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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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2016

Startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts account for most of the VC tech funding in the United States. However, hotbeds of innovation are being spurred by VCs across the country. With that in mind, we used CB Insights … Continued.

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CB Insights

MAY 23, 2016

Startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts account for most of the VC tech funding in the United States. However, hotbeds of innovation are being spurred by VCs across the country. With that in mind, we used CB Insights … Continued.

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CB Insights

MAY 22, 2016

The most well-known venture capital firms in the US primarily invest in startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts. However, hotbeds of innovation are being spurred by VCs across the United States. With that in mind, we used CB … Continued.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

The mandate, which is proving costly for small businesses, prompted two Massachusetts pubs to introduce QR codes and icons that link to a menu, a cocktail list and beer list, respectively. The pandemic has spurred regulatory changes as many states required restaurants to provide diners with disposable menus.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2018

Mastercard’s “Grow Your Biz” contest for SMBs in Boston, Massachusetts, concluded in December. The purpose was to identify SMB owners who were planning to use innovative tactics to grow, then provide financial support as well as expert guidance to drive that growth. “We

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

The item became a national phenomenon due to a widespread belief in its superior taste and a viral marketing campaign highlighting its availability on Sundays, unlike the offerings of competitor Chick-fil-A.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

That's what I thought about while reading a recent Financial Brand post about Innovation in Banking: Killer Ideas? billion in assets Massachusetts bank developed Zrent so it's landlord customers could more efficiently collect rent from tenants. or Idea Killers? More talk about fintech, dinosaur bankers, and flavors of the month.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2016

After a bit of a bumpy start to the year, what has become a now multi-week debacle with the FBI over that phone and a solid month of share prices below $100, it has been a while since Apple has managed a whole week of headlines that were, more or less, positive and even hopeful about innovation in the offing.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers. What we’re doing with autonomous bots is not that dissimilar from what Google is doing with autonomous cars,” Cohen said in an interview at Symbotic’s Wilmington, Massachusetts headquarters. “I

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CFPB Monitor

JANUARY 12, 2021

To that end, facilitation of competition, innovation, and consumer choice in the marketplace should be an essential element of consumer protection policy. The CFPB’s creation of the Taskforce has been challenged in a lawsuit filed in June 2020 in Massachusetts federal district court by the National Association of Consumer Advocates, U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2016

Early April saw Staples announce a partnership with Workbar that will see parts of three of the office supply retailer’s Massachusetts stores converted into communal workspaces available for on-demand rental.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

In September, the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) clarified the authority for national banks and federal savings associations to hold reserves on behalf of customers who issue stablecoins (those coins have to have a one-to-one relationship with a fiat currency).

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio. To combat this speed, banks must get innovative to offer greater protection for uninsured deposits. 9) Brand Matters: SVB had one of the best brands in banking.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

When the pilgrims landed in Cape Cod, Massachusetts, in 1620, there was no voice of Siri to say, “Arrived.” Here’s how innovation, marketing and technology have shaped this iconic American holiday over the years. It was not until the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. ‘AI nationalism’ could fuel political conflict. AI oversight must be an informed, national debate. Gideon Rosenblatt. Jon Wolfsthal.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Lifetime Achievement Award (Bank) Cambridge Savings CEO Wayne Patenaude looks to end a long and successful career at one of Massachusetts’ 10 largest banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 2, 2017

If banks are to use the technology, Evans predicted that blockchain will have to be separated entirely from bitcoin, which could be a costly and complicated process, meaning that other software innovations in financial technology, beyond the blockchain, could have an impact on the faster payments space.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

It then also became the first to test such technology on public streets in Boston, Massachusetts. Closer look: The Geely-owned Volvo car brand has placed an emphasis on safety innovations when it comes to developing self-driving passenger vehicles. Partnership aims to commercialize driver assist technology by 2019.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2020

We will lead the opposition to the policies that undermine the job creators, that penalize the innovators and that target the wealth creators and investors that allow Americans to provide for their families and plan for their futures.”. He said plans for nationalizing healthcare and raising taxes on the wealthy where not good for the economy.

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CB Insights

JULY 23, 2020

Companies will have to look to guidelines from local and national authorities for each office location. A completely remote workforce seems unlikely, given the intangible benefits of social connection, collaboration, and innovation that in-person working provides. This will also reduce commute times for many employees.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Meanwhile, states such as Kentucky, Connecticut, Illinois, Michigan, Indiana, Massachusetts, Maryland and others are making moves toward legalization, and via different methods. Iowa, for instance, is considering letting casinos and racetracks offer on-site and online wagering. Integrity Fees.

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