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Walden Mutual aims to serve New England’s food community

Independent Banker

If it opens its doors as planned in January 2022, Walden Mutual Bank will be the first new mutual bank charter in New Hampshire in a century and the country’s first new mutual charter in five decades. Walden Mutual will use that experience, plus Cummings’ fresh perspective, to embrace a technology-forward approach.

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Walmart Launches Grocery-Picking Robot

PYMNTS

The technology was secretly being piloted at a Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, which will serve as Alphabot’s home base. Alphabot, which was developed solely for Walmart by startup Alert Innovation , uses autonomous carts to pick orders for groceries purchased online.

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New Tech Combines To Make Grocery Shopping More Innovative

PYMNTS

The technology was secretly being piloted at a Walmart Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, which will serve as Alphabot’s home base. Indeed, as all these recent developments show, numerous technologies and various consumer desires are combining to bring more digital power to the once mundane practice of grocery shopping.

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Robots Are Just One Way Big-Box Retail Is Driving Innovation

PYMNTS

The technology was secretly being piloted at a Supercenter in Salem, New Hampshire, which will serve as Alphabot’s home base. Roth believes Alphabot could inherently transform Walmart’s eGrocery enterprise and “free associates to focus on service and selling, while the technology handles the more mundane, repeatable tasks.”.

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LL Bean Brings The Blockchain Into Outdoor Apparel

PYMNTS

One of the newest technologies in FinTech is coming to one of the oldest American outdoor gear brands. A New York company, Loomia , will make the circuits for the items — and hardware that utilizes near-field communication (NFC) technology to collect data. The Technology. Now arriving at L.L. The blockchain.

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Walmart-Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Connected Commerce, Grocery Bot And GrubHub Rumors

PYMNTS

In the home alone, Amazon reported 100,000 smart home products from over 9,500 brands. “It Consumers still tended to view Amazon as a place to shop for discounts online, not high-end goods, and luxury brands were reluctant to dilute their brand image and list on the site. The effort died quietly within a year.

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The United States Of Startups: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startup In Every US State

CB Insights

Using the CB Insights database, we identified the most-well funded VC-backed technology startups by state based on disclosed equity funding. Acumen Brands. Tilson Technology Management. New Hampshire. New Jersey. New Mexico. Weather Decision Technologies. First Name. AfterSchool. California.