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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach

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This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par with something that everyone already has: their hands. The long-suffering team at American Express has a new headache to handle — losing the love of those millennial customers. Ready to jump in?

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Banks Bring Coffee Shops To New Branches

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With the bank branch of the future, large institutions such as Capital One and Fifth Third are aiming to create spaces that appeal to millennials around Chicago that provide technical support, financial advice and — in some instances — cappuccino. By the same token, Capital One has brought three Capital One Cafes in Chicago.

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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

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Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. Kereere said that to date there has been “not enough conversation” around the issues that are being explored through the new program.

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The New Kitchen Merges With The Old

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By today’s standards, it looks anything like an innovative brand. But then, looks can be deceiving — 100 years ago, Corning Glass Works had just introduced a massive innovation into the lives of home cooks everywhere. A New Kind Of Pothead. Mostly recently, New York U.S.

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Recreating The Hotel As A Social Hive 

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small hotel rooms are the rule, not the exception, and even here in the states the idea has been floating around since 1989 when the Microtel brand began first offering its half-sized, half-priced hotel rooms in Rochester, New York. In that sense it might be hard to pick them out as innovative as first glance.

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Wu-Tang Financial Is Here — Finally

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We have come to spread the goods news of the latest financial services innovation. The CREAM in Cream Capital stands for Crypto. To be more precise, Ghostface Killah is a part of Cream Capital, a firm that claims him as one of its co-founders. He is very focused on what the youth and millennials are interested in.

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Financial Conferences this Fall Showcasing New Ideas and Innovation

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Between September and October, we’ll see a host of new companies, ideas and innovation, and we’ll hear from the “experts” on those issues we need to pay attention to in 2017. Alternative lenders are learning more about fraud to their dismay and access to capital. The best quote I’ve heard recently is, “Anyone can lend money.