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Kicking The ‘Virtual’ Tires To Spur Car Sales As COVID-19 Hits Automakers

PYMNTS

. “OEMs and their captive finance partners have a number of tools to support consumers during times of uncertainty, both those looking to purchase a new vehicle as well as those looking to continue maintaining their existing vehicle,” said James Houston, J.D. Power managing director, consumer lending and automotive finance.

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

PYMNTS

Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. Membership-only wholesale retailer Costco stopped using the technology in 2013, but has re-introduced self-checkout options. Robotics might take over delivery jobs before they make cashiers redundant in the U.S.,

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Top 63 Online Digital Banks for U.S. Consumers (Nov 2023)

Fintech Labs Insights

197,000 $1,700 2 Robinhood 6080 2013 SF 17,190,000 $6,200 3 SoFi 4017 2011 SF 13,080,000 4.6 39,600 $587 7 Credit Sesame 1196 2010 SF 5,730,000 $172 8 Marcus (Goldman Sachs) 1149 2017 Salt Lake City 5,670,000 $0 9 Monzo 1089 2015 London 3,390,000 $1,100 10 MoneyLion 873 2013 NYC 1,260,000 4.6 10 $15 37 GoBank 35 2013 LA 189,000 1.4

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Positive Outlook: Mental Health Tech Is On The Rise

CB Insights

This has resulted in funding to mental health tech startups rising every year since 2013 and nearly hitting $200M in 2016. Simple Habit, backed in part by Y Combinator, NEA, and Dropbox CEO Drew Houston, is a mobile app offering 5-minute meditation sessions tailored to specific situations and moods. Series A of Spring Health.

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Kanye West: Retail Visionary And Mobile Payments Leader?

PYMNTS

In 2013, during his Yeezus tour, he opened a pop-up location on the Bowery that led to packed lines and many of the Kanye-styled apparel items selling out in hours. Dallas and Houston tied for second with 14 percent contactless use, while Miami clocked in at 8 percent. This was not Kanye’s first pop-up shop rodeo. But other U.S.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The Company’s headquarters are located at Prosperity Bank Plaza, 4295 San Felipe in Houston, Texas and its telephone number is (713) 693-9300.

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Academics challenge data used in CFPB auto title loan report

CFPB Monitor

million single-payment auto title loans made to over 400,000 borrowers in ten states from 2010 through 2013. In its article, the American Banker reports that Jim Hawkins, an associate law professor at the University of Houston Law Center, found that some states report far lower repossession rates than those used by the CFPB.

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