risk.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

Beyond the technology and the plate lies concept. In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO and Founder of Reviver Auto Neville Boston said that for the firm, which traces its genesis to 2009, the “initial thought process was simplifying the registration process. The conversation, as it often does with technology, turned to security.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2017

The Super Bowl may be a memory, but the somewhat improbable victory of the New England Patriots was still fresh in the minds of many at snow-jammed Boston during Innovation Project 2017. Innovators and entrepreneurs — they live and die by their ideas,” said Bisignano.

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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.

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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. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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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. The winds blew cold, but discussion ran heated with ideas, writ large and granular, about the future of payments, for the first of two days.

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Celent Banking

JANUARY 23, 2017

Consumer Banking Channel Innovation – for the most creative use of consumer channels, or the most effective channel integration. Branch Transformation – for the most compelling branch transformation initiative, including branch format innovations and creative use of live agents.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 5, 2019

While some markets may be seeing relatively slower adoption of mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) than others, there’s no denying that the overall popularity of mobile and contactless payments are growing fast among consumers. Companies across the globe are innovating their mPOS solutions for faster, more secure services.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

But when it’s time for payment, the smooth sailing can sometimes get abruptly choppy. Traditionally, bike taxis accept only cash payments, which creates a significant barrier to entry for many potential customers. That’s why many pedicab companies and drivers are increasingly embracing mobile payment acceptance solutions.

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

Traditional banks have continued their sloth-like pace in FinTech adoption, added Galarza, which has led corporates to seek innovative services from non-bank players. “In One thing’s for certain: Corporate banks everywhere need to embrace technology. The time for this radical shift is now,” Boston Consulting Group declared.

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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.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Lisa Bari, a consultant and former lead with health information technology for the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services Innovation Center, said data was a hot commodity, and that it essentially belongs to “whoever has it.” laws, data from patients can’t be shared unless it is needed for treatment, payment or hospital operations.

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William Mills

AUGUST 17, 2016

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. This conference series is focused exclusively on showcasing the best and most innovative new financial and banking technologies. AFT Fall Summit.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

On this day in history in the year 2009, the world of payments and commerce was changed forever. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). We always want to talk to innovators and those who understand them best. Nine years is a long time, after all.

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