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. True Tickets works on the IBM Blockchain and will integrate its ticketing service into targeted components of Shubert’s ticketing operation. “At

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JULY 17, 2020

Los Angeles, Seattle, Boston, Phoenix, Dallas and New York City. drivers for free, with the goal of providing 50 percent ride coverage in these markets,” the company wrote. “Following positive feedback from drivers and riders, we’re now providing partitions to additional drivers in Washington, D.C.,

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

State Bank of Texas, led by president Sushil Patel (center), has a niche working with hospitality customers like Reena and Arun Patel, who own and operate a La Quinta hotel in Dallas. The bank also helped hotel operators obtain Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans. Photo: R.J.

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MARCH 30, 2018

Boston-based PreVeil did not disclose how much it raised in its Series A funding round, but it did note that Spark Capital provided the funding to support the company’s email and file security solution. Kenna said it plans to use the funds to expand its team, focus on sales and continue innovation efforts. Cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”.

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NOVEMBER 5, 2019

A move like this eliminates a ton of question marks and gives us the ability to focus on the future,” Chief Executive Officer James Marcum said in an interview. David’s operates about 300 stores across the U.S., There would still be about $75 million of outstanding debt. “A Its rivals are “very good at the service level,” he continued.

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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. The access is exclusive to Caesars locations across select states where the company operates casino properties. and Australia. .

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

16) that it’s signed an exclusive multiyear arrangement with the New York Giants NFL team, making DraftKings the franchise’s “official sports betting, iGaming and daily fantasy operator.” DraftKings already has similar arrangements with three NBA franchises: the Boston Celtics, Indiana Pacers and Philadelphia 76ers.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

Mergers and acquisitions (M&A) advisory firm Equiteq announced that it advised The Shelby Group , an eProcurement transformation and optimization consulting firm, on a recent growth investment from Boston-based private equity firm WestView Capital Partners , according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2019

It’s a concept Rob Orgel, now the new president and chief operating officer at Flywire , told Karen Webster was foundational to his decade-long career at Apple — where he was part of the leadership team that developed, rolled out and grew the Apple Pay business. Flywire announced his appointment Tuesday (Nov. 5) to the newly created position.

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Ohio-based Spangler Candy Company won the auction with a bid of just under $19 million, The Boston Globe reported. “We But the team will remain with the company “longer if they need us,” McGee told the Globe. The candies are made in a suburb of Boston, where the company has a little more than 200 employees.

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DECEMBER 8, 2020

All of them and others are part of “Operation Warp Speed,” which also includes drug makers, medical distributors and federal agencies. Department of Health and Human Services has signed on dozens of grocery and pharmacy chains to provide COVID-19 vaccines once the inoculations are approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

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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 21, 2020

With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. We just started a month or two ago, and we’re now getting comments that will allow us to make an assessment.”.

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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. Or the chatty person who strikes up a conversation with the only cashier on duty while the rest of us cool our heels. Now, once I get to checkout, I’m asked if I want a bag – and if I do, will I pay 10 cents for it?

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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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AUGUST 1, 2018

Many of us have faced the day when we realized our T-shirt collection has run out of control. My business partner, Ross [Lohr], was in Nairobi and when you are there, you see all the T-shirts that get donated and shipped overseas to the secondary market. And that is what got us thinking about how T-shirts travel around the world.”.

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JULY 5, 2017

Before Uber), as all of us who’ve ever been in either or both of those situations know, those two things created enormous friction for anyone needing a ride to a meeting or to the airport or anywhere else — and who needed to get to their final destination on time. That was on a day without bad weather, something Boston never has.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2020

The more technologically or health-minded among us might even note things like tablet-based POS systems or an HVAC system with disinfecting UV light built in to attack COVID-19. Greet conveys the necessary information upfront, such operating hours or any important issues like using a drive-through or curbside pick-up options.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). But like most of us, you will not spend the big weekend at the game — or in Visa’s hyper-exclusive lounge.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2017

Super Bowl LI is less than 24 hours away from kicking off and deciding once and for all which city is better — Atlanta or Boston (though obviously it’s Boston — since the global headquarters for PYMNTS.com is located here). But like most of us, you will not spend the big weekend at the game — or in Visa’s hyper-exclusive lounge.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. According to Zach Hensley, vice president of operations and guest experiences for the Seahawks and CenturyLink Field, these services are changing how fans experience live games and boosting their overall enjoyment.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Retailer bankruptcies were up 30 percent in 2017 , with a number of familiar names in that list of 662 firms: Payless ShoeSource , Toys R Us and The Limited. Some analysts project that one in every four of the 1,100 malls that operate today will close by 2022 — just four years from today. Simultaneously, U.S. What Innovation?

