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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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

Even so, QSRs from Jack in the Box to Chipotle Mexican Grill are bringing digital systems into their establishments. Mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations, with more markets said to be in the works for this year. More than six in 10 – or 65.3 Almost half – or 47.5

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2019

However, change is afoot, according to Tim Ridgely, head of order and delivery for Paytronix Systems , in a new PYMNTS interview. restaurant market. Boston Market, for instance, is among the restaurant brands making their first forays into loyalty rewards.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

As every other kind of commerce moves online, food and grocery have likewise been migrating in a digital direction – and why not? Consumers can buy shoes, books, coffee pots, linens and dog toys online, so why are they still going to the grocery store for the same dozen eggs and gallon of milk they buy every week?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2018

In a recent interview with PYMNTS, Donovan explained how the company works to replace good ol’ transit tickets in 30 global markets. In that 2007 pilot test program, commuters could buy tickets in-person or online and have them delivered to their mobile phones. s national railroad system. In 2012, we moved beyond the U.K.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Existing partners of the FI including Coinbase and online lending platform Affirm. The new funding will go toward product development and operational expansion, reports said, with Looker aiming to help companies consolidate data across their siloed systems. Wise Systems. Reports in AmericanInno this week said the U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 18, 2017

From responsive mobile websites to on-demand offerings, consumers are increasingly demanding that retailers, both online and in the real world, cater to their needs in the moment. . And Boston Dynamics is working on their own robotic delivery system, which it showed off at this past April’s TED 2017 conference.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2016

Germany- and Boston-based Spreadshirt uses data, analytics and even social media information to build a product and spread news among communities while printing more than 3.6 Founded in 2002, the goal of Spreadshirt’s platform is to eliminate headaches and hurdles when bringing great ideas to market. million items last year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2018

no one under 21 years old is legally allowed to purchase alcohol , which means trying to sell it online isn’t as easy as hanging out a digital shingle and delivering to the consumer’s door. And Drizly’s offering, according to Rellas, gives consumers something the market has heretofore lacked, which is a well-designed, easy-to-use channel.

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PYMNTS

JULY 21, 2017

No longer are retailers working with marketers to figure out a way to mass market products and services. Between 2015 to 2016, consumer expectations for multiple purchase options grew from 61 percent up to 74 percent according to Retail Systems Research’s 2016 Customer Experience/Unified Commerce Benchmark Survey.

Retail 137

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

Founded in 2012 in Los Angeles, the digital marketing firm works to bridge (hence the name) the gap so that the various communications don’t fall into the void. “We Bridge has a two-tiered approach to cracking the loyalty market: Identify the right targets and then aim wide when approaching on digital channel. Redefining Goals .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

To serve customers who want to shop in stores and online, retailers and solution providers are working to offer a unified retail experience across multiple channels. The projected value of the global POS software market by 2024 is said to be $30.9 Massachusetts locations.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 12, 2019

A bit of caution was well warranted, as Visa’s Global Head of Contactless Payments Dan Sanford told Karen Webster in a recent discussion, given the massive size of the New York public transit system. Penn Station is going online, and [the MTA] will enable another 50 stations this month. So, when is it coming to Boston?”

New York 167

New York US Payments Training 167

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.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2018

Consumers, particularly millennials, are increasingly paying their bills online. are paid online, with 61 percent of those payments coming from millennials. Avail, along with its companion in the space, Cozy, are part of a growing group of online platforms looking to upend the rental process. Bringing Rent Payments Online.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

These are just some of the ways that companies are allowing consumers to place their orders for pick-up before they arrive at a brick-and-mortar restaurant location or for delivery by a driver via a digital platform: The mobile order-ahead market is expected to have a value of $38 billion by 2020.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

At the same time, the market caps of the top 20 retailers have lost more than $230 billion over the last two years, and mall operators are sucking wind as overstocked anchor stores shutter underperforming locations, which delivers a death knell for the stores that depend on anchor store foot traffic to lure customers in.

