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Florida Retail Reopening Fails To Draw Consumers

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Retail reopening events continued to draw light foot traffic on Monday, as Florida joined Texas in allowing non-essential stores to reopen. Florida granted permission for stores to reopen Monday (May 4), the first phase of a return from the coronavirus lockdown. Meanwhile the digital shift momentum continues to draw new infrastructure.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

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Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. Costello has also held senior roles at Bank of Florida, City National Bank and Nations Bank during his 30-year banking career. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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UK's Online Grocer Ocado Sued Over Patent Claims

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online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. In July 2019, the companies were making the second of 20 of them in Florida. s online delivery pool. Although Ocado only claims 1.7

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New Report: Home Closings Go Digital With Remote Online Notary Services

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Cybercrime is surging during the COVID-19 pandemic as fraudsters seize on increased online activity to steal consumers’ sensitive personal details. The success of this Series A funding underscores the broad market demand for digital AML/KYC technologies that have risen amid the pandemic. billion by 2024. billion by 2024.

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PSCU And Welcome Technologies Team Up On Credit Card Aimed At Immigrants

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Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Driving Remote Online Notarization?s Adoption

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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. Florida was one of the few states that had legalized RON services prior to the initial outbreak.

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Macy’s Leads The Pack As Top Online Apparel Retailer

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According to SimilarWeb, more than half of online traffic for general merchandise originates from mobile platforms. The technology, which is powered by the retailer’s mobile app, is expected to be deployed to all of Macy’s full-line stores by the end of the year, CNBC reported.

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