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New PFM App Hip Money Comes to Market

Bank Innovation

In the long list of startup finalists competing at South by Southwest 2017 hides a brand new personal finance management app. Nebraska-based software Read More. Hip Money – a new app by Hip Pocket – adapts the millennial habit of “swiping” to help them save and pay down debt through a mobile app.

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This Time, We Want You To Drink The Kool-Aid

PYMNTS

It’s even flavored in much the same way as it was when Edwin Perkins first set up shop in Hastings, Nebraska in 1927. “We We have a significant level of awareness,” said Andrew Louie, brand manager of refreshment beverages at Kool-Aid’s modern corporate parent company, Kraft. Everything You Need To Know About Kool-Aid.

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TD Ameritrade Integrates With Tencent’s WeChat

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TD Ameritrade, the Omaha, Nebraska online brokerage, announced Monday (December 3) that it is the first U.S.-based In a press release issued Monday (December 3), TD Ameritrade said that users can do research, access the markets and get support through WeChat, which recently reached 1 billion in monthly active users.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

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Things were a bit more active on the Amazon front, with a big infrastructure investment pushing its market cap back over the $1 trillion line, a new B2B financing partnership with Goldman Sachs potentially in the offing and its expanding stores and services menu. The loans themselves would reportedly be co-branded.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Cosi Files, But Are Sears, Claire’s Next In Line?

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Brand degradation and competitive pressures to either price or experience can be real threats to the survival of struggling retailers,” said Sharon Bonelli, senior director of leveraged finance at Fitch. 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, Nebraska Book Company, Inc., 99 Cents Only Stores LLC, Nebraska Book Company, Inc.,

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Bringing SNAP Recipients Into The Digital Fold

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In early 2017 the USDA pushed out a pilot program that allowed SNAP enrollees to buy groceries online with their card in seven states and with seven grocery partners: Amazon, FreshDirect, Safeway, Dash’s Market, Hy-Vee, ShopRite and Hart’s Local Grocers. This last round of piloting is set to take another two years.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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