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

PYMNTS

These days, it seems like you can hardly go a minute without hearing about the rise of 5G, the spread of facial recognition or how friction is being removed from all types of payment methods. Better internet for more people has obvious and positive implications for eCommerce and payments. communities. Expensive Cities.

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The Great Grocery Race Shifts Into High Gear

PYMNTS

Rolling out delivery, curbside pick-up, expanded prepared food offerings, better payments options, richer loyalty rewards and price slashing have all become increasingly common maneuvers as the wide variety of competitors big and small are working overtime to capture the vast amounts of customer spend up for grabs in grocery annually.

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55 US Companies That Became Unicorns In 2018

CB Insights

New York, Boston, Chicago, and Nashville, among other cities, all played host to newly minted unicorns last year. Company Description: Based in Nashville, Tennessee, SmileDirectClub provides at-home teeth-straightening kits. Company Description: Toast is a Boston-based company that offers an all-in-one restaurant management solution.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Boston, Massachusetts. Payment & trade finance for microbusinesses. Payment processing. HQ: Nashville, Tennessee. Trade finance & payments platform. Payment solutions for the fresh-produce industry. Tags: SMB, payments, credit, underwriting, trade finance, factoring, agriculture.

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