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Some Restaurants Opt For A Long Winter’s Nap

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And restaurant operators are aware. We want restaurants to work so badly that we are willing to lie to ourselves,” Heather Mojer, co-owner and beverage director at Boston-based Big Dipper Hospitality Group , operator of the Café Du Pays, Mamaleh’s Delicatessen and State Park restaurants, wrote in an Instagram post. “We

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Australia Central Bank Sees No ‘Public Policy’ Case For CBDC (For Now)

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But: The bank is keeping an eye on the experiences and progress of other nations, and still is researching its own technological and “policy implications” of wholesale forms of CBDC. In at least some nod to the technicalities, back in January, the central bank envisioned that the digital currency might be issued via blockchain platform.

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Crypto 2020: One Step Up; Two Steps Back

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Square, for example, said in its latest earnings report that revenue from bitcoin trading came to $1.6 Meanwhile, Visa said that crypto-banking platform operator Ternio had joined the payments giant’s Fast Track program as a cryptocurrency-focused enablement partner.

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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

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Quite the contrary,” says Bob Brennan, chairman of the National Expansion Council and one of the directors of a nonprofit organization called Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) based in Boston, Massachusetts. “I EforAll began operating in Holyoke in 2018 and in Roxbury in 2019.

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AI and generative AI use cases in banking: 6 real-world examples

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They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience. A common example of a generative AI-driven tool that many in the financial services industry are familiar with is ChatGPT, which can produce coherent and diverse texts on various topics.

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Why Pride Vendors Are Forgoing Cash For mPOS

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June brings colorful, high-energy LGBTQ Pride Month celebrations to cities across the nation. Skirting Cash Shortages at Boston Pride. Boston’s pride celebration is one of the season’s biggest events for Mandy Roberge, the owner and artist behind Wicked Good Henna. Her needs are relatively simple.

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Curbside Creativity, Drive-Thru Delights Dominate Order-to-Eat

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For those who operate restaurants or simply enjoy them, 2020 has been a nightmare. That’s why the always resourceful restaurant sector went all-in on mobile order-ahead (MOA) and kept the nation fed while industry players looked for their next move. cities, including Boston, Chicago, New York and Washington, D.C.”.

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