ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Anne Tangen, a bank IT expert-turned-CEO at BankFive in Fall River, Massachusetts, talks about BankFive's efforts to reduce friction in the account opening process, as well as her work to smooth the path for talented women in the community bank C-suite.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

COVID-19 has challenged all of us to push the boundaries of innovation and creativity, and use everything at our disposal to more rapidly develop products that support patients and the health care systems caring for them,” Fitbit Co-Founder and CEO James Park said in a statement.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 1, 2017

The lawsuit of a small business in Massachusetts against alternative lender Kabbage is raising questions about the role of partner banks in marketplace lending, namely, whether it’s the bank or the fintech that can be called the “true lender.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2018

Not to be outdone, famed chef Daniel Boulud is opening his own tech-centric QSR with four Massachusetts Institute of Technology graduates. While the Restaurant Readiness Index revealed that QSR industry adoption of innovation has been spotty, kiosks were the one area where the best-performing and worst-performing QSRs were making advances.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Massachusetts Suing Robinhood, Alleging Failure To Protect Investors. Massachusetts regulators filed a complaint against Robinhood on Wednesday (Dec. Small Business Solutions and Karen Webster how payments innovation will play a critical role in their digital-first 2021. The financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

For this, Nordea has tapped Massachusetts based-biometrics security company Veridium, according to today’s announcement. Norwegian bank, Nordea is replacing token passwords with biometric authentication for its employees dealing with confidential customer data.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

“By bringing together our leading consumer brand, data science expertise and industry-leading products with SBTech’s proven technology platform, we will accelerate our innovation, growth and scale,” he said. “I For the first three months of 2020, DraftKings, which has 800 employees in Massachusetts, posted a net loss of $68.7

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2019

Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions has announced that it will be integrating its TCx 300 point-of-sale (POS) systems at all of the Massachusetts locations for grocery store chain Roche Bros. Family-owned and Massachusetts-based Roche Bros. has more than 4,800 associates in its 20 Roche Bros.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Anyone who has ever driven North on Route 1 from Boston, Massachusetts, has seen Kowloon Restaurant. Not one to rest on his innovations, third-generation owner Bob Wong recently had two ideas as he was assessing ways to generate revenue amid the Massachusetts state-ordered lockdown and subsequent indoor dining restrictions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Massachusetts locations. And retailers are integrating new POS solutions into their brick-and-mortar stores: Toshiba Global Commerce Solutions recently announced that its TCx 300 system would arrive in all of Roche Bros.’ By March, 200 additional lanes are set to arrive at the company’s other 13 stores.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

One solution: in-house healthcare innovation labs. We put together a list of healthcare innovation labs from new entries to the field, as well as some of the oldest — and most familiar — names in health. Sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong , and we’ve written about corporate innovation theater before.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The combination of DraftKings’ leading and trusted brand, deep focus on customer experience and data science expertise and SBTech’s highly innovative and proven technology platform creates a vertically-integrated powerhouse,” Robins said. “I SBTech will maintain its core business and continue its B2B focus,” he said. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

The combination of DraftKings’ leading and trusted brand, deep focus on customer experience and data science expertise and SBTech’s highly innovative and proven technology platform creates a vertically-integrated powerhouse,” Robins said. “I SBTech will maintain its core business and continue its B2B focus,” he said. “We

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. Amazon’s Big Robotics Investment .

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

In a press release , the eCommerce giant said that together with its customer fulfillment facilities, Amazon has created more than 3,500 jobs in Massachusetts and, since 2011, has invested more than $400 million in the state. million-square-foot development transforming the waterfront of Boston. That office is slated to open in 2021.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2020

Schneier said he is on board with Berners-Lee’s dream of an innovative internet standard that will oppose the “digital feudalism” of big tech. . Inrupt was founded in 2017 “to operationalize the Solid decentralization technology,” which was created by Berners-Lee’s team at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon is constantly testing and launching new offerings to innovate on behalf of customers,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “At Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2019

A store with snacks, drinks, and souvenirs at Polar Park in Worcester, Massachusetts will enable customers to shop without scanning or stopping to check out, according to Standard Cognition co-founder and COO Michael Suswal. Standard Cognition has revealed that it will enable cashierless transactions at a minor league baseball stadium.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2019

