PYMNTS

APRIL 10, 2020

death count surpassed 18,000 and is forecast to reach 60,415 in the summer, according to the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation at the University of Washington in Seattle. The announcement by the California-based tech giants on Friday (April 10) came as the U.S. In a blog post , Google said privacy is key.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2019

“We developed Amazon Scout at our research and development lab in Seattle, ensuring the devices can safely and efficiently navigate around pets, pedestrians and anything else in their path,” the company said. We are delighted to welcome Amazon Scout into our community,” he stated.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2019

Descartes’ current Logistics Technology Platform includes its Global Logistics Network, a range of logistics apps and a community of logistics companies to connect and conduct business. That takeover agreement was reached for $14 million.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The pop-up shop will be located in The Market @ Macy’s in New York City, Pittsburgh, Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale, San Antonio, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Seattle, now through early February.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2019

The retailer also plans to team with Facebook on brand curation starting next year — “identifying and engaging with brands that have built a strong online community on the social media platform.”. The shop was to be located in The Market @ Macy’s in various cities such as Atlanta, Fort Lauderdale and Seattle.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 6, 2016

Since the launch of the Alexa Skills Kit less than a year ago, the Seattle-based company has been making strides in working with the developer community to build out Alexa’s skill set. Amazon’s Alexa , the cloud-based virtual assistant, now has over a 1,000 skills under its belt.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

As the company had been testing the robot in Seattle, it said it was accustomed to many different types of weather conditions and expected sunny California to be easier on the vehicle. We have a lot of pride packed inside these cooler-sized devices and love to see such a positive reaction from the community.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 23, 2018

It seems the brick-and-mortar arena continues to entice online merchants, as the store opened its doors at Amazon’s Seattle headquarters. The Whole Foods physical imprint also leaves room for tailor-made experiences, from gourmet prepared meals (cooked on site or packaged and ready to go), classes and a community feel.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

The incredible story of innovation now going on in self-service and UR is thoroughly documented in the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ from PYMNTS. Ironically, it’s a time of community excitement and collaboration and even new levels of consumer engagement in an industry conceived around isolated machines.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

FedEx Executive Vice President and Chief Marketing and Communications Officer Brie Carere said in an announcement for the technology, “The FedEx SameDay Bot is an innovation designed to change the face of local delivery and help retailers efficiently address their customers’ rising expectations.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

But the company had a few stipulations, among them a metropolitan landscape with a population of at least 1 million, a pool of tech professionals from which to draw upon and airport access, with flights to Seattle. The financial publication illustrated that the efforts made by individual cities varied.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

But some recent moves by Seattle’s favorite little eCommerce company suggests that it thinks it can change that – and get customers thinking that the internet is a perfectly normal place to buy a car. The goal is to create an “automotive community” where users can share and compare their car buying experience.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 26, 2014

• Alliant Credit Union, which offers services to the communities around O’Hare International Airport and based in Chicago, captured the top spot for the Midwest. Many credit unions, like top-ranked Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU), headquartered just outside of Seattle, have invested in growing this segment of their portfolios.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

It’s a partnership that’s been a long time in the making for Shipt, said Community Manager Anne Adams. “As Competitors like Drizly are already up and running with alcohol delivery in 24 cities, and Amazon is testing out a one-hour program in Seattle, San Diego, Chicago and NYC.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 6, 2019

Financial criminals are working hard, using technology and innovation to their advantage, to stay one step ahead of FinCEN and financial institutions. Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

More locations are planned for Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and San Jose, though no additional timetables were announced. The two-level, 13,000-square-foot facility is meant to serve as a prime destination for players and community members of all eSports ability levels. Can Nostalgia Carry the Day?

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

Walmart said in the announcement of the training, “the upskilled workforce will help the retailer make quality healthcare more affordable and accessible for customers in the communities it serves.”. Inspire’s long-term approach, culture of innovation and commitment to helping brands grow set it apart from the rest.”. billion to $43.6

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2017

Moby Marts could be available to communities like this for little more than the price of a new car. 30,000 plus logistics support costs could give a fresh breath of life to small communities like the one where Mazetti grew up. . If the village is really small, [the store] can move around to different villages.”. In Other News….

