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SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

And as PYMNTS has previously reported , the Boston Federal Reserve has been working with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to explore tech infrastructure. The Fed survey also found that about 20 percent of respondents reported switching to paying online or over the phone for items from restaurants and big-box stores.

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APRIL 5, 2016

Federal Reserve Bank of Boston President Eric Rosengren delivered a speech yesterday (April 4) at the bank’s 2016 Cybersecurity Conference highlighting the economic and cyber risks financial institutions are facing today.

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

LendingClub provides personal lending online, and it wants access to funding that is more stable and not as expensive. Radius is based in Boston and has in the neighborhood of $1.4 However, the FinTech wants to reestablish itself in the market as a full-fledged bank. billion in assets.

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DECEMBER 23, 2019

Online betting company DraftKings is merging with two other companies and going public, according to a report by the Boston Business Journal. Jason Robins, the co-founder and CEO of DraftKings, is going to run the new company, which will be incorporated in Nevada and keep its headquarters in Boston.

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APRIL 8, 2016

Online retail is known for moving fast, and sometimes, the execs pulling all the levers behind the scenes move even faster. Walmart confirmed on Thursday (April 7) that Brian Monahan, formerly the head of marketing for the retailer’s U.S. online operations, had vacated his post effective April 1.

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MAY 26, 2017

Boston-based eCommerce alcohol delivery startup Drizly has announced its next location in Phoenix, Arizona. Drizly’s SVP of new business and co-founder, Justin Robinson, commented on the company’s entry into the Phoenix market in its press release.

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JUNE 26, 2020

Tom originally went to school for music at Berklee College of Music in Boston (not the only consultant in the music scene ). When he wanted to return to living on land, he spent a year self-producing and recording his own album back in Boston. But now his life was consumed by what was once his biggest passion.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Innovations in 3D and augmented reality (AR) eCommerce are leveling the playing field and bringing conversion-centered visual technology to any online retailer. It’s generally agreed that Warby Parker’s usage of online frame fitting is one of the first scalable usages for 3D visual technology.

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JANUARY 17, 2021

Durable Capital Partners Managing Partner and Chief Investment Officer Henry Ellenbogen said in the announcement that he has been “impressed with the [Deliveroo] team’s ability to spot opportunities, innovate and adapt to changes in the market. The online food delivery market is nascent and underpenetrated.

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JUNE 10, 2020

These reasons are driving a surge of interest in and use of remote online notarization (RON) services, according to James Schlimmer , managing partner of Naples, Florida-based notary firm Cottrell Title & Escrow. He argued that the pandemic did not create the market demand — it merely accelerated it. Great And Lasting Expectations.

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OCTOBER 17, 2017

It’s a hungry brand, gobbling up three different food delivery competitors in the last quarter alone: Boston-based Foodler, Groupon’s OrderUp and most recently, Yelp’s Eat24. Grubhub absorbed 27 of OrderUp’s markets, including Baltimore itself, reported The Baltimore Business Journal. Foodler launched in Boston in 2005.

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OCTOBER 7, 2016

Have you purchased anything online recently? One study by The Boston Consulting Group estimated that small and midsize U.S. One of the major benefits of technology is that it enables users to write a report while working through the income, market or asset approach. Reducing the IT burden.

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DECEMBER 24, 2020

Said Allaire of the bid to get digital currencies more front and center: “Regulators are getting their arms around them … the digital asset market is now moving, more and more, into the mainstream of finance, FinTech payments and banking world.”. And, of course, the crypto landscape extends well beyond bitcoin.

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MAY 7, 2020

While sales fell 25 percent in the first quarter, the slowdown is expected to accelerate in the second quarter and could lead to an estimated contraction by as much as 35 percent for the year, said the Boston-based investment firm. Online luxury has remained resilient, while brand name stores and department stores have seen sharp drops.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2020

the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S. regulators acknowledge that although there is a market and demand for open banking, the current regulatory structure prioritizes consumer protection.”. “A This figure includes new users of online banking platforms or money management FinTechs, services that are covered under U.K.

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APRIL 22, 2019

Eventually, the company plans to expand to other markets, including L.A. “We Starbucks partnered with the app in January, with San Francisco first and then spreading to Boston, Chicago and L.A., We also believe that a retail presence across every channel (online, retail, on-demand, etc.) among others.

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JULY 16, 2020

As the San Francisco-based vacation rental online marketplace has seen bookings rebound after coronavirus disruption, it will revive plans to launch an initial public offering this year, the Financial Times (FT) reported. It could be the right time for Airbnb to go public. Rural stays surged 25 percent last month compared to June 2019.

