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Amazon To Build $40M Robotics Innovation Hub Near Boston

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Amazon is planning to build a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub near Boston that will result in the creation of 200 tech and manufacturing jobs, Amazon announced in a press release Wednesday (Nov. The 350,000-square-foot facility will be located in Westborough, Massachusetts, which is 35 miles west of Boston.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Two, read and enjoy the 2021 GonzoBanker awards, our annual take on the best things we saw during the year. So which merger was the best in 2021? Doug Larson. THE BANKER AWARDS.

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Wirecard, Ingenico Buoyed By Worldpay Acquisition

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Shares in Euro payments tech companies rose on Monday (March 18) after news of the Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) takeover of Worldpay, a London-based payment processing company, according to a report by Reuters. The expected range of revenue growth is between 6 and 9 percent through the year 2021. billion as of 2018.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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PayPal announced recently that its 350 million users could deposit bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies in their accounts and spend it at 26 million merchants beginning in 2021. Department of Justice said in a report that rogue nations and other risks loom as exchanges are lightly (or not at all) regulated for cryptocurrency trading.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

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Including rental and leasing licensees, as of 2021, the industry comprises approximately 16.7% According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States. of the United States GDP, with estimates exceeding $3.9 In 2017, over 5.51

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Can SMBs Avoid Being Left Behind In The Great Digital Shift?

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According to forecasts from the National Restaurant Association, 100,000 restaurants will close this year, doubling the 50,000 closures that typically happen in an average year. I actually think 2021 may not be a good year — I’ll be blunt in saying that,” he told Karen Webster in a recent conversation. between March 1 and Sept.

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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According to reports last week, Amazon will soon be heading to Boston to construct a $40 million state-of-the-art robotics innovation hub. The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston.

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