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SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast casual eateries and fast-food drive-thrus keep dominating headlines throughout the pandemic as a nation is understandably obsessed with staying fed on lockdown and after, when breathing the open air still feels oddly risky.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

It might also offer opportunities not possible with cash while supporting innovation.”. And at a high level, according to the publication, the BIS noted that across the far-flung efforts being explored in various countries, “common objectives allow common principles to be agreed.” In an interview with Karen Webster published Monday (Oct.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

But he noted that Sidewalk would “struggle to match 5G’s national coverage.” It has been well-reported that nascent 5G deployments are currently underway, and Amazon itself announced plans last month to launch 5G server sites in Silicon Valley and Boston for commercial use in tandem with Verizon.

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DECEMBER 21, 2020

You can see it in how investors are putting money to work in both consumer-facing and B2B startups, and how startups and incumbents are forging new partnerships to move innovation faster to market. And since iPhone users skew more to the affluent, it also denied those innovators the opportunity to monetize their spend. 23-25, 2020.

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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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SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. In at least some nod to the technicalities, back in January, the central bank envisioned that the digital currency might be issued via blockchain platform.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2019

Financial criminals are working hard, using technology and innovation to their advantage, to stay one step ahead of FinCEN and financial institutions. Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families.

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AUGUST 2, 2016

“The ability to have Dunkin’ items delivered directly to you is something that our guests have been requesting for some time, and we will continue to evaluate a possible national rollout in the future,” Sherrill Kaplan, Dunkin’ Donuts VP of digital marketing and innovation, said in a statement.

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JUNE 25, 2020

And this, Unison CEO Thomas Sponholtz told PYMNTS in a recent conversation has pretty much been in its terms of innovation in the world of homeownership financing since the mortgage was invented in 1192. ” Unison offers its services to both potential homebuyers and homeowners with equity in their properties.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

As new PYMNTS research documents, over the past year, 18 Major League Baseball (MLB), National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL) and Major League Soccer (MLS) arenas have deployed biometric solutions by CLEAR. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2019

” Founded in 2012, Boston-based DraftKings offers daily fantasy sports contests across 11 professional sports and in eight countries, including the U.S., “We look forward to collaborating with Caesars Entertainment on creating the most innovative and engaging sports and entertainment products, and events, for our customers.”

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2019

But somehow, we are a nation of chronically under-rested people. But luckily, where there is a problem, there is typically an innovative entrepreneur selling a solution – and in the case of sleep, there are a lot of solutions out there. Boston Med has offered Sleepio since 2016. But does it really work?

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AUGUST 9, 2018

The goal of the Wayfair worker is to work on “innovating better together,” becoming “fast fixers and builders” and to help customers to better “envision the spaces where they live their lives.”. It’s a tall order for a Boston-based furniture company – but Wayfair has always thought big, even when it was very, very small.

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MAY 4, 2016

Uber has shown that it’s far from shy about putting its brand alongside other ventures, and it’s recently demonstrated propensity for non-automotive transport is an indication that innovators there don’t lack the spine to take some risks when necessary. We’re excited to partner with Visa on this initiative.”.

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

The Paytronix platform, used by more than 400 restaurants and other types of merchants to personally engage with customers, collaborated with PYMNTS on a recent deep dive into restaurant innovation and trends. Ridgely spoke with PYMNTS as the latest figures from the National Restaurant Association paint a promising picture for the U.S.

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MAY 12, 2020

In this week’s examination of payment rail innovation, PYMNTS explores the latest efforts to tackle B2B payments pain points. National Institutional Facilitation Technologies (NIFT) and B2B FinTech Haball are collaborating to develop a new digital payment rail to facilitate B2B transactions in Pakistan, the companies recently announced.

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JUNE 10, 2016

Said charter will mean that Circle will face tighter scrutiny but great ease operating on a national scale. Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. Kennedy School of Government.

