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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

PYMNTS

If 2020 taught us anything about cryptocurrencies, it’s that they’ve reached a tipping point. Building The (Retail) Use Cases. Part of the enthusiasm from investors comes as use cases have proliferated. But he added that eventual use cases could include stimulus payments and all manner of other transactions.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

PYMNTS

It’s that’s time of year again – football season is upon us. CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks , was the first NFL stadium to adopt the technology. But it’s not just payments where the NFL and other sports can shine when it comes to digital and mobile technologies. million people in 2016 to 17.2

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

CB Insights

From gaming to healthcare to pizza delivery, US-based startups which reached unicorn status in 2018 represent a diverse range of industries. New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. FREE DOWNLOAD: THE COMPLETE LIST of 155+ US unicorns. Plaid Technologies.

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Emerging Innovation in Banking

Celent Banking

Over the past few weeks we have been previewing various content themes we will be discussing at our Insight and Innovation Day in Boston on April 4th. Blockchain: given how many banks have started exploring blockchain and other distributed ledger technologies, we were hoping to see some nominations describing their efforts in this space.

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McDonald’s Big Mac ATM

PYMNTS

Kenmore Square, Boston will activate what it calls a “customized digital Big Mac ATM.” Vince Spadea, a McDonald’s franchisee, was quoted by The Boston Globe as saying, “It’s really just a fun way to be modern and progressive. The goal is to roll out these technology upgrades in all of its worldwide locations by the end of 2018.

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Blue Apron Turns 7 As Meal Kit Industry Grows Up

PYMNTS

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

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Blue Apron Marks Seventh Birthday Amid Meal Kit Industry Changes

PYMNTS

Social media was largely considered more friend than foe, most consumers still used passcodes instead of fingerprints to open their mobile devices, and Tom Brady was merely a great athlete instead of the fountain-of-youth demi-god he is today (PYMNTS is based in Boston, so just go with us on that one).

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