Massachusetts already requires businesses to accept cash. . The move could affect innovation for companies like Amazon and its cashless “Go” stores, which link to an Amazon account through a mobile device and automatically charges for purchases.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Amazon is constantly testing and launching new offerings to innovate on behalf of customers,” an Amazon spokesperson said. “At Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

A week after details of the Federal Reserve’s instant payment initiative emerged, news came via Bloomberg that the central bank is working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) to explore the possibility of issuing digital currency.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2019

Elliptic collaborated with researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) on the data set, which was taken from 200,000 bitcoin transactions worth $6 billion — the largest set of labeled transaction data publicly available in any digital currency in the world. CoinDesk reported that investors are expected to move 29.9

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

In partnership with Nuance Communications, the same Massachusetts-based company behind the voice of Siri, the bank is piloting the technology in order to initially promote voice-activated functionality around spending tracking. Just weeks removed from the launch, PYMNTS caught up with Ed Metzger, Santander U.K.’s

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

In Florida, Ohio, Georgia, New Jersey, Massachusetts, California and Connecticut, local government rulings have allowed such new tactics to flourish. In the future, eating out may include a wealth of more outside dining options, and could see restaurants sectioning off parts of parking lots to help more diners feel safe.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 31, 2020

As CarrieAnne Cormier, senior vice president of retail operations and strategy at Massachusetts-based Avidia Bank, recently told PYMNTS , “You hear a lot about the new normal … but I really see it as banking at the speed of life. Interactive Tellers (ITMs) accommodate this and more. Banking At The Speed Of Life’.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 21, 2020

Diners want such innovations, too, and are turning so sharply to mobile food orders that the global food delivery mobile app market could rise to $16.6 Quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are intensely competitive and have very little margin for error, causing many to employ technologies such as mobile apps and self-service kiosks.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Senator Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts said earlier in 2019 that large tech firms like Facebook and Amazon should be broken up. And, in the process, they have hurt small businesses and stifled innovation.”. They] have too much power — too much power over our economy , our society and our democracy,” she said.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 1, 2019

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. Connecticut Innovations. Innovation Catalyst. Massachusetts. Top Investor. Alabama Futures Fund.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), aiming to take a lead in educating on artificial intelligence, machine learning and advanced computing, is creating a new college called MIT Stephen A. Schwarzman College of Computing with a planned investment of $1 billion.

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CB Insights

MARCH 13, 2019

In 2018, the top 3 states for AI deals were California (48% of deals), New York (12%), and Massachusetts (9%), though investors have bet on AI startups across the country. Nuro is followed by Illinois’ Avant ($655M) and Massachusetts’ Indigo Agriculture ($617M). Massachusetts. The Innovation Scout.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2019

New Jersey is the second state to outlaw cashless stores after Massachusetts, which signed a similar bill into law back in 1978. The move could affect innovation for companies like Amazon and its cashless “Go” stores, which link to an Amazon account through a mobile device and automatically charges for purchases.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2016

Carnegie’s duties will also include leading the development and delivery of a “superior digital experience” for all of ANZ’s 8 million customers, as well as spearheading digitally focused projects and innovation for the bank. “We

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2019

Rep Pressley said in the announcement, “Thousands of people in the Massachusetts 7 th [district] live paycheck to paycheck and cannot afford to wait days for their checks to clear. The announcement said that “Pressley reaffirmed that a faster payments system is a public good, if not a right” during a line of questioning.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

We emerge from Chapter 11 as a stronger, more innovative retailer, brand partner and employer.”.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2020

” A company called Soft Robotics in Bedford, Massachusetts, makes systems that let robots conduct extremely delicate food-handling tasks. In the Netherlands, the Royal Palace restaurant in Renesse is using red-and-white robots that scoot around the dining room delivering food, the Associated Press reports. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Our team is dedicated to continuing 7-Eleven’s legacy of innovation with industry-leading digital solutions. Beyond 7-Eleven, Retail Business Services (RBS), the services company of Ahold Delhaize , announced in November that it was experimenting with a new frictionless store technology at its Massachusetts office.

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