article thumbnail

Facebook Opens New Boston Office

PYMNTS

Facebook , which is headquartered in Menlo Park, California, opened a new office this week in Boston. The company had kept a small presence in Boston, in a small space by a Dunkin Donuts in South Station, and grew to about 200 employees working on projects like a Wi-Fi finder and the safety check feature.

Boston 122
article thumbnail

Cannabis Startups Expected To Boost Warehouse Rents In Boston, L.A.

PYMNTS

Industrial rents in already-expensive cities like Los Angeles and Boston are expected to get a boost because of weed startups, according to Bloomberg Markets. Space in those cities will be snapped up as part of a wave of pot legalization that was set in motion when eight states voted to permit cannabis in some form.

Boston 100
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Nordstrom Launches Same-Day Gift Delivery Service

PYMNTS

Customers in Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. Customers can have digital orders delivered or picked up curbside, or can have merchandise rush-shipped or delivered to a store. for a $20 fee.

article thumbnail

Google Moves In Where Amazon, GE Move Out

PYMNTS

Amazo n and GE may be giving up on New York City and Boston respectively, but Google is taking a different approach, expanding in both cities. The report noted that at the same time that GE was announcing it was pulling out of Boston, Google unveiled a big expansion with Cambridge, the city that is home to Harvard and MIT.

Google 134
article thumbnail

Goldman, JetBlue Team Up On Installment Loan Product

PYMNTS

The deal follows JetBlue’s announcement that it has temporarily consolidated service in Boston, Los Angeles, New York City, San Francisco and Washington, D.C. In its review, NerdWallet said Marcus is among the best personal loans in the categories of good credit, debt consolidation and bank loans. between April 15 and June 10.

article thumbnail

Healthcare Tech Company Truepill Raises $75M To Expand

PYMNTS

Also participating were existing investors Boston-based Optum Ventures, which offers capital and strategic guidance to startups; TI Platform Management LLC., Connecticut-based healthcare and FinTech investor Oak HC/FT led the funding.

Company 184
article thumbnail

Rinse Clothing Service Raises $14M To Expand To Boston, Chicago And Beyond

PYMNTS

Rinse has a solution for both, and thanks to a $14 million Series B funding round led by Partech, it’s taking that solution to two new cities: Boston and Chicago. Rinse currently serves its home base of San Francisco as well as Los Angeles and Washington, D.C. The solution is simple, but that doesn’t mean it was easy.

Boston 110