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Coronavirus Update: Yum Works With Franchisees On Payments; Workers, Mayors Impact Food Production

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Yum said, according to the report, that it is “working with franchisees who need more access to capital and are in good standing with the company to provide assistance, including grace-periods for certain near-term payments where necessary.”. And the firm noted that the impact on sales is very different by region.

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B2B eCommerce Tips The VC Scales

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An Egyptian firm landed the MENA region’s largest-ever seed round, a California company proved U.S.-based million investment round in commercial card startup DiviPay, reports said this week, via the bank’s venture capital unit ANZi. based Steadview Capital, adding to the previous Series A round announced in April.

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The eCommerce Bachelor: Which City Will Get The Rose?

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As New Mexico’s capital city, Albuquerque naturally put in a bid, but the state’s more southern offering may prove more interesting, as it straddles the U.S.-Mexico Proponents note that, between Doña Ana County itself and the nearby El Paso region and Juarez, the region could more than satisfy the eCommerce giant’s stated requirements.

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How 60+ Startups Are Disrupting Retail And Commercial Banking Around The World

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Both have access to significant financial capital to scale far beyond what’s available to even well-funded startup challengers. Existing startups like the UK’s Revolut are also looking to expand in the region. This year in the US, JP Morgan launched mobile banking app Finn and Goldman Sachs’ retail banking arm Marcus crossed 1.5M

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The Real Hunger Games: A Battle Royale In The Grocery Aisles

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The easiest possible summary is that in a post-apocalyptic future, the United States has become the Kingdom of Panem, which consists of a rich, technologically vibrant capital city ringed by 12 impoverished agrarian or industrial districts that are exploited for their resources by wealthy residents of the capitol. District 7: Wegmans.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. Can someone please make capital available? 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Santander and Kabbage Partner to Bring Same-Day Funding to UK SMEs

Fintech Labs Insights

A new partnership between Santander UK and Atlanta, Georgia-based small business lender, Kabbage , brings same-day funding to SMEs in the U.K. Santander UK serves more than 14 million customers, with a staff of 20,000, and has 857 branches and 70 “regional Corporate Business Centres.”