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SMB Spotlight: A Little Love From Mastercard For More To Love Yoga

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Mastercard’s “Grow Your Biz” contest for SMBs in Boston, Massachusetts, concluded in December. The purpose was to identify SMB owners who were planning to use innovative tactics to grow, then provide financial support as well as expert guidance to drive that growth. “We

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Why One Startup Is Desperately Seeking Regulation

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Said charter will mean that Circle will face tighter scrutiny but great ease operating on a national scale. Officials at the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC), the national bank regulator, told the Boston startup they would weigh its request. Kennedy School of Government.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

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Financial criminals are working hard, using technology and innovation to their advantage, to stay one step ahead of FinCEN and financial institutions. Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families.

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In Favor Of Delivery: The Growing Omnichannel Store-To-Door Ecosystem

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PYMNTS recently caught up with Keith Duncan, Senior Vice President of Sales and Business Development for Favor, a store-to-door service officially launched in 2013, to find out more about the digital delivery space and its role in bringing restaurants into the omnichannel ecosystem. Satisfying consumers’ cravings for convenience.

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Retail’s Small Business Crisis

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By 2013, those numbers had deteriorated — and by a lot. The “crisis” in traditional retail is one we’ve documented very well over the years — flagging the issue of retail’s death spiral some three years ago when reports about the decline in foot traffic over the holiday season in 2013 surfaced.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

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Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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12 Industries Experts Say Millennials Are Killing — And Why They’re Wrong

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In the 1950s and 1960s, the biggest innovations in breakfast were Eggo Waffles and Pop-Tarts. Thanks to innovative new rental models, ownership is no longer essential. This trend presents a lot of opportunity for innovation. By this reading, cereal similarly doesn’t fit into the “on-the-go” millennial lifestyle.