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How Collectives Aim To Make Cities Into Blockchain Centers

PYMNTS

A group called the Austin Blockchain Collective , for instance, is looking to establish the Texas city as a hub for blockchain innovation. Approximately 140 firms that are involved in blockchain technology and crypto assets have a presence in Austin, Harris said.

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

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Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. Since each customer has their own unique card, the store can track shoppers with an assist from security cameras. Robotics might take over delivery jobs before they make cashiers redundant in the U.S.,

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Apart-Hotels Turn Apartments Into Boutique Lodging

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Locale currently lists locations in Austin, Houston and Nashville on its website. At the same time, technology has progressed to include devices like smart tech locks and systems that provide automation in a secure, scalable way. Gandhi pointed out that the quality and experience of apartment buildings have evolved.

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Rinse Clothing Service Raises $14M To Expand To Boston, Chicago And Beyond

PYMNTS

The $14 million of funding Rinse recently secured will not be going into the company’s tech as much as into building out its team as it looks to launch in new markets. Houston, Dallas, Austin, Seattle, Miami, San Diego, Denver and New York are up next. It’s an on-time, friendly, well-trained valet.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We are primarily a secured lender, with our greatest concentration of loans in Texas. In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s.

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Why Contextual Commerce Is The Next Big Thing

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This stand-alone food ordering and delivery app — now live in Atlanta, Austin, Chicago, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, Melbourne, New York, Paris, San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. UberEats , which launched last month (March 2016) as a stand-alone app, was Uber’s first shot across the contextual commerce bow.

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Fintech Fundings: 21 Companies Raise $215 Million Week Ending Feb 19

Fintech Labs Insights

Snoopwall landed a cool million for its security solutions. HQ: Houston, Texas. HQ: Austin, Texas. Security solutions for mobile apps and online services. Security solutions for mobile apps and online services. Tags: Consumer, SMB, security, privacy, cybersecurity, FinDEVr alum. Source: Crunchbase.

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