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Starship Technologies Rolls Out Robotic Food Delivery In Arizona

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Amid increasing demand for contactless delivery, Starship Technologies has rolled out a robot food delivery offering in Tempe, Arizona. each day in a geofenced area near Arizona State University that encompasses multiple eateries and a residential neighborhood. to 8:30 p.m.

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GenNx360 Acquires B2B Industrial, AMW Packaging

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New York private equity firm GenNx360 Capital Partners has acquired B2B Industrial and the assets of AMW Packaging Supply , which will give the company a boost in the industrial packaging space, according to a press release. B2B Industrial is based in Illinois, while AMW is based in Arizona.

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Digital Car Insurer Metromile To Go Public Through Merger With INSU II

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The combined company, to be led by Metromile CEO Dan Preston , will have a pro forma market capitalization of approximately $1.3 Investors Social Capital, Hudson Structured Capital Management, Miller Value, Clearbridge and Mark Cuban have committed to investing $160 million through a private placement of INSU II Class A common shares.

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Commercial Credit Trends – Where to Tread Carefully

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This data is critical for pricing, capital allocation, and marketing. As can be seen, Arizona and Texas have the largest increases in credit risk, while Minnesota and Maine are the most stable. In terms of absolute probabilities of default, Arizona, Texas, and Georgia are the three riskiest states in terms of likelihood of default.

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The Evolving State Of The Restaurant And Delivery Industries

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2019: The year students at George Mason University in Virginia and Northern Arizona University started getting food delivered by robots. 100M: Amount of a capital fundraising round DoorDash closed on in November. All this, Today in Data. 899B: Value that restaurant industry sales are projected to reach in 2020.

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” Here In The States. In the United States, sandboxes are grabbing a bit of headline space.

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Delivering A Secure Seamless Banking Experience In The Age Of COVID-19

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One such player is Arizona Federal Credit Union (Arizona FCU), which is working to offer improved access to its 130,000 member-owners. These solutions are playing a particularly important role as bad actors ramp up their attacks to capitalize on chaos and confusion arising from the ongoing pandemic.

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