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Should QSRs Be Scared Of ‘Ghost’ Restaurants?

PYMNTS

The latest PYMNTS Order to Eat Tracker highlights how several major brands are embracing (or resisting) third-party delivery services, new models and new ordering solutions in an effort to win over customers. The virtual restaurant business model is becoming increasingly popular as technology improves the user experience.

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Apple Pay’s Tough Twenty Months

PYMNTS

The only thing Apple didn’t do was require users to wear Apple-branded gear while checking out. Apple Pay is also now last in line on the web behind PayPal, Visa Checkout, MasterPass, Amazon, Walmart Pay on Walmart.com and soon Chase Pay, who all do one thing that Apple does not: They work across operating systems and browsers.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. It’s time for banks to focus hard on marketing and the borrower experience. Merger of the Year – Hope Bancorp.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. It’s time for banks to focus hard on marketing and the borrower experience. Merger of the Year – Hope Bancorp.

Utah 60
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Lessons From The Failed Chatbot Revolution — And 5 Industries Where The Tech Is Making A Comeback

CB Insights

Microsoft’s Satya Nadella referred to chat as the “third run-time” — an indispensable piece of operating a platform, second only to the operating system and the web browser. Once the chatbot was in the hands of users, however, it became clear that there was a gap between what the service promised and what it actually offered.

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Why The Next Big Connected Commerce Play Is Television

PYMNTS

But why then, you might ask, are so many pure-play eTailers, whose target audience is the millennial — like The RealReal and Rent The Runway , new marketplaces like OfferUp , deal aggregators like Groupon , alt lenders like SoFi and alt lending platforms like LendingTree — buying pricey blocks of airtime on CNN and CNBC to promote their brands?