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Regulatory fines imposed in 2017 alone proved this to us in many ways. authorities hit BNP Paribas with fines amounting to approximately USD 600 M for market misconduct and trader collusion that took place over 6 years. We also saw U.S. Learn more: IBM Financial Fraud Prevention. IBM Watson Financial Services Solutions.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

2022 will be a big year as we move from development to pilot testing and begin to engage more with financial institutions in active planning,” says Nick Stanescu, senior vice president, FedNow business executive, the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston. “We Go-to-market preparations. payment system.”. The pilot experience.

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APRIL 5, 2017

They are the only businesses that provide the same products as us, and consumers have been using them for years and will continue to do so. This means faster and more cost-efficient delivery, as we don’t spend on other stores to operate, making us a true “one-stop shop.”. RI and YG: We closed our Series A round at $8.25

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2016

Pedicab drivers in cities like Boston, Chicago and Washington, D.C., According to some recent projections, the mobile payments market is projected for some big growth over the next few years. According to some recent projections, the mobile payments market is projected for some big growth over the next few years.

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

As internet retailers are expanding their operations into brick-and-mortar operations (think Warby Parker, Argent, Bonobos, and BaubleBar ), venture capitalists are also investing in “physical-first” startups focused on creating new brick-and-mortar business models. Funding and investor information is as of 9/6/17. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 2, 2017

Market Development told Karen Webster in a chat about the recent news, it is becoming an increasingly unsubtle world out there when it comes to the battle for the hearts and minds of the American QSR consumer. “The I think we are going to see more cloud apps; most of us are on Siri, or Alexa, or Google or Facebook.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

There’s a rule of thumb at fast food and quick-serve restaurants (QSR): a seven-second reduction in customer wait time results in an average 1 percent gain in market share. The restaurant, Spyce , is set to open this spring in central Boston. When we’re interacting with a person, we can see what’s being done to create value for us.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

Think of us as kind of like a LendingTree for payments processing, kind of like a mini-RFP for the payments sector.”. The great thing about this service is payment processing can be provided by a processor in Boston to a merchant in Florida,” Taylor noted. We work with merchants across the nation. Payments are complex.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2017

In this case , “a bit” goes back as long ago as January 2016, when it came out that beginning in the third quarter of 2015, Uber began to displace rental cars, at that point only in Boston. Uber is the heavyweight ridesharing company here, with 55 percent of the market, and Lyft held 8 percent, said Certify.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

Being too successful at flying under the radar, at best, confuses the target market or audience and, at worst, just misses them entirely. And, by those standards, Target has us exactly where it wants us with Project Goldfish. And, by those standards, Target has us exactly where it wants us with Project Goldfish.

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AUGUST 22, 2018

In fact, in its founding days back in 2002, Wayfair fit comfortably in the spare bedroom of Conine’s Boston-area home. billion in annual revenue, has a stock market valuation of $10 billion and an employee headcount that is expected to surpass 10,000 by the end of 2018. For us, it’s a primary focus,” Niraj Shah said in an interview.

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MARCH 31, 2017

The service is available in several major metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., It also just expanded internationally into the London market. Biggins explained how she initially encouraged restaurants to join the MealPal platform by conducting a series of tests at a Fresh Market location in Boston.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2017

Happy Returns currently has seven Return Bars operating in five major cities — Los Angeles, San Francisco, Chicago, Washington, D.C., The staff at the Return Bars — or “returnistas” — use an app that’s integrated into the back end of participating online retailers, Sobie said. “Of and Houston.

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Celent Banking

MAY 31, 2016

While my colleagues were spread out across the US covering conferences in Boston, New Orleans, and other locations, I spent four days in beautiful Barcelona covering the Temenos TCF 2016 Conference , followed by another three days in sunny Orlando covering the FIS Connect 2016 Conference.

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