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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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge. These cities boast strong tech communities, talent pools, good coffee, and cheaper rents.

New York City 365

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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. OrderUp does, however, continue to operate in 11 markets, which license the platform’s technology and mobile app, though they may not be doing business under its name.

Baltimore 138

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

And in at least one cue for CBDC design to be taken from cash, the BIS stated that the digital currencies should be as “easy as using cash,” in transactions that can be done through tapping card or scanning a mobile phone, in a bid to encourage adoption and accessibility. In an interview with Karen Webster published Monday (Oct.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 17, 2020

CarGurus, an auto marketplace based in Boston, has acquired car shopping platform startup Autolist, according to reports. Like CarGurus, Autolist is a tech-centric online auto shopping provider,” Jeremy Sacco, CarGurus’ director of B2B content and communications, wrote in a blog post.

San Francisco 130

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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

AUGUST 24, 2019

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. But it’s not just payments where the NFL and other sports can shine when it comes to digital and mobile technologies.

Payments 161

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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 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

JANUARY 3, 2019

Taziki’s Mediterranean Café , for instance, has seen its online and to-go orders increase by 200 percent over the past three years. 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.)

Los Angeles 158

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2020

The ongoing pandemic is devastating the restaurant industry, with eateries leaning heavily on mobile ordering to make up for declines in walk-in traffic. The delivery sector is setting record revenues as dining rooms are operating at limited capacity, but this trend was in the works long before the pandemic began.

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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.

Mobile 105

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2019

Delivery is not the only way that QSRs are trying to reach more consumers, of course — especially younger consumers married to their mobile devices and who all but take for granted the availability of ever more robust digital consumer experiences. Mobile represents roughly 60 percent of all digital restaurant orders today. McDonald’s.

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Anyone who has ever driven North on Route 1 from Boston, Massachusetts, has seen Kowloon Restaurant. Over the past 50 years, the Wong family has been the owners and operators, constantly adding themed dining rooms and even a comedy club. It’s hard to miss.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

A new report shows that 70 percent of Americans use their mobile devices and restaurant apps at some point during the dining journey. Using a laptop or mobile phone, anyone, anywhere, is just a few clicks away from having their favorite meal delivered to wherever they happen to be. The operative word is control. “I

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2016

Lauded by the company as a technology visionary, Zander joins a team who will work with IdentityMind Global president and CEO, Garrett Gafke, with the goals of guiding the company’s mobile business strategy and overall direction. Before that, he served as president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems until June 2002.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2017

The company currently operates 263 department stores in 25 states under the Bon-Ton, Bergner’s, Boston Store, Carson’s, Elder-Beerman, Herberger’s and Younkers banners. Revenue fell 5.5 percent to $877.3 million, and comparable store sales decreased 4.7 Total revenue for the entire year fell 4.3 percent to $2.6

Boston 100

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 26, 2019

It launched the expansion into San Francisco in January, with plans to extend the service into New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Washington, D.C. Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are well aware of the benefits that mobile order delivery provides. and Chicago.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. Since the pandemic started, Crowe says, more customers are opening online or mobile accounts and making remote payments. Online U.S. By Elizabeth Judd.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Online platform eBay , which is faced with tepid growth in active sellers as well pressures on top-line growth for its core business, has just taken a significant step in its ongoing review of what’s working and what needs to change. 25) that it will sell its StubHub ticketing operations to online ticket reseller Viagogo Entertainment Inc.

United States 130

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PYMNTS

MAY 24, 2018

Sue Martin, owner and operator of three McDonald’s restaurants in Volusia County, said, “You would be surprised how many big orders we get for teachers’ breakfasts or meetings. As a result, McDonald’s has been playing quick catch-up with its in-store tech, mobile ordering and delivery initiatives. percent year on year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 21, 2020

And you can see it in the hustle by retailers and brands large and small to pivot their businesses and business models — and the disclaimers on just about every retail site starting a week or more ago that orders placed online might not make it in time for Christmas. percent more than using a contactless mobile wallet.

Apple 227

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

Bloomberg reported this week that Boston-based home décor eCommerce giant Wayfair turned in strong Q3 financials, noting that the firm’s quarterly results “exceeded analysts’ estimates, suggesting the wave of home improvement inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic is lingering.”. Unmasking What Happened. Our research shows that 85.3

Boston 141

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

The Apple Card offers users the option to gain 3 percent cash back when paying for Apple products and services and for purchases with Uber, Uber Eats, T-Mobile, Walgreens and Duane Reade. From an operational and risk perspective, we’ve handled the inflows smoothly, and without comprising our credit underwriting standards.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2017

SMS, mobile, social — the point is to open the lines and determine where the customer is mostly likely to communicate back. We help restaurant and retail chains to deliver personalized ad messages directly to individual customers across mobile, social, email, SMS and display media. Multichannel Reach, Unitary Approach .

Los Angeles 100

Los Angeles social media Retail Marketing 100

PYMNTS

APRIL 2, 2018

Take mobile banking, which has propelled the introduction of mobile-only banks to meet demand for better services on smaller screens. In this day and age, we’re in a mobile world, and things move quickly. Online lenders and alternative players were a wake-up call to banks,” explained Glover.

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PYMNTS

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. As of now, the firm is looking to branch out from its Copley Place headquarters in downtown Boston and into a neighboring building that reportedly has enough space to accommodate it. Doubling Down On Tech.

Boston 100

Boston Online Data Retail 100

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

74 and 31 : Those are the numbers of company-owned and franchised restaurants, respectively, that Boston-based sandwich chain Cosi operated in 15 states before it filed for bankruptcy. $1 Luckily, the PYMNTS 11 is here to break it all down.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Pharmacy operator CVS , for example, experimented with a program in Boston in which shoppers received free delivery on prescriptions and eCommerce purchases as well as other perks. These are some of the reasons that retailers in the space are approaching the future of retail with an eye toward digital innovations: .

Innovation 166

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CB Insights

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. .

Maine 70

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2016

“The idea of curbside pickup is that shoppers are demanding the ability to get purchases however they want and wherever they want,” said Laura Kennedy, director of retail insights at Boston-based Kantar Retail. “A The data show that operating earnings from sales have declined by up to 25 percent as a result of a shift from in-store to online.

St. Louis 102

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2016

The Index is based on two key components: whether a merchant adds value through a mobile app or website, and how consistent online and in-store experiences are for consumers. To compile the index, researchers in Boston; Chicago; Charlottesville, Virginia; and Seattle shopped merchants across three channels: web, app, and in-store.

Virginia 102

Virginia Resources Seattle Mobile 102

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

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Part of that includes reminding consumers to use their contactless cards when they check out in their stores (if they have one) or their mobile wallets (if they choose). One of the best things that happened last week was the reopening of hair salons in Boston. But given the absence of contactless card penetration in the U.S.,

Cards 147

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2016

Unfortunately, the operative word in the quote is “better,” not “build.” The teams at Chase Pay and LevelUp, however, realized that though it is a bit counterintuitive on face, building that better mobile payments mousetrap actually isn’t, in the first instance, about the payments. So why the move into QSR from Chase?

Payments 100

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 20, 2018

If we had a nickel for every mobile wallet that had come and gone in that time period, we would at this point be larger than The New York Times. The traditional gift for a ninth anniversary is pottery, and our offices are in Boston – but, you know, no pressure.). Well, that’s how we remember it, anyway. True in 2009.

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2023

ACH credit and debit transfers and mobile personal payment options like Venmo can take hours or days to settle between the sender and receiver’s accounts, even if information confirming transfer requests is conveyed more quickly. Fraud detection, processes, and controls must be in place to act quickly at all times.

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