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Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize Acquisition, Another Toilet Paper Rush And A SNAP Explosion

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Today Farmstead’s services are only available in California and in the Raleigh-Durham area of North Carolina. Online grocer Farmstead has announced that it has picked up $7.9 million in a Series A round of funding, bringing its total amount raised to $14.5 When Congress began allowing more food assistance due to the pandemic, the U.S.

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How to Offset an Evaporating Data Center

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Numerous applications, including card processing, online banking and bill pay, are overwhelmingly being outsourced. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Cards are a perfect example.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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After leading a great and vibrant organization at Andrews Federal Credit Union, Jim and his family have taken on a new adventure, and the Gonzo team is confident Jim’s ambition and transparent leadership style will be welcome in Raleigh, N.C. With Venmo charging 100-150bp less that the card networks, merchants will aggressively follow Amazon.

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Bitcoin’s Resplendent Week

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A local bitcoin radio ad campaign is attempting to win support for local bitcoin owners to allow them to pay a lower percentage fee to credit card companies from their sales. But in Raleigh, North Carolina, a father-and-son team from the home water and heating industry are upending the bitcoin mining industry, according to CoinDesk.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

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Gift cards backed with public company equity. Fingerprint-authenticated payment card. Card rewards management. HQ: Raleigh, North Carolina. Tags: SMB, small business, merchants, acquiring, payments, mPOS, cards. Source: Re/Code. HQ: San Jose, California. Latest round: $15 million. Total raised: $15 million.

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Digital Sales Boost Kohl’s First-Quarter Sales Beat

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Going forward, Kohl’s announced in the call that the company is changing up its loyalty program, piloting the “next generation” in 100 stores in eight markets, including Raleigh, Phoenix and Austin. “We The program seeks to provide access to sales events that have “historically have been limited to Kohl’s charge card holders,” Gass said.

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Helping Couples Fall In Love With Jointly Managed Finances

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Brannon Lambert, a financial advisor and owner of Canvasback Wealth Management in Raleigh, North Carolina, says that in his 18 years of being a financial advisor, he has seen quite a few marriages fall apart over money issues , particularly when one spouse wants to have full control over the financial decisions.