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Lease-To-Own Services Make A Comeback With Overstock.com

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Overstock.com is no stranger to offering financial services — it already provides credit cards, lending, investments and insurance services to its customers. Marqeta is a card issuing and core processing platform, powering prepaid, debit and credit cards for commerce firms. Modern Takes On Lease-To-Own.

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Sears Offers Online ‘LEASE IT’ Financing Program

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The standard lease term is as short as five months, with an early purchase option at 30, 60 or 90 days (not available in New Jersey, Vermont, Wisconsin or West Virginia). Lease payments can be automatically deducted from a member’s bank account or credit card. Sears has also made the approval process fast and easy.

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Enabling Digital Commerce At Sporting Venues With Mobile Ticketing

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From ticketing platforms such as Gametime to payments companies such as Visa , innovators are harnessing the power of mobile. for instance, nearly half of all Visa transactions at physical points of sale happen via contactless card tap. And consumers are forecast to spend $23 billion on mobile tickets by 2023. Excluding the U.S.,

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Five At Five: NYC Votes To Impose Ridesharing Cap

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A pilot program in underway in West Virginia has contracted with Massachusetts-based Voatz to make ballots available for overseas troops via mobile devices. As states are moving to find novel ways to make use of blockchain, a number of initiatives have been developed to regulate distributed ledger technology.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. He built a culture of collaboration, innovation and obsessive focus on the credit union’s members, all while being one heck of a player in a rock band.

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