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2017

As a community, we need to find a way to tackle the issue of food insecurity in a manner that engenders dignity and self-respect while being economically sustainable,” Daily Table says. Further north in Seattle, two AmazonFresh Pickup locations have finally opened for business after months of anticipation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2020

Walmart this week purchased key assets from Seattle health-technology platform CareZone for a reported $200 million or so. The Georgia community has embraced our first two Walmart Health locations, and we are thrilled to bring low, transparent pricing to Loganville,” Sean Slovenski , president of Walmart U.S. And with Amazon in U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. is the parent company of First Harrison Bank, a community bank headquartered in Corydon, Indiana. First Capital, Inc.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

I just stopped by the Green Lake (Seattle) coffee shop where Eric Mattson and I first hatched the plans for Finovate seven years ago. Thanks to a surging local fintech community, the NYC event is even outselling the San Francisco area one for the first time since 2011. Fast forward seven years. Why did we create Finovate ?

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. As a result of its product innovation efforts, Stripe has seen explosive growth in product adoption and valuation. A decade of online payments innovation. A decade of online payments innovation. TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 21, 2015

I’m not a fan of bank branches (except Chase’s NE Seattle outpost, hi Ben). It grew from a small community bank to a west coast regional on the back of its innovative branching strategy (Warning! In my view, 80% of what goes on there is better done remotely, and the other 20% just doesn’t provide enough ROI.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. She was a trailblazer and an early innovator in analytics. The New Name for Community Award.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

In total, there were 13 fintech startups (or 15 by the Bank Innovations definition ), 12% of the total YC W16 class of 109. HQ: Seattle, WA. Tags: SMB, expense management, expense reports, debit card, prepaid, accounting, bookkeeping, Y Combinator (investor), Community Federal Savings Bank (issuer). Source: Crunchbase.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2018

Like a few communities in the U.S., In Seattle, Cisco, HP, Yahoo and other companies have worked with the Scoop app to facilitate about 650,000 carpool trips since 2015. So, late last year, Arlington voted to end the route and replaced it with a ridesharing service in December. Sometimes large employers within major U.S.

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CB Insights

JUNE 14, 2018

Forward-thinking startups and large tech companies like Facebook and Google are focused on innovation in single-family and multi-family residential construction. Vulcan Capital, the private equity arm of Vulcan, made early bets in Seattle on downtown commercial real estate now largely occupied by Amazon. Table of contents.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2016

So, when Dunkin’ goes after Starbucks following the news that the Seattle-based company was changing its loyalty program, it also has to do with mobile strategy (which Starbucks, admittedly, has a lead on). The coffee giants in the country have found one major way to make mobile payments relevant for consumers: tying it to loyalty.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2019

We’ve been eager to work directly with cities to seek a collaborative and inclusive approach to robotic deployment that respects our public rights of way, includes community input and allows cities to develop thoughtful regulatory regimes,” a representative of Postmates said in a statement.

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CB Insights

JULY 19, 2017

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 4, 2016

I argued that making buying seamless inside of environments that consumers used regularly for other reasons would drive innovation for those environments —and for the third parties that enabled those new commerce experiences. This capability is as disruptive as it is innovative. Third on that list was “contextual commerce.”.

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Community initiatives: Loom. Rest stop upgrade: the Tesla supercharger drive-in (Santa Monica).

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Amazon To Deliver Coronavirus Test Kits In Seattle. Amazon Care was reportedly talking with local health groups about helping deliver at-home testing kits for COVID-19 in Seattle. Seattle has become one of the regions of the U.S. NEW DATA: The Innovations Credit Union Members Need To Stick, Not Switch.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2018

For millenia, people living in isolated villages and towns found it hard to meet anyone beyond the borders of the small communities in which they lived and worked, never mind their perfect soulmate. And now, Facebook. Please Don’t Make Me Kiss a Thousand Frogs.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

Another week, another tech center making headlines for pushing the envelope on tech innovation. It looks as though Montreal, Canada’s robust AI community has left a good impression on tech giant Microsoft. In an effort to revitalize its economy, Puerto Rico is working to foster tech innovation and entrepreneurialism within the country.

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CB Insights

JUNE 17, 2020

From healthcare to education to entertainment to manufacturing, technology innovators are stepping forward to help answer that question. Eldercare has long been a target for technological innovation, with advocates highlighting the practical and infrastructural challenges presented by 73M baby boomers aging into their retirement years.

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