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21 Predictions About Digital Health in 2021: Part III

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These predictions for health plans are in light of the five themes I see for 2021: Telehealth as a competitive advantage, New insurance markets, More self-service digital triage tools, Mega-mergers of vertically integrated health delivery models, and. In PART THREE, we turn to five specific predictions for Health Plans for 2021: 11.

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Five Fast Facts On The SMB Scene As 2020 Turns Into 2021

PYMNTS

Firms that PYMNTS surveyed in November expected to be back to normal in about 8-1/2 months (July 2021). But consumers thought the return of normal would be 14 months away (the end of 2021 or early 2022). Among those PYMNTS surveyed, 67 percent expect to generate more sales online than they previously did once the pandemic has subsided.

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China Expects Economy To Improve In 2021 As Region Sees Boost In Tourism

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Travel and domestic markets in Asia are bouncing back more robustly than in the west, CNBC reports, mostly due to the increased control of the COVID-19 pandemic from countries like Taiwan, Thailand and Vietnam, according to John Brown , chief executive of Agoda, a subsidiary of American online travel firm Booking Holdings.

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Mastercard's 2021 Outlook Finds Digital Economy Here To Stay

PYMNTS

Mastercard , in its just-released Mastercard Economics Institute ’s Economy 2021 report titled “The E-Conomy is Here to Stay,” looks at the past year's economic trends in order to see what's coming next for businesses, according to a press release emailed to PYMNTS.

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How We Will Eat: 2021 Promises To Bring A Digital Appetite

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A PYMNTS staffer recently placing a digital order from New England regional grocery chain Big Y noticed a surprising change to the supermarket’s online options. By autumn 2020, consumers' propensity for grocery shopping online was growing faster than their propensity for either retail shopping online or ordering food online.

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Bitcoin Daily: Bitcoin Crests $19,800; Russian Bank To Launch Sbercoin Crypto In 2021

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Morgan on the coin and may launch it experimentally in 2021, CEO Herman Gref said. The promoters gave victims access to a supposed online AirBit Club portal that displayed false profits. And, Kaspersky predicted that cybercrime will continue to increase in 2021, thanks to economies weakened by the pandemic. “We

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Future of Fintech 2021

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Future of Fintech is back for an in-person and online experience helping you understand: New Technologies: from AI to APIs, the tech making financial services better for consumers/the tech institutions must consider to drive digitization efforts. The post Future of Fintech 2021 appeared first on CB Insights Research.

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