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Walmart Is Due For An Identity Check

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The chain, born in Arkansas, has long served as a cultural, economic and even political signifier — telling others that one shopped at Walmart, or disliked its corporate policies, opened up a host of assumptions and judgements. But for shoppers from a certain generation and income level, it is fun to remember how far the brand has come.

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Looking back at 2019's community bankers to watch

American Banker

One found a buyer, another announced plans to retire, and others took steps to reinvent their banks.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders

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cities could compete, Walmart’s construction of a new HQ in Bentonville Arkansas has been a comparatively quiet affair. Our goal was not to extract things from the community,” he said. . While Amazon’s search of a new HQ location at some point became like a national edition of “The Bachelor” where only U.S. AI Enhancement.

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Best of Show Winner Alpharank Earns Spot in FIS Accelerator

Fintech Labs Insights

Lee Watson, CEO of the Arkansas-based Venture Center, added “together we provide fintech startups with proven go-to-market training, C-suite level mentorship and access to top financial institutions.” Headquartered in Silicon Valley, Alpharank demonstrated its data-as-a-service technology at FinovateSpring 2017.

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ICBA Live, Making Relationships Matter

Social Assurance

When I catch up with my friends, Molly and Katie and they describe the intimate relationships they have working in the family bank, it will make you want to drive to Arkansas or Minnesota just to meet those people. Engagement Marketing Banking community banking ICBA Relationships' ICBALive15 pic.twitter.com/Eotv5JvAWq. Scrappyness.

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Walmart+ Launch Leaves Open Issues

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“Walmart clearly wants to get the program off the ground sooner [rather] than later in order to make hay in advance of the Christmas shopping season,” said retail consultant Carol Spieckerman, the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette reported. The pressure is on from a timing standpoint.”. But for every question answered there’s another one left open.

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The AI Industry Series: Top Healthcare AI Trends To Watch

CB Insights

Big pharma’s AI re-branding . Similarly, nearly 10,000 people use the mPower app, which provides exercises like finger tapping and gait analysis to study patients with Parkinson’s disease who have consented to share their data with the broader research community. . Big pharma’s AI re-branding. AI needs doctors.