PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

One might think that a chain with such a global footprint might not need a dedicated mobile app and program to foster customer loyalty, but with 12 million members and an additional 500,000 added every quarter, the DD Perks mobile app rewards program has proved to be a hit. Dunkin’s priority remains its in-house mobile app, however. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 23, 2017

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. None of those are tied to a mobile app. A mobile app is just a medium for the overall solution.”. The solution is simple, but that doesn’t mean it was easy.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

While mobile banking has its perks, a new survey has found that 60 percent of Americans prefer opening a new checking account in-person at a bank branch. Bank of America is expanding this year into Pittsburgh, while JPMorgan will open as many as 400 branches over five years into cities like Boston and Washington, D.C.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Mobile is one of the fastest-growing retail sectors at the moment and still projects to grow for years to come, but the technology is still not where most retailers want it. percent by 2020, according to Astound Commerce’s 2016 Mobile Research Report. percent by 2020, according to Astound Commerce’s 2016 Mobile Research Report.

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MARCH 15, 2019

News came this week, for instance, that AMC Theatres is rolling out food and beverage ordering through its mobile app to help consumers skip the line at the concession stand. As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2017

A lot of the mobile experience is about convenience, that everything consumers need is all in one place. But do mobile phone calls match the quality of a landline call? When it comes to shopping, can mobile platforms replicate, or even improve upon, the brick-and-mortar shopping experience? Making Mobile Experiential.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 18, 2020

Radius is based in Boston and has in the neighborhood of $1.4 Recently, Varo Money , a mobile bank, got FDIC approval to accept consumer deposits. However, the FinTech wants to reestablish itself in the market as a full-fledged bank. billion in assets. The company’s shares have never since returned to their peak.

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ATM Marketplace

MARCH 28, 2017

Mobile transactions have a long way to go before they overtake cash use in the US. A recent field test by the payments strategies group of the Boston Fed revealed the shortcomings of today's mobile payments market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

If you hadn’t heard the news about Dunkin’ Donuts accepting Masterpass as a payment method in-store, in their mobile app and online — it’s quite possible that you may have already started seeing the ads. It’s not a terribly subtle ad — or series of ads — but as Tor Opedal, Mastercard vice president of U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 13, 2020

Like other mergers, the major impetus for the two food ordering and delivery business giants to become one is the enormous amount of money that would be saved from eliminating redundant functions, such as human resources, accounting, IT, marketing, sales and office administration.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. Grubhub absorbed 27 of OrderUp’s markets, including Baltimore itself, reported The Baltimore Business Journal. Foodler launched in Boston in 2005.

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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. Around the Mobile Point-of-Sale World. In markets like the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

The latest news on mobile payments shows that the big banks are wanting in on the mobile wallet race, but are they already too far back in the pack? Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Miami Transportation To Offer Mobile Payments.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 13, 2016

While mint chocolate chip ice-cream might be the way to a foodie’s heart, MintChip digital currency is not the way to a millennial’s mobile wallet, apparently — at least not in Liberty Village, Toronto. South Korea Is Mega Mobile. Korean consumers see no evil in mobile payments. is that Android mobile users in the U.K.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Many FIs and businesses are relying on 2FA measures that leverage SMS — or text message-based — verification to cater to a growing number of consumers who are using mobile channels to transact. Significant digital onboarding hurdles remain even though many customers have shifted to transacting online or via mobile channels.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Finding the right place, at the right pace in a volatile and uncertain mobile marketplace. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices? By Collin Canright. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Restaurants may want to reach more delivery customers by expanding into new markets, especially as the market for food delivery could grow to $17 billion by 2020. And Grubhub has been in expansion mode , gobbling up Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and Yelp’s Eat24 in 2017. Target Market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are intensely competitive and have very little margin for error, causing many to employ technologies such as mobile apps and self-service kiosks. Diners want such innovations, too, and are turning so sharply to mobile food orders that the global food delivery mobile app market could rise to $16.6

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2017

Some were already investors in the startup, which is headquartered in New York City and will use the funding to expand into Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., Other participants in the round of fundraising included CoVenture, Y Combinator, TIA Ventures, Bionic Fund, Cocoon Ignite Ventures and FJ Labs.

