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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. Arizona, which launched a “sandbox” earlier this year, said last week that there is a new participant in that FinTech-driven initiative.

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Dollar General Introduces 'popshelf' Store Concept

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Plans are in place to have roughly 30 locations in different markets before the conclusion of fiscal year 2021. The value supermarket chain said it keeps planning “aggressive growth" and would come into Arizona with four new locations in the greater Phoenix area, per news in July.

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The Bank Legacy Is Dead: Long Live the Fintech Collision

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While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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Alphabet Tracker: Waiting For Earnings, Waymo Grows Testing

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Now, all eyes are ahead once more for Alphabet’s upcoming Q1 earnings report slated for today after market close. This put Alphabet’s market cap well above $610 billion at the time. Waymo has not disclosed how many total vehicles will be operating in the region during the expanded public tests. billion for the quarter.

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Android of the Auto Industry? How Baidu May Race Ahead Of Google, Tesla, And Others In Autonomous Vehicles

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investment fund dedicated to startups innovating in the AV space. The platform combines a number of tools — including data, APIs, and open source code — that developers can use for free to bring autonomous driving products to market. Waymo has yet to enter the Chinese market given Google’s troubled history with China.

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How AI Will Go Out Of Control According To 52 Experts

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In Arizona, a self-driving Uber vehicle hit and killed a pedestrian (though there was a driver behind the wheel). AI will encourage regional protectionism. But history is rife with innovations that have been disruptive: does anyone look back and regret Eli Whitney inventing the cotton gin or James Watt developing the steam engine?

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Acquire or Be Acquired: Can Banks Get Better While Getting Bigger?

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Yet, at Bank Director’s Acquire or Be Acquired conference last week in Scottsdale, Arizona, they resembled a college football squad that had just taken down a rival in the BCS championship. It won’t be hard to download app 28 for a killer money market or checking rate and a five-minute opening and funding experience.

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