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Reimagining The Bar Experience Without The Booze 

PYMNTS

Both Anheuser Busch and Boston Beer Company (better known as Sam Adams) have released their own versions of spiked seltzer. Folks in the Millennial generation have maybe a better sense of balance. White Claw was the fad drink of the summer and did $1.2 And while we suspect she has never been to a Chuck E.

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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

William Mills

Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. The Finovate Fall 2016 conference will celebrate their 10th anniversary September 8-9 in New York. Money 20/20.

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Can ‘Elective’ Fees Work For Retail Banks?

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But that’s not stopping efforts at innovation and disruption in this space. Aspiration Bank is one of those innovators hoping to gain socially-conscious consumers via a pay-what-you-like fee structure — while also managing to please investors at the same time. The last such store closed earlier this year in Boston.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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That matters because as time goes by and existing cities become prohibitively expensive — think San Francisco, New York City and Los Angeles, with Chicago, Boston and other areas not far behind — many younger, well-educated consumers are making moves to exurban or even rural areas, or smaller cities.

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What Amazon HQ2, Interchange Fees And Facebook Have In Common

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There are countless articles now on Amazon’s decision to break up with New York, ironically announced on Valentine’s Day, and the withdrawal of its plans to build HQ2 in Long Island City. own voice-activated speakers, as do more than a third of the 30- to 40-year-old bridge millennials.

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Innovators Take A Bite Out Of Food Waste

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Among millennials, it is not uncommon to hear people joke about how they should just stop buying produce altogether, especially since they never use it up before it goes bad – and this is the generation that’s supposedly all about saving the planet, reducing waste and living frugally, whether by choice or necessity. Hands-On Mobile App.

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What Big Real Estate Is Saying About WeWork

CB Insights

Startups working on innovative office and residential real estate offerings have the potential to change the real estate industry. These smart millennials are in high demand by employers and infuse fresh energy into neighborhoods. ”. Downturns in [New] York may just be marginal rent reductions of 10%, 15%, 20%.

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