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Tech Center: Charlotte On The Edge of Tech Greatness

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Just west of the Research Triangle in North Carolina, Charlotte’s technology industry has been slowly growing over the past few years. million over the course of the next three years to build up a FinTech hub in Charlotte. As we reported about three weeks ago, Bank of America has announced its plans to invest $1.5

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AvidXchange: Crossing The Western Frontier

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What do Charlotte, NC, and Salt Lake City, Utah, have in common? A lot, if you ask AvidXchange CEO Michael Praeger — which is why the startup saw both locations as a great home base for operations in those respective parts of the country: Charlotte for the East Coast and now Salt Lake City for the West.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Postmates For Delivery Program

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Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. Walmart U.S.

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BB&T And SunTrust To Merge

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BBT ) announced a $66 billion merger Thursday (February 7), combining the two regional banks. The new combined entity will be based in Charlotte, N.C., The banks said that once the deal closes, the combined company will operate under a new name and brand that is still to be determined. SunTrust Banks Inc. (

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Visa On Tap To Pay, Cash Displacement And B2B Payments

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Other, Individual presentations (with just three of the main markets noted below) delved into the market specific opportunities by region and country, detailing total addressable markets that stretch into the trillions of dollars. Of the unbanked population, he said “that’s one-quarter of all adults in the region.” Asia Pacific.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

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In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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Best Buy Brings Same-Day Delivery To 14 New Cities

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The retail chain will be rolling out its same-day delivery service to 14 new cities in addition to the 13 towns where the swift delivery service is already in operation. 6 will include San Diego, Charlotte, Denver and Minneapolis/St. ” Customers in the participating regions must place their Best Buy orders by 3 p.m.,

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