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POS Toast Cuts Staff In Half As More Restaurants Close

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Based in Boston, Toast provides POS technology that helps eateries maneuver from dine-in to takeout. Founded in 2012, Toast helps new and upscale restaurants update their technology. We will continue to invest in our team, our platform, and — most importantly — our customer community.”. according to the report.

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FCC Removes Some Barriers To 5G Implementation

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The FCC is doing so by looking into how it can speed up the upgrades to existing wireless infrastructure through state and local rules, the release states, in order to provide the high-speed 5G networks which are “critical to expanding economic opportunities and supporting public health and safety in American communities.”

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FinTech Plaid Teams With Banking Platform Jack Henry

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Our partnership with Jack Henry helps us bring Plaid Exchange to hundreds of regional and community banks, and helps ensure millions of people can access digital finance apps and services no matter where they choose to bank, invest and manage their money,” Karvounis added.

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The way we bank is radically changing too

Chris Skinner

Here are the key highlights: Over the past five years customers’ activity on banking apps rocketed by 354%, with apps now an increasingly popular way to access current accounts rising from 21% of access in 2012 to 61% by the start of 2017. These changes have empowered customers in the way they choose to manage their finances.

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Zuckerberg Sends $100K To 8 San Fran Restaurants

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On Tuesday (May 12) Facebook released the fifth edition of its Community Standards Enforcement Report , which provides metrics on how well the company enforced its policies from October 2019 through March 2020. As of January, Zuckerberg had a net worth of $82.6

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Estonia Shelves Plans For National Cryptocurrency

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We agreed in discussions with politicians that Estcoin will proceed as a means for transactions inside the e-resident community,” Sikkut said. In 2012, more than €7.3 Other options aren’t on the table. We’re not building a new currency,” the official told Bloomberg.

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Italy Makes Its Move In Real-Time Payments

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Intesa Sanpaolo announced Tuesday (April 18) that it has successfully completed its first testing activities with EBA Clearing, using technology by Dovetail for pan-European real-time payments. Intesa Sanpaolo first partnered with Dovetail in 2012 and first offered a look into their European payments initiative a few months later.

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