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Boston Market Deploys AI To Fight Fraud, Improve ROI

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The platform enables restaurants across North America to offer customers contactless dining experiences by integrating their takeout channels into their existing POS systems. Boston Market On The Fraud-Fighting, Customer Service-Enhancing Power Of AI.

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Boston Fed Chief Rosengren Expects Jobless Rate To ‘Rise Dramatically’

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Boston Federal Reserve President Eric Rosengren said on Wednesday (April 1) that despite the best efforts of politicians and central bankers to contain COVID-19’s economic impacts, the U.S. The Boston Fed chief said the central bank has already moved to help lessen the coronavirus pandemic’s economic harm.

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America Can Now Literally Run On Dunkin’

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When Dunkin’ Donuts came up with the slogan “America runs on Dunkin,’” the company was pretty clearly being metaphorical. That’s no longer the case, as the fast food company has decided to take a turn for the literal in their newest marketing campaign.

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Does Virgin America Sale Help Or Hinder Discount US Airfare?

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As one 29-year-old Silicon Valley marketing manager and former frequent Virgin flyer told The New York Times : “I think of [Virgin] as a young, hip airline. In fact, the addition of Virgin’s routes to Alaska will boost the latter’s share of the nationwide air travel market by a mere 1.5

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MineralTree Raises $50M, Buys Two Companies

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The funding initiative is being led by existing investors Great Hill Partners LP, the Boston-based private equity firm, Eight Roads Ventures, the global venture capital firm based in China and.406 406 Ventures, the Boston venture capital fund. MineralTree Inc.,

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ICBA President takes on The Boston Globe on cybersecurity

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Usually, we at BankMarketingCenter.com don’t hand out kudos to individual bankers, but an exception must be made in the case of Independent and Community Banks of America (ICBA) President and CEO Camden Fine for his articulate defense of small community banks.

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Fed Sees Possible Path To ‘Direct Issuance’ Of Digital Dollars

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Cleveland Federal Reserve President Loretta Mester said in a speech this week that a digital dollar could conceivably be a form of money transfer that would enable the Fed to disburse money to all individuals in America. Her speech, entitled “Payment and the Pandemic,” included a section on digital currencies.

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