Big Data 135

Big Data Data Retail Marketing 135

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 ). payment system.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Josh Glover, EVP of the Americas at banking technology provider nCino, said that when it comes to corporate banking and lending, the end-user experience is just as much of a focus for traditional banks engaging in digital transformation as it is in the consumer banking market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 9, 2017

Kate Rettker, senior marketing manager and manager of the Protein Bar’s mobile order-ahead process, said the company has tweaked its app design to feature more distinct pops of color and better menu functionality, including adding photography. Because they are special to us.”. We’re a dietary-sensitive brand,” said Rettker.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2018

If it works, the system will enable the big box retailer to reduce inventory at brick-and-mortar locations because it will be able to restock shelves on-demand in a matter of hours, focusing on items that are truly in demand while reducing backstock of ones that are not. A True Contender In The Race Against Amazon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

As of the first day of August 1994 more people had walked on the surface of the moon than had bought things online, because online shopping did not yet exist. Big Play of the Week: The Power of Prime Day to Move Markets . Stores on the March: Seattle, Boston and Nashville . It was a Sting CD.

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Retail Nashville Seattle Boston 108

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. Many of those are payment apps used by consumers online, but not in brick-and-mortar stores without access to Apple’s NFC chip.

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Celent Banking

FEBRUARY 1, 2017

While this makes the category more difficult to judge, it offers immense insight into what’s happening in the market. Digital banking subsidiaries : Many banks are finding that existing systems are too rigid to accommodate a truly digital experience. Three themes stand out this year.

Customer Experience 100

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Peloton, for example, took the market by storm with its connected fitness bikes that allow members of the greater community to tap into live classes and pre-recorded content with fellow riders from around the world. Even for firms that were already in that business to start with. Digital Fitness Firms Thriving. Digital Fitness Firms Thriving.

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NCR

OCTOBER 3, 2016

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has put forward a package of measures designed to ensure that banks are making the most of the latest technology and have to work hard to win and retain business. Other proposals would require banks to: Publish objective information on service quality online and in-branch.

Retail 98

Retail Boston Industry Management 98

PYMNTS

AUGUST 5, 2016

And Boston-based D rizly ’s news yesterday of its $15 million in Series B funding was a noteworthy milestone, for sure. . Most local liquor store retailers don’t have websites, which means that they don’t have online product catalogues for starters. Th ere’s a reason there isn’t a lot of a lcohol sold online.” .

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Numerous applications, including card processing, online banking and bill pay, are overwhelmingly being outsourced. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Create a contracts road map.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Meanwhile, Samsung is tackling the African market ahead of Apple and Android, and Google announces a way to avoid app downloads. Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. Samsung May Beat Android Pay And Apple Pay In Tapping The African Market.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cava has around 30 restaurants in the DC, LA, and NYC markets, and its packaged dips and spreads are sold in more than 200 Whole Foods Market stores. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. sweetgreen. Total Disclosed Funding: $122M. Oh My Cream!

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Everyone made it back to Boston; no one gave up and started a new life on the slopes. They can do that because Freebird is integrated directly into the corporate travel management system the business happens to use, and charges a fee for every one-way ticket that is booked through its service. The Mass Market.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

Cars , today, have the capability to meter usage for insurance premium billing, and to order (and pay for) food and fuel from in-vehicle systems. Paying for things will happen online for pickup in the store later. The Ted Williams Tunnel in Boston, by contrast, gets me far less excited, even though I use it a lot.

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Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

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. This is more than IT or payments, it is marketing, it is training, it is operations, it is design layout and looking at flows of the store.

Mobile 100

Mobile Operations Boston Payments 100

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

As players in the Apple Pay initiative, Visa, MasterCard and ICBA Bancard are working to ensure community bank credit card customers will have full access to the mobile payments system, including its tokenization security measures. See sidebar “Is Mobile Fully Catching On?”.). Ever stand behind anyone trying to use mobile pay?

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

By training a deep-learning system to recognize and identify 14 different keypoints on the human face, the DIC framework was able to identify persons concealed by scarves with a 67% accuracy rate. In tests, their system could detect the keypoints with 85% accuracy with simple backgrounds, though that went down to 56% with complex backgrounds.

Training 62

Training System Examples Data 62

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That market power gave the merchant guilds who organized trade inside the Bazaar license to set the rules of engagement for the merchants who wanted to be part of it. Having lost its position of market power and influence, the Grand Bazaar was forced to reboot, and sellers had to adjust. That worked well. Until it didn’t.

Online 128

Online Google Branding Retail 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 9, 2017

That market power gave the merchant guilds who organized trade inside the Bazaar license to set the rules of engagement for the merchants who wanted to be part of it. Having lost its position of market power and influence, the Grand Bazaar was forced to reboot, and sellers had to adjust. That worked well. Until it didn’t.

Online 112

Online Google Branding Retail 112