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MARCH 19, 2019

(However, they’re less enthusiastic about high-profile innovations such as mobile apps and kiosks.). Listed below are just some of the ways establishments are tapping into innovations like drive-thru pickup and mobile apps: Seventy-one percent of QSR managers say fast in-store pickup is important for future success.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

Boston startup True Tickets is teaming up with the Broadway theater company The Shubert Organization for blockchain-based mobile ticket delivery , the companies said in a press release Wednesday (Oct. Shubert Ticketing sells tickets through its retail brand, Telecharge, as well as through hundreds of third-party agents.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2019

restaurant market. Many restaurants are realizing, however, that they need to provide their customers with delivery options to tap into the market’s full revenue potential, and are partnering with third-party delivery services to give customers the option to order their favorite meals, while raking in extra revenue.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Boston-based Circle has offered several services over the past few years and has shifted its strategy.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

As of today (June 26) consumers in those newly added markets can buy a range of grocery items, fresh and pre-packaged, and have them delivered for free within two hours, or for a small fee within the hour. Customers can start shopping from Whole Foods Market selection from the Prime Now website or by using the app available.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. According to the “2017 Digital Commerce Benchmark Survey,” conducted by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), some 65 percent of retailers will offer same-day delivery within the next two years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2020

Yet the image of the kiosk is unblemished, as self-service is in high demand and expected to be a $31 billion tech market within four years. Others are using self-service and mobile ordering creatively, as a competitive differentiator. Others are using self-service and mobile ordering creatively, as a competitive differentiator.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2019

But it’s not just payments where the NFL and other sports can shine when it comes to digital and mobile technologies. As other PYMNTS research confirms, consumers are set to spend $23 billion buying mobile tickets for sports and gaming events by 2023. Mobile apps, too, are playing a bigger role in football and other major sports.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 3, 2019

According to the PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , the company seeks to maintain its momentum through a way to reward orders made through its mobile app (and in its stores.) Papa John’s locations that will support a new mobile ordering app is said to be 400. In November, Papa John’s said that it rolled out a new mobile app.

Los Angeles 158

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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. More broadly, mobile-order ahead also is gaining more of a role in the QSR world, as PYMNTS research confirms. Mobile represents roughly 60 percent of all digital restaurant orders today. McDonald’s.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2019

Pride events can draw hundreds of thousands of people, and many merchants turn out to meet them, but providing goods in such populated settings can be complicated for those that do not have the right mobile point-of-sale (mPOS) setups to make purchasing quick and convenient. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride.

San Diego 137

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

In an era of restaurant technology that provides diners with many choices, mobile order-ahead is more popular than ever with consumers. According to the latest PYMNTS Mobile Order-Ahead Tracker , some estimates peg mobile ordering at 60 percent of all digital food and beverage purchases.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

Volkswagen’s financing unit has inked a deal to buy PayByPhone, a Canadian mobile payments company, for an undisclosed sum. According to a report by The Wall Street Journal , the move on the part of Volkswagen is designed to bring mobility to vehicles. WSJ noted that PayByPhone processes $300 million in transactions each year.

San Francisco 116

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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. In New Jersey and Mississippi, DraftKings Sportsbook mobile and retail allows players to bet for major U.S. and Australia. .

Online 108

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“By blending the physical and digital worlds and enabling users to actively shape their experiences, AR offers unique ways for marketers to interact with consumers,” says a recent report from Boston Consulting Group. Our survey of over 50 of the top 200 advertisers in the US shows that marketers recognize the opportunities in AR.

Retail 259

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PYMNTS

JUNE 26, 2018

RBC Capital Markets’ Lead Internet Analyst Mark Mahaney said that there could be 20 to 30 million people who live near a Whole Foods store but don’t shop there on an ongoing basis, while there are about 60 to 70 million Prime customers in the U.S., CNBC reported. Gallo had said in an announcement.

Los Angeles 101

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

And there are plans to expand the service to additional markets in the coming months, including Boston, Chicago and Philadelphia. The service allows New Yorkers to order their favorite Dunkin’ items via the Seamless or Grubhub mobile app or website. said in a press release. said in a press release.

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