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Retail’s Voice-Assisted, Meatless Summer

PYMNTS

Perhaps the most unexpected development to emerge during this past summer of retail was the frenzy sparked by the introduction of meatless menu items by fast-food operators. The subscription commerce wars kept raging, and new operations and businesses entered the market or tweaked their models. New Subscription Push.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2014 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Open Bank (OTCQB: OPBK) Open Bank commenced operations in 2005 as First Standard Bank in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. Congratulations to them. Year to date through September 30th, Open Bank had $4.5

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

Although First State Bank & Trust serves a relatively rural market in northwestern North Dakota, the community bank is seeing a younger demographic and even older customers who are becoming more comfortable with technology and like the convenience of digital loans.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Randy Newman, Alerus Financial – For 40 years, Newman guided Alerus out of a flooding disaster in North Dakota to the creation of a diverse financial powerhouse focused on banking, mortgage, wealth management, and retirement services. Goes to Allison Netzer and Liz High for their provocative tome, Think Like a Brand, Not a Bank.

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Retailers Explore Tentative Reopening Plans

PYMNTS

Those states – New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio – will likely become test cases for reopening retail. However, it “will do so with modified operations and best-in-class safety measures,” with the goal to allow healthy staff members to return to work, according to QSR.

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Retailers Explore Tentative Re-opening Plans

PYMNTS

Those states – New Mexico, Wyoming, Idaho, Alaska, North Dakota, Kentucky, West Virginia and Ohio – will likely become test cases for re-opening retail. However, it “will do so with modified operations and best-in-class safety measures,” with the goal to allow healthy staff members to return to work, according to QSR.

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