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NOVEMBER 24, 2020

The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has severely impacted the healthcare space, altering routine services such as picking up prescriptions or consulting with physicians. More consumers are making the switch to telehealth services that enable them to speak with healthcare professionals via video chat to prevent the exposure risk that comes with in-person visits to hospitals or doctors’ offices. .

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

A recent hack compromised around 2,000 Robinhood Markets accounts, suggesting the attacks were more widespread than previously realized, Bloomberg reported. After the attack last week, Robinhood only disclosed a few details, saying "a limited number" of customers had been affected and their emails outside of Robinhood had been the way they were hacked, Bloomberg reported.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

“The Crypto Cruise Ship” is getting ready to depart from the Mediterranean and anchor in the Gulf of Panama, according to an announcement. The “MS Satoshi,” as the ship is to be named, is 804 feet and was bought rom a cruise ship company, according to the announcement. It will function as a “gathering place” for those interested in digital currencies or those who start businesses in addition to researchers, expats and digital nomads.

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

On-demand digital healthcare service 98point6 has come off a Series E funding round with $118 million, according to a press release. The company works to deliver personalized consultation, diagnoses and treatments to patients anywhere in the U.S. via a mobile app, and users can pick the times and schedules that work for them, the release stated. Through the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML), along with expertise from certified physicians, 98point6 enables a more acces

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OCTOBER 15, 2020

Masayoshi Son , founder of SoftBank , is trying to forge a truce between rivals Grab and Gojek so the two companies can continue negotiating an acquisition, Bloomberg reported. Representatives of the two Southeast Asia-based ride-hailing companies have been speaking on Zoom calls recently to work the deal out. Son is ramping up the pressure on Grab Co-Founder and CEO Anthony Tan , according to Bloomberg.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Good Sam, which calls itself “the world’s largest organization of recreational vehicle owners,” unveiled a new digital platform and related online publication set for a January launch and said it is phasing out existing print magazines, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 8) announcement. The web-based platform can be reached via RV.com. The new digital magazine is called, predictably, “RV Magazine.”.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Mitek , which provides software and authentication services, said it has upped its game with its release of Mobile Deposit 4.8, a mobile banking app. The company said, in a press release , that the need for such a service is heightened in the COVID-19 era. The technology update “will help customers get access to funds securely and quickly,” the San Diego, California-based firm said, adding that the new release will give financial institutions (FIs) “even more control over” the mobile deposit fea

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Swedish FinTech Klarna is aiming to raise $500 million as it looks to fuel the expansion of its growing digital payments and online shopping business in the U.S. market, a new report states. The Stockholm-based company is currently in talks with investors. The new round of funding values Klarna at a hefty $10 billion, Reuters reports , citing three sources.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Not that long ago you stood in front of the open fridge and waited hopefully for something appetizing to catch your eye. Now, we click on a mobile app and our favorite foods appear at the door. It’s a huge improvement, both in terms of meals eaten and fridge lightbulbs spared. PYMNTS September Provider Ranking of Mobile Order-Ahead (MOA) Apps shows that the nation’s appetite hasn’t shifted — we’re still keeping the same MOA brands at the top of the charts so far this year — but the procurement

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple has announced a digital-only event that is expected to include the unveiling of new products, but which new products is a matter of speculation. While Apple traditionally unveils new products at an annual September event at its headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., that event may take place later this year, CNBC reports. Apple is on track to unveil its new and highly-anticipated 5G iPhones this year, but it’s not clear whether the company will be unveiling its latest smart phones at the digit

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Six months after the Democrat-controlled House passed a $3.2 trillion coronavirus stimulus package, Senate Republicans say they are prepared to vote on their version as early as this week. CNBC reported that U.S. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) said the chamber will consider a targeted proposal focused on some economics, education and healthcare issues.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Apple Pay users may soon be able to use a feature in the Wallet app to make payments by scanning a QR code. AppleInsider reports the new method would no longer require near field communication (NFC), the wireless data transfer that enables nearby devices to communicate without an internet connection. Since its launch, Apple Pay transactions at brick-and-mortar retailers relied on NFC and an iPhone near the payment terminal to make a contactless purchase.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

