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Five Democratic Senators urge CFPB to revise remittance transfer rule

CFPB Monitor

Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii), Jack Reed (D-R.I.), To comply with this suggested change, transfer providers would have to invest in new technology to exchange information with every receiving bank around the world and require the customer to wait for a response. . §§ 1005.30 Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.),Dianne

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Report: Address Verification APIs Fix eTailers’ Last-Mile Problem

PYMNTS

In the latest Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker® , PYMNTS analyzes how the ongoing COVIID-19 pandemic is continuing to affect digital onboarding, the technologies companies are employing as part of these processes and why robust address verification has become essential during this time. Around The Digital Onboarding World.

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How ‘Butler Bells’ Improve Hospitality, Revenue In Restaurants, Hotels

PYMNTS

Our main intent is technology that increases human engagement and provides another engagement point with a person,” Kallpod COO Steven Barrow Barlow told PYMNTS.com in an interview. The device comes to the quick-service restaurant (QSR) chain after Joseph DeCola, a Houston franchise owner, spotted one while on vacation in Hawaii.)

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Moving Services Use The Gig Economy To Simplify Pricing For Consumers

PYMNTS

In addition, the company’s smart technology also tracks each mover’s performance through customer feedback and overall performance to ensure that high-performing workers are matched to jobs. We’d love to be in realistically all 50 states, barring maybe Alaska or Hawaii,” Miller said, adding that he hopes to be in the majority of U.S.

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A Roadie For Everyone

PYMNTS

I’m not a technology person so for me to be able to even do it was really good,” Kim Witzak noted of her positive experience using the service to transport her daughter’s stuff back from college. Drivers tend to review the app positively, especially in the context of using it to offset the cost of a desired road trip.

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A New Kind Of Self-Sustaining Fishery Could Offset The Worst Impacts Of Animal Farming

CB Insights

In this research briefing, we’ll dive into the startups and technologies transforming agriculture and farming. The Aquapod was transported through waters 3 to 75 miles off the west coast of the ‘Big Island’ of Hawaii, per the video below. The growing world of Ag tech. link] [link]. The Ocean Farm 1 can mature up to 1.5M

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Power Trip: New Technologies From Tesla, Mercedes, Ikea, And Others Could Hold The Key To Widespread Solar Adoption

CB Insights

However, there are still major technological hurdles holding solar back from becoming a more widespread energy source. While Tesla’s storage solutions have gotten a lot of the recent attention around new renewable technologies, a surprising player also recently entered the fray. Free: What’s the latest in renewable energy?