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NOVEMBER 13, 2018

The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Arizona, which launched a “sandbox” earlier this year, said last week that there is a new participant in that FinTech-driven initiative. Here In The States.

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MAY 26, 2017

Boston-based eCommerce alcohol delivery startup Drizly has announced its next location in Phoenix, Arizona. Drizly’s SVP of new business and co-founder, Justin Robinson, commented on the company’s entry into the Phoenix market in its press release.

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AUGUST 21, 2018

21) that it is rolling out a platform to enable shippers to tap into the company’s network and manage shipments from a personal computer. In May, Uber Freight launched its autonomous truck deliveries , with the first hauls driven in tandem with both human drivers and self-driving trucks completed in Arizona.

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JUNE 23, 2019

Overstock CEO Patrick Byrne said that he welcomes Facebook ’s entry into the cryptocurrency market. Byrne predicted that security tokens will reduce friction in capital markets while also improving price discovery. This partnership opens the door for massive expansion of bitcoin access to new markets around the globe.”.

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MARCH 30, 2020

Keap, an Arizona-based customer relationship management (CRM) software and marketing platform for small business, announced a partnership with Stripe on Monday (March 30).

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2018

On August 3, 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.”

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Looking for an avenue to increase its deposit base, Academy Bank tapped into a market it hadn’t explored before: homeowners associations. is a full-service commercial bank with 80 branch locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. Today, the community bank has successful relationships with HOAs across the country. Assets: $2.3

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OCTOBER 16, 2019

APS, based in Arizona, targets B2B payments by offering payment processing that integrates directly into corporate enterprise resource management (ERP) platforms. In addition, APS provides us with end-market diversification and organic growth opportunities, which we believe will help drive shareholder value,” he said. “We

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

As they are busy managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules we are on a mission to do more than keep a little extra money in their pockets,” Tom Ward, senior vice president of Digital Operations, Walmart U.S., Customers love our Grocery Delivery service. said in a press release.

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JULY 24, 2019

Uber Freight is going after its second European market with the launch of its trucking platform in Germany. It also launched autonomous truck deliveries, with the first hauls completed in Arizona. Uber wants to expand elsewhere in Europe once Germany is up and running, Reuters reported on Wednesday (July 24).

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JULY 30, 2019

POSaBIT, based in Seattle, already manages millions of transactions for over 120 dispensaries across Washington, California, Nevada, Colorado, Arizona and Oklahoma. Even though legal marijuana industry keeps gaining traction — according to one official state estimate, the market in California alone will reach at least $5.1

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JULY 19, 2018

Before joining CFPB, Watkins was working at the Arizona Office of the Attorney General, where he was in charge of the office’s FinTech initiatives. He managed the FinTech Regulatory Sandbox, the first state FinTech sandbox in the country.

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PopularBank

APRIL 3, 2024

And as soon-to-be retirees explore housing options in Florida, Arizona, the Carolinas and other popular retirement states, a higher cost of living and a shortage of middle-market senior housing are raising concerns for those ready to embark on a fixed income lifestyle. Construction costs for middle-market senior housing.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Country Manager Lars Petersson said, “We recognize that we are in a rapidly changing retail environment, and to be fit for long-term growth, IKEA is transforming in a way that lets us meet our customers where they are.” Already, the retailer has opened a Planning Studio across the pond in London in October.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Nuro, the robotics company operating in the commerce market, announced on Monday (Feb. It also licensed its self-driving technology to Ike, an autonomous trucking company, and rolled out the first unmanned delivery service in Arizona. 11) that it has raised $940 million in financing from the SoftBank Vision Fund.

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Filene

JANUARY 26, 2018

For a guy from Arizona who spent most of his adult life in Southern California, Wisconsin was a real change. I always told Andrew he was a quadruple threat: brilliant writer, persuasive speaker, motivational manager and a superior human being. Thanks Andrew and good luck in Arizona! …Are you a quadruple threat?

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JULY 28, 2017

and get rid of the regional manager positions in the impacted offices. The lending staff in the offices will be relocated to central offices in Chandler, Arizona, and Irving, Texas, noted the report. The credit underwriting staffers and salespeople will stay in the local markets with new management.

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Arizona-based startup Emailage — the identity verification company delivering risk scores to financial institutions (FIs) and online merchants based on customers’ email addresses — announced news that it’s going on tour. The company sees its upcoming FinTech Roadshow as an opportunity to forge new connections in some of those markets.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

Early this week, the conference was the epicenter of discussions, where 2,000 attendees descended upon Arizona to strategize and set the tone for our great industry’s future. We can’t sleep on non-bank competition, bigger banks controlling even greater market share, or big tech and embedded finance.