To assist businesses in automating their accounts payable (AP) expediently and cost-effectively, AvidXchange has rolled out its “ Boost your Business ” program. The program assists companies in moving to digital billing and payments in under 45 days, according to a Tuesday (Sept. 8) announcement. The program provides companies with support from an onboarding services workforce and doesn’t have "setup or configuration fees," according to the company.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

In today’s top news, B2B cross-border payments network Thunes raised $60 million, and Klarna debuted a redesigned app for its U.K. users. Plus, Epic Games has again asked a California judge to reinstate Fortnite to Apple’s devices. B2B Cross-Border Payments Network Thunes Raises $60M. Thunes, the FinTech startup that operates a global cross-border payments network for emerging economies, announced on Tuesday (Sept. 8) that it has raised $60 million in Series B funding.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Dutch FinTech Mollie has just closed on $100 million in new financing, as the startup looks to expand internationally and pump additional money into product development and engineering. TCV, a major equity investor with a focus on technology, led the Series B round of funding, Mollie said in a press release. The $100 million in investment capital marks the second time Mollie has cut a major financing deal, following a $29.5 million injection of capital last year.

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JULY 19, 2020

Equity crowdfunding program Equifund CFP is launching a Regulation Crowfunding offering to help cannabis tech company Drop Delivery raise money for its all-in-one delivery system for cannabis products, according to a press release. Drop Delivery is touted as the first all-in-one system for cannabis retailers to use for developing a business in a safe and compliant manner.

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JULY 19, 2020

Utah officials estimate that new vehicle-to-everything, or V2X, technology could reduce the severity of traffic crashes by 80 percent, the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reports. Motor vehicle crashes claimed the lives of around 36,120 people in 2019, WSJ reported, and the V2X technology has been touted as a possibility for reducing that number. According to WSJ, V2X works through a stream of anonymized data such as speed, traction, tire level, windshield-wiper status and more, which roadside sensors

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JULY 19, 2020

A joint venture for an advisory partnership between Vanguard and Ant Financial in China has hooked 200,000 clients in in its first 100 days, Financial Times (FT) reported. Vanguard, based in Pennsylvania, has over 30 million clients globally and plans to work with Ant Financial’s 900 million users in China to offer low-cost financial advice. The partnership is a government-backed scheme to help people adopt mutual funds, FT wrote.

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JULY 19, 2020

Plaid is facing a lawsuit which alleges that it has violated users’ privacy and used customers’ private data in inappropriate manners for years, affecting over 200 million individual accounts, according to a court filing with the northern district of California. The California-based financial services company, founded in 2012, works to build products to power digital finance and FinTech issues through its own data transfer network.

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JUNE 12, 2020

AML/KYC conventions that rely on paper documents and face-to-face meetings in offices are so last year. In fact, their time may have passed, it seems, as the touchless revolution takes over and remote onboarding becomes routine. But wait?

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JUNE 12, 2020

To provide parents, teachers, owners of small companies and telecommuters with an additional avenue to shop, Staples US Retail teamed with Instacart to roll out same-day delivery from over 1,000 U.S. stores. The tie-up lets customers choose between an array of products such as back-to-school products and home office items as well as personal protective equipment (PPE) and cleaning supplies, according to an announcement.

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JUNE 12, 2020

As it shuttered stores and decreased operating hours due to the coronavirus pandemic, Lululemon Athletica said, direct-to-consumer (DTC) net revenue jumped 68 percent for the first quarter of fiscal 2020. The activewear company reported gross margin of 51.3 percent, which marked a 260 basis point decline compared to the same quarter the previous year, according to an announcement.

