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Wirecard, Ingenico Buoyed By Worldpay Acquisition

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Shares in Euro payments tech companies rose on Monday (March 18) after news of the Fidelity National Information Services (FIS) takeover of Worldpay, a London-based payment processing company, according to a report by Reuters. The combined companies will be located in FIS’ headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida. billion as of 2018.

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How The COVID-19 Pandemic Is Driving Remote Online Notarization?s Adoption

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These reasons are driving a surge of interest in and use of remote online notarization (RON) services, according to James Schlimmer , managing partner of Naples, Florida-based notary firm Cottrell Title & Escrow. Florida was one of the few states that had legalized RON services prior to the initial outbreak.

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Opportunity Knocks With Door-To-Door Resurgence

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With direct marketing hit by robocall abuse and the National Do Not Call Registry , direct-to-consumer (D2C) brands and other not-so-usual suspects are looking into and in some cases reinstating door-to-door sales. It launched the first executive education course focused on direct selling last week in Winter Park, Florida.

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Meet HeroPay, The Startup That Wants To Be Small Business’ Payments Hero

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We work with merchants across the nation. The great thing about this service is payment processing can be provided by a processor in Boston to a merchant in Florida,” Taylor noted. Payments are complex. There’s new changes to the system every day.

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The Top 20 Venture Capitalists

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He received his MBA in 1993 from UT Austin before joining Credit Suisse First Boston as an Equity Research Analyst, where he focused on computer hardware and software. Education: University of Texas at Austin (MBA), University of Florida (BSE). Education: Stanford University (MBA), Australian National University (BA/BSC).

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Most Platforms Can’t Scale, Will Fail

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Petersburg, Florida. Back in 1870, it took days to get cash from Boston to San Francisco through a combination of railroads and horseback. Now, of course, there are lots of frictions with national and global financial systems, and there are certainly better ways of doing things. Is it a stealth startup from Silicon Valley?

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

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In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. Vegan fast casual: By Chloe (NYC, Boston, LA, Providence, London). In Boston, Oleana founder Ana Sortun opened the lunch and takeout venue Sofra. Americans dine out more than ever before.