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OCTOBER 3, 2019

The latest figures from the National Restaurant Association paint a promising picture for the U.S. Quick service restaurant (QSR) chain Boston Market is among the restaurant brands making their first forays into loyalty rewards. restaurant market. Overall, restaurant sales are on track to reach $863 billion by the end of the year.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2017

The percentage of sales lost by those physical store franchises can be seen not only in the pretty charts and graphs that we produce and share on a regular basis but the ongoing drumbeat of the national and regional store closings for those brands that can no longer keep up. There weren’t easy ways to innovate retail business models.

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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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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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DECEMBER 1, 2016

Boston-based company Cybric is a relative newcomer on the cybersecurity scene, but it’s re-envisioning how developers test the security of their applications. “If If you look at the cybersecurity landscape, there are over 1,220 solutions and tools,” said Mike Kail, Chief Innovation Officer at Cybric.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Early Innovations in Crowdfunding. Because the idea worked, it spread – first throughout the West Coast, where Christmas kettles caught on quickly, and then in the East after McFee was stationed in Boston (at which point they added the bells). In some ways, it’s a challenge that is forcing the organization back to its roots.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

It is not quite fair to say that America has become a nation of teetotalers or is even well on their way to becoming one. Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. White Claw was the fad drink of the summer and did $1.2

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FEBRUARY 2, 2019

As PYMNTS is Boston-based, the company is, of course, excited to see Tom Brady take a shot at that sixth Super Bowl ring. According to data from the National Retail Federation (NRF), stores will bring in around $14.8 Nevertheless, the National Chicken Council has estimated that fans will eat 1.38 Snack Time. per person.

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DECEMBER 17, 2018

The signature innovation of Drizly – founded in Boston in 2012 – has been to more or less bypass the three-tiered structure in enabling alcohol eCommerce. Drizly neither sells nor delivers alcohol, though in its early days, it was often called the “Uber of alcohol.”.

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OCTOBER 31, 2020

As it turns out, we as a nation have simply reached our limits with our own cooking. The weather is turning such that Boston has already had its first snow, and eating outdoors at restaurants is losing its appeal in the northern United States. But when it comes to getting back to dining out, consumer interest has been on the increase.

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OCTOBER 12, 2020

According to forecasts from the National Restaurant Association, 100,000 restaurants will close this year, doubling the 50,000 closures that typically happen in an average year. Three-quarters of the nearly 22,000 restaurants that closed across the U.S. between March 1 and Sept. The Power of Persistence.

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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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MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Innovation, implying the change that is the only constant when it comes to how people and businesses interact and transact. “At and panels. .

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The news comes as the National Retail Federation (NRF) found in a recent survey that consumers are expected to spend an average of a little more than $1,000 in the upcoming holiday season. Going forward, the Boston Consulting Group (BCG) and Swift noted in a report that retail payments may compete on personalization.

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OCTOBER 9, 2020

That’s why the always resourceful restaurant sector went all-in on mobile order-ahead (MOA) and kept the nation fed while industry players looked for their next move. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”. For those who operate restaurants or simply enjoy them, 2020 has been a nightmare.

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MARCH 16, 2017

And indeed, the middle of this month has been nothing if not gusty, but daunted not the gutsy — who trekked by the hundreds to Boston for the opening of the annual Innovation Project. Innovation, implying the change that is the only constant when it comes to how people and businesses interact and transact. “At and panels. .

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MARCH 15, 2019

Cinema chains are driving customer convenience and building loyalty with the help of digital innovations to make for more seamless moviegoing experiences. As it stands, mobile ordering is available at the chain’s Denver, Boston and Houston locations — and more markets are said to be in the works for this year.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

And Grubhub has been in expansion mode , gobbling up Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and Yelp’s Eat24 in 2017. While Kitchen United hasn’t nailed down which markets it might want to enter, it is having conversations with national restaurant partners who will help the company choose new cities.

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MAY 10, 2018

Nouchi noted his transit system is marked by density of population and high use — and has the fifth-highest ridership in the nation, taking its place alongside New York, San Francisco and Boston, for example. Notably, he said, some of those transit-innovating peers are on their second or third generation of smart cards.

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