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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

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The city can’t hope to compete in every way with heavy-hitters like Boston, Seattle, San Francisco and Silicon Valley, which captured nine out of 10 jobs between 2005 and 2017. The logic behind the institute is that innovators do their best work when they are surrounded by other innovators.

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

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Rinse has a solution for both, and thanks to a $14 million Series B funding round led by Partech, it’s taking that solution to two new cities: Boston and Chicago. Houston, Dallas, Austin, Seattle, Miami, San Diego, Denver and New York are up next. Everyone needs clean clothes, and those working in the industry have to make a living.

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FinCEN Reissues Real Estate Geographic Targeting Orders: What Does this Mean for Your FI?

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The newest order includes: Boston Chicago Dallas-Fort Worth Honolulu Las Vegas Los Angeles Miami New York City San Antonio San Diego San Francisco Seattle. FinCEN Strengthens Commitment to Digital Innovation. What does this GTO mean to your financial institution? Artificial Intelligence Scenarios Strengthen Your BSA Program.

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AI/BOT: Is AI The Key To Retail’s Survival?

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With the opening of the Amazon Go grocery store and bookstore in Seattle, Amazon is breathing innovation into the stodgy brick-and-mortar experience. It seems like Amazon is at the forefront of innovative retail experiences with its various physical retail space expansions. Increasing customer loyalty — 50 percent.

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Competitors Prompt Amazon To Slash Prices (Again)

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This year’s newest innovation? A company spokeswoman confirmed that Fresh is ending service in parts of these states, but stated that the service would still serve certain areas of big cities such as New York City, Boston, and Chicago, as well as Philadelphia and Los Angeles, among others. For retailers, it’s the Hunger Games.

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Football Season To Kick Off New Payments Plays

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CenturyLink Field, home of the Seattle Seahawks , was the first NFL stadium to adopt the technology. These teams are looking to mobile apps to innovate payments in a way that will revitalize purchases and the game experience. For the 2019 NFL season – PYMNTS is based in Boston, so Go Pats! –

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Betting On Data, First, For Merchants To Score Payments

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The Super Bowl may be a memory, but the somewhat improbable victory of the New England Patriots was still fresh in the minds of many at snow-jammed Boston during Innovation Project 2017. Innovators and entrepreneurs — they live and die by their ideas,” said Bisignano.

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