PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2016

Cosi, the Boston-based sandwich chain renowned for its flatbread sandwiches, filed for bankruptcy in a Boston courtroom. “Without technology, this industry is not going to move much further.” Will Sears be the next major retailer to file for bankruptcy? Could the bankruptcy of Hanjin Shipping Co.,

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 12, 2020

When asked, fear of crowds surfaced as consumers’ primary reason for preferring to carry on with digital-first experiences when it comes to shopping for groceries (57 percent), purchasing retail products (52 percent) and even ordering food from restaurants (45 percent). The SMB Pinch. The Power of Persistence.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

Achieving those mission-critical seconds has never had more options, with the QSR industry in the midst of enjoying a boom in new technologies that promise to reduce wait times while boosting food quality and customer service. The restaurant, Spyce , is set to open this spring in central Boston.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2017

In a press release detailing the effort, the retailer said the meeting included a bipartisan conversation about the current challenges and opportunities in the American manufacturing sector as well as case studies of successful collaboration among different players. “As Manufacturing. manufacturing.”. Enhancing U.S. Tom Reed (R-N.Y.),

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

This technology has witnessed slow adoption in the U.S., The COVID-19 pandemic could be prompting consumers and merchants to reconsider the technology, however. In-Person Retail, eCommerce Drive CNP Purchasing. Many recently reopened retailers are insisting on processing digital, CNP transactions. percent of U.S.

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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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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

While the store is a first for Nike, it’s part of a bigger trend in retail — product and inventory localization. how retailers can survive (and thrive) this holiday season. Learn about the technologies, innovations, and strategies that retailers can leverage during the holidays. Major retailers and brands go local.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 24, 2017

Voice health functionality could be coming soon to the big names in voice-activated technology. The MIT Technology Review wrote that Mayo also has plans to conduct a similar study in China to determine if these features translate into other languages.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2016

Passport has designed similar mobile applications for the transportation systems in Chicago, Toronto and Boston. The study found that both millennials and non-millennials want to use mobile to manage finances, and cash is becoming less important to both groups. But the similarities end there. Google Announces Android Instant Apps.

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Samsung Google Mobile Millennials 100

Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 2, 2016

There are lessons to be learned from experiences in retail. Regardless of how and why they hit the market, some technology-driven innovations seem to lend themselves to particular vertical markets and/or disciplines. Wearable technologies? Well, there’s no doubt about this one: retail. Social channels?

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Ed Bachelder, payments consultant.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2017

office workers, a daily lunch break just doesn’t happen — a study found just one in five employees take a lunch break during the workday, and 28 percent rarely or never take a lunch break. The service is available in several major metropolitan areas, including Boston, New York, Washington, D.C., In fact, for millions of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2017

In February, it pledged to remove or reduce 90 controversial substances from its private-label products, including 26 pesticides, titanium dioxide and the “Southampton Six” food colors, which the Southampton study suggested may be linked to hyperactivity in children and which many European food manufacturers have eliminated.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2018

In fact, we’re seeing it happen in a variety of retail, banking and broader commerce pilots and prototypes today. Their study concluded that routines are shaped by how the brain’s neurons process information about the cost and benefit of switching things up – or not, and sticking with the status quo. Here’s why.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

Research BRIEFING: Surviving the Retail Apocalypse. How are brick-and-mortar retailers surviving and adapting in the world of digital commerce? The retail apocalypse has claimed many victims , with almost 7,000 stores closing in the US in 2017. And that’s just since February. However, this isn’t the whole story.

Retail 59

Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

Celent Banking

APRIL 7, 2017

Many of us at Celent just came back from a busy and exciting week in Boston. The rain and clouds couldn't obscure spectacular views from the State Room overlooking the Boston harbour. Emerging Technology for Consumers. Emerging Technology for Businesses. Alior Bank S.A., Banco Original, Brazil. Bank of America, USA.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 14, 2016

Well, it is “an innovative new payment platform created to transform the payments industry by drastically altering the economics through Internet-based technology, generating significant consumer benefits.” We’ve been studying what makes platforms ignite , and why they often fail, for more than a decade. What is it you ask?

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Celent Banking

MARCH 14, 2017

Until we announce all winners publicly on April 4 at our 2017 Innovation & Insight Day in Boston, we’re unable to say too much more – very frustrating! We also saw, particularly in the retail space, the adoption of innovations in one market, transposed from another.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The growth of mobile banking over the last few years is a trend that should put the technology at the heart of every financial institution’s strategy. This is a message that US banks appear to be hearing loud and clear, at least according to the findings of a recent study by the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

Mobile 72

Mobile US Payments Study 72

Celent Banking

JANUARY 23, 2017

Process Automation – for the most effective deployment of technology to automate business processes or decision-making. Emerging Technology for Consumers – for creative deployment of emerging technologies for consumers (e.g. We will be announcing all winners publicly on April 4 at our 2017 Innovation & Insight Day in Boston.

Risk Management 100

Risk Management Innovation Case Study Boston 100

PYMNTS

MAY 10, 2018

As companies strive to deliver a better, more consistent product at greater speed and less cost, food prep automation has become attractive to many as a singular technology that can solve all of these problems in one fell swoop. Founders Michael Farid, Brady Knight, Luke Schlueter, and Kale Rogers were busy student athletes studying at MIT.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 18, 2016

Retailers looked at in the study are capable of enabling an NFC payment and include drug/grocery/QSR and some retail. Although the company doesn’t support Apple Pay, its competitors or NFC-based technologies currently, it is not counting them out forever. What makes a mobile app user choose another method of payment?

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Mobile Samsung Apple Payments 100

Banking 2020

OCTOBER 20, 2015

All of this occurs in an environment where technology takes center stage and business owners may consume retail (for their personal accounts) as well as business services at a given financial institution. Some studies estimate that there are 28 million small businesses in the U.S., representing more than $6 trillion in revenue.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

However, in the US, 2 out of 3 workers still feel uncomfortable returning to the workplace, according to a Qualtrics study. In this report, we dive into some of the technologies that will help address these concerns and influence the future of the office space, from autonomous cleaning solutions to people-counting sensors.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Technology companies have infiltrated the home. We deep dive into the trends disrupting the housing industry, as well as the startups and technologies making these changes possible. However, new technologies could help bring the construction industry into the modern era. That is beginning to shift.

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Seattle Capital Industry New York 56

CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Company: AOptix Technologies. Select VC Investors: Bill Gates, CapX Partners, Constellation Technology Ventures. Company: Powa Technologies. The Nectar system had its roots at MIT’s Microsystems Technology Lab — and may have simply left the lab a few years too early. via Beta Boston. via TechCrunch. via Fortune.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2019

And, yes, this likely sounds blasphemous from someone who’s been beating the mobile payments drum since 2005, well before the iPhone and the App Store changed how consumers, retailers and payments players all use mobile devices. The How We Will Pay study, done in collaboration with Visa and published last fall, made this point quite vividly.

Mobile 205

Mobile Innovation Apple Study 205

CB Insights

OCTOBER 31, 2017

The feedback was eye-opening and generally the same: “Really great technology and vision. In our mission to deliver the best tea experience, we didn’t compromise on the Teforia Infuser technology, quality or the premium tea packaged within our Sips. Product: AOptix Technologies. But how does this become a platform?”…

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