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Midwest BankCentre incorporates new tech with success of digital offshoot

Bank Innovation

Rising Bank, the digital offshoot of St. Louis-based Midwest BankCentre, gained $130 million in deposits in 2019. With the success of the stand-alone digital bank, which launched in January 2019, Midwest BankCentre is now incorporating new technologies into its traditional online banking.

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Square Expands To Offer Retail Online Store, Improved POS App

PYMNTS

Square has two new offerings: the revamped Square Online Store and Square For Retail, introduced in an announcement by the company on Wednesday (March 20). With the new Square Online Store, we’re excited to integrate Weebly technology and bring the Square omnichannel experience to everything from retail businesses to restaurants.”.

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Retail Pulse: Microsoft To Open London Flagship; Walmart Hires Tech Exec

PYMNTS

Technology companies are opening brick-and-mortar stores to let customers try out their products in real life. In the space, consumers can experience technology, services and products from Microsoft and from the company’s partners. Burger King locations in a St. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News .

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JDA Software Leads The Way To Digital And Omnichannel Retail

PYMNTS

Retail is more than a product on a shelf. To make the journey more efficient, retailers need an end-to-end approach, not just piecemeal solutions. At JDA, we’re focused on being able to enable the entire enterprise to operate in today’s environment,” said Jim Prewitt, JDA’s vice president of retail industry strategy. “At

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Thurlow Describes Innovation Journey, Core Advocacy

ABA Community Banking

In keynote remarks last night at the St. Louis Fed’s community banking research conference, bank CEO Julieann Thurlow outlined Massachusetts-based Reading Cooperative Bank’s innovation journey and how it improved financial inclusion in the communities it serves.

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The Pros And Cons Of Robots In Retail

PYMNTS

Between automated checkout lines, online grocery ordering and meal kit services, it seems like the inexorable tide of progress is determined to wipe out millions of jobs across the retail and grocery sectors. And those are just the new technologies getting the most press. A robot named Tally trawls the aisles of St.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

PYMNTS

The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. 5G Potential. Verizon’s 5G Play. cities by the end of 2019.

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