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JUNE 26, 2017

Arizona temps grounded flights last week when they got about 120, and even the Pacific Northwest saw temperatures get up over the 100 mark in Portland. And if you can’t stay cool this summer – and odds are if you’re reading this from Arizona you can’t – we can at least keep you very well informed. But as for the lazy, well not so much.

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Bobsguide

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

The TCS BaNCS deployment provides Zions a parameterized, US market compliant, real-time solution, sets up Zions to go Digital, be nimble & efficient and shift to a customer centric approach. It’s a significant landmark not just for TCS and for Zions, but for the banking industry in North America.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! An arms race in marketing and digital cannot be ignored.

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Filene

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | 8:30 a.m. - Professor Hope Schau , a Filene research fellow and Professor of Marketing at the University of Arizona , is leading a multi-year research effort to explore emerging societal trends associated with financial decision-making. Let's Talk Money! Register now to secure your spot!

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Filene

JUNE 23, 2016

University of Arizona. Hope Schau, a Filene research fellow and Associate Dean of Eller MBA Programs and Professor of Marketing at the University of Arizona , is leading a multi-year research effort to explore emerging societal trends associated with financial decision-making. November 18, 2016 | Tucson, AZ.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

states, with only Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Washington labeling DFS as illegal. The betting platform – which is managed via DraftKings, which won the competitive bid for the project – has been operating since late December, and saw a spike in activity over the weekend.

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JULY 27, 2017

It had to choose between three platforms that had seen success at its 450 locations across California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Nevada, Alaska, Hawaii and two international markets. Some platforms were good at coupon management but couldn’t upsell from a coupon and just charge the customer the difference.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 According to some observers, that increase might indicate that hiring costs for Waymo employees are increasing as the market for connected and self-driving automotive technology continues to grow.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

The ride-sharing technology provider managed to trim its loss in the second quarter of 2018 , to $891 million from the $1.1 According to some observers, that increase might indicate that hiring costs for Waymo employees are increasing as the market for connected and self-driving automotive technology continues to grow.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

The players are many — but in the last year and a half, Walmart, Amazon and Kroger have managed to pull ahead in the earliest rounds of the race in terms of the breadth and depth of their enhanced offerings for consumers. Kroger released its Q2 earnings this week, and the market did not love what it saw. percent increase.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 12, 2017

The meal kit startup, an alternative to visits to grocery stores, has hired Steve Robinson, former head of global logistics and supply chain at Starbucks, and Brian McEvoy, former assistant general manager at meal kit competitor Blue Apron, to lead its scalability efforts. According to the numbers, the strategy works.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2019

But amid news of the city store concept, the furniture retailer scrapped the brick-and-mortar stores it had planned to open in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona last year. Instead, the company decided to focus on eCommerce sales, per a USA Today report in June. IKEA Retail U.S

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FEBRUARY 13, 2019

A customer who is ordering online probably isn’t in the market for a sit-down meal – and not offering them an easy way to order and go is an easy way to send them to another merchant. Our servers were trained on the basics of greeting, one-stop ordering and three-level bussing.

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JUNE 15, 2016

Walgreens had previously been conducting Theranos-run, limited-capacity blood tests at select locations in Arizona, but with a foot solidly put down by Brad Fluegel, Walgreens’ senior vice president and chief health care commercial market development officer, the embattled partnership is kaput. “In

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

through its subsidiary BNC National Bank, offers community banking and wealth management services in Arizona, Minnesota, and North Dakota from 14 locations. It also conducts mortgage banking from 12 offices in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, and North Dakota. (OTCQX: BNCC) BNCCORP, Inc.,

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 19, 2015

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. But management went to work. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2018

A Big Complex Market. OODA is also entering a market with some big competition. That’s a lot of scale and a lot of power to move the market, but an approach that Cohen noted has set its sights very, very wide in a market with a lot of big issues to untangle. It sounds simple – but, of course, it isn’t.

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JULY 17, 2019

Brown was far from the only voice on the committee during the hearing with sharp words for the manager Facebook sent. Thom Tillis noted that for good or ill, cryptocurrency is here, and a potential important force in the market that ought to be reckoned with. Arizona Sen. Louisiana Sen. North Carolina Sen.

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