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AUGUST 19, 2016

And one exec from Merkle , the data-based marketing agency with over 100 prominent retail clients, believes retailers need to start planning their holiday shopping strategies now. The holiday shopping season also accounts for the largest percentage of online sales per year, which Gibson said rose to 8.7

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MAY 9, 2018

Pizza Hut Chief Marketing Officer Zipporah Allen told Reuters, “Many Pizza Hut restaurants are already licensed to serve and distribute beer, without third-party services, additional fees or extended wait times.”. As it stands, over 1,700 Pizza Hut locations in the U.S. have liquor licenses. Grubhub has been in expansion mode.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2020

In banking, collaboration — between the traditional players like banks and the tech savvy FinTechs bringing a slew of new apps to market — is key. The shift to increased transacting online means people are becoming more interested and comfortable with online banking. the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston said, “To date, U.S.

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AUGUST 10, 2020

Boston-based Advent International , a global private equity firm focused on overseas buyouts, has purchased a stake in the United Kingdom’s parcel delivery group Hermes for 1 billion euros ($1.3 The goal for Advent is to profit on the surge in online sales. It will also take a 25 percent stake in its German business.

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MAY 29, 2017

Some were already investors in the startup, which is headquartered in New York City and will use the funding to expand into Los Angeles, San Francisco, Seattle, Boston, Philadelphia, Washington, D.C., It’s time-consuming and difficult to navigate, with many businesses not even having a presence online.”. and Chicago.

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JANUARY 25, 2018

In an interview with PYMNTS, CEO and Founder of Reviver Auto Neville Boston said that for the firm, which traces its genesis to 2009, the “initial thought process was simplifying the registration process. Boston noted that, with the traditional and entrenched methods, “your registration is sent out to an address.” It’s onerous.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2018

The news comes as CVS is testing a program in Boston in which customers get free delivery on prescriptions and online purchases, among other perks. Amazon is eyeing the drug market in a big way, and recently acquired the pharmacy startup PillPack.

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JANUARY 29, 2020

No longer charging into market spaces (no matter the cost), many real estate startups are now slowing their growth to more carefully assess a better strategy moving forward. Traditional Silicon Valley startups accelerate through cash to achieve rapid expansion, with the goal of easier profitability once a certain market size has been secured.

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FEBRUARY 10, 2020

Perhaps the most important thing for retail executives to understand outside of the “early days” perspective is that AI is going to morph from an engineering-only property to marketing and from a big-scale retailers to small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Maybe the future of AI and retail is shared between algorithms and humans.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2018

customers feel that online-only banks are “less legitimate” than those with branches. Bank of America is expanding this year into Pittsburgh, while JPMorgan will open as many as 400 branches over five years into cities like Boston and Washington, D.C.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Co-founder James Bello initially worked at the headquarters of a major retail chain, and then moved to Boston to serve in their innovation group. Combining that knowledge with Bello’s retail experience, they were able to get the product to market after completing the recipes and packaging. . The Market.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The move comes as the retail industry is reeling from a double blow: fallout from the pandemic and the great shift of consumer buying to online sales. Simon owns such properties as the upscale Copley Place in Boston. The new company will be a special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) called Simon Property Group Acquisition.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2018

It also signals an increase in the SEC’s oversight of the cryptocurrency market. It is the first time the SEC slapped companies with penalties for getting around rules via initial coin offerings (ICOs), noted Reuters in a report. The two companies that settled with the SEC are CarrierEQ and Paragon Coin Inc.

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Since about mid-December of 2018, checking out in the stores here in Boston has become even more of a hassle. This newfound friction is the result of the City of Boston passing a bill that bans plastic bags and gives merchants the right to charge for ones made of paper. Because when they do, consumers can get hurt.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2019

As SMBs seek opportunities to expand their operations, and reach new customers and markets, they will need the right spend and workforce tools to ensure funds are spent appropriately. This demand is driving the global expense management software market to reach $6.6 billion in value by 2025.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Currently offered in a session subscription payment method, Handstand is available in Los Angeles and Orange County; the plan is to roll it out to Boston, New York, San Francisco and Chicago. We’re launching New York and Boston soon. A second tiered subscription model is slated to roll out in the coming months.

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AUGUST 24, 2019

That’s because stadiums and sports teams are looking for more opportunities to connect with at-home and online viewers as they come to represent another segment of attendees. Not only that, but over the next decade, some 90 percent of sports bets will be made online. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2017

In data that will likely surprise anyone who has avidly watched retail over the last few years, the market is trending strongly toward same-day delivery. According to the “2017 Digital Commerce Benchmark Survey,” conducted by Boston Retail Partners (BRP), some 65 percent of retailers will offer same-day delivery within the next two years.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Doing business online is the bridge for American small businesses through this crisis and into the next decade,” said John Caplan, president of Alibaba.com for North America and Europe. trillion global B2B e-Commerce market,” he said, in a Tuesday (June 2) press release. based B.A.A.B.S.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

On March 24, on what would have usually been a busy day at the start of spring, the state ordered all nonessential retail shops on the green to shut down, as the pandemic crept its way north from New York City and south from Boston. One of the topics they’re more than willing to discuss is marketing.

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