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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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The latest such move came from Instacart and ALDI, which announced they would allow customers to pay for same-day delivery or pick up food orders using their EBT SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program) cards. In May, global payments processor and FinTech Fiserv announced it was also taking part in the USDA’s pilot program.

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Will Vroom’s Plan To Bring AI To Auto Sales Mark The Death Of Dealerships?

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Read More On Artificial Intelligence: Benetton Group Teams With Retail Intelligence Firm EDITED IBM: Securing Virtual Cards Starts With Digital Onboarding Walmart, Gatik Expand Self-Driving Truck Test To Louisiana; Arkansas Test Will Now Be Driverless IBM Acquires Canadian FinTech Expertus.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

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Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. will continue to work with fintechs, says president and CEO Steve Dehnert. We’re looking at a fintech ERM product that is very intuitive, and I think it’s going to be a great tool for us,” he says.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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While Apple Pay also recently launched in Singapore, Samsung Pay joins the region with its signature niche: the MST tech that makes Samsung Pay usable at virtually anywhere merchant credit cards are accepted. Anyone who loaded a gift card onto the CurrentC wallet and didn’t hold onto that gift card will lose that balance after June 28.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Costco Card. The fizzle wears on.

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Fintech Fundings: 29 Companies Raise $1.2 Billion Week Ending April 8

Fintech Labs Insights

For the 14th week in a row, fintech deals worldwide surpassed the 20-mark. Ixaris landed $6 million for its prepaid card platform. Here are the fintech deals by size from 2 April to 8 April 2016: Home Link (Lianjia). Prepaid card payments platform. HQ: Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Total dollars raised YTD is $7.9

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Here are the fintech deals by size from 12 March to 18 March 2016: Future Finance. HQ: New Oreans, Louisiana. Ghaio Fintech. The post Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18 appeared first on Finovate. Tags: SMB, merchants, payments, acquiring, credit/debit cards. Latest round: $1.3

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