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Legal Cannabis Retail Innovates Its Way Around Payments Knot

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Legal marijuana may have a massive payments problem, but that’s not stopping retail innovation in perhaps the newest area of legitimate commerce in the U.S. It’s not even a back door, it’s more like an upper window,” Jeremy Skaff of Colorado-based Journey Business Solutions told the newspaper. and Canada. Big Retail.

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Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions

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Safety is our top priority, on and off the mountain, and Square knows this and aligns with POWDR’s Operation Stay Safe, the enhanced POWDR mountain experience that prioritizes the well-being of our staff, guests and community in the midst of the pandemic.”.

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When QSRs Think Really Outside The Box In The Innovation Race

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The realm of quick service restaurants (QSRs) is and actually always has been a pretty innovative space. The drive-thru window, for example, first met the market in 1947 when it was introduced to the world by Sheldon “Red” Chaney, operator of Red’s Giant Hamburg in Springfield, Missouri. The Rocky Mountain High Cheeseburger.

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AeroPay Closes Seed Round Led By Continental Investors

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A division of Partner Colorado Credit Union, Safe Harbor provides a compliance-based banking program for cannabis businesses. We built our platform to simplify the payments process for owners and operators in all industries and verticals," said Daniel Muller , CEO and founder of AeroPay, in a press release. "We

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Temenos Expands U.S. Footprint with $245 Million Acquisition of Avoka

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Banking software provider Temenos announced Wednesday it will acquire Avoka, a Colorado-based firm focused on digital customer acquisition and onboarding, for $245 million. The acquisition, subject to regulatory approval, would bolster Temenos’s Digital Front Office product, which the company says has over 300 banking clients.

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Western Union, TerraPay Team Up For Mobile Wallet Payout Options

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TerraPay’s low-value payments network enables customers to send and receive transactions across many different payment instruments and systems, which allows for operability in domestic, international and regional markets.

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NEN Widens USAT Partnership For Cashless Payments Growth

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Cashless payments firm USA Technologies (USAT) is expanding its partnership with amusement kiosk operator National Entertainment Network (NEN) to bring expanded cashless payment options to more vending machines and devices, the companies announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. and Puerto Rico.