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JUNE 12, 2020

Michael Kanter and his wife and have owned and operated Cambridge Naturals near Harvard Square since 1974.

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JUNE 12, 2020

California became the first state in the country to declare a lockdown 11 weeks ago to slow the spread of the

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JUNE 12, 2020

The harsh realities of the pandemic

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JUNE 12, 2020

When the world

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Retail 144

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JUNE 12, 2020

In girding for battle, it

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JUNE 12, 2020

Dining out is coming back slowly but surely as authorities nationwide lift lockdowns. The question is whether U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A class-action lawsuit that threatened the world’s third-largest virtual currency, XRP, will continue, as it was not thrown out at the request of blockchain payment services provider Ripple , according to Bloomberg on Wednesday (Feb. 26). Ripple failed to persuade a judge in Oakland, California to dismiss the entire lawsuit, called Zakinov v. Ripple Labs Inc though U.S.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Businesses and governments want the speed and convenience of issuing and accepting digital payments, but, at the same time, they cannot afford to alienate cash-dependent consumers. Debit payments are being turned to as one way to thread that needle. The United States federal government issues Social Security benefits to recipients’ reloadable debit cards, for example, thus giving unbanked residents a faster, more secure alternative to receiving payments via paper checks.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mind the gap, as the saying goes. In this case, it’s the gap between interest and intent, the chasm that lies between consumer awareness of unattended retail and actually taking the plunge in buying at the kiosk and vending machine. In an interview with Karen Webster, Maeve McKenna Duska, SVP at USA Technologies , said that ambitious retailers have an opportunity to seize valuable market share within a relatively underdeveloped channel of commerce.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It’s no accident that technology companies that have historically not operated in the financial services space are expanding into the small business lending arena. With more SMBs embracing digitization, the apps powering that shift have gained access to troves of valuable data about their small business customers that can shed light on a company’s innerworkings, more so than a traditional bank account or credit profile can.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Fraud continues to increase in many areas, despite extensive attempts to bring it to heel. Retail fraud attempts have doubled year over year, for example, while account takeover (ATO) fraud losses recently hit $14.7 billion , and phishing attacks now comprise 30 percent of all fraud attempts. Businesses of all kinds suffer from the pervasiveness of fraud, with a recent study finding that 40 percent of retailers, restaurants and insurance companies had their online expansions impeded by cybercrim

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

A surge cap in Chinese stocks, fueled by the stimulus package from the government to combat the virus-riddled economy, has brought about fears of a repeat of the 2015 market crash, according to Reuters on Wednesday (Feb. 26). China has been working hard to inject funds into the economy, which has seen itself crippled as the coronavirus descended. The government has cut interest rates and encouraged lenders to extend cheap loans to limit the fallout from the virus epidemic.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Bitcoin’s decline continued Wednesday (Feb. 26) as it fell below the mark investors were looking at as a key line of support. Bitcoin fell below $9,000 Wednesday and losses were at around 9 percent total for the week. Investors think the coin is “in trouble,” according to a report by Bloomberg. The cryptocurrency was trading at around $8,795 as of 11:43 a.m. in New York.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

American companies in China indicate annual revenue could be off by almost 50 percent due to shortages created by the coronavirus pandemic, according to a survey by the American Chamber of Commerce (AmCham) in China on Thursday (Feb. 27). Between travel restrictions and protective gear shortages, almost 50 percent of U.S. companies in China said revenue will likely be off in 2020 if the business climate doesn’t go back to normal by the end of April, according to a survey of 169 member companies

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FEBRUARY 27, 2020

It turned out to be a surprisingly strong quarter for online craft marketplace Etsy. Net income came in at $31.3 million, or 25 cents a share. That is down from a year ago, when Etsy reported net income of $41.3 million, or 32 cents a share, but well ahead of analyst estimates leading into the earnings release, which were looking for earnings of 16 cents a share.

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