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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

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the San Francisco-based online bank, had the last laugh. On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. Varo is the first consumer FinTech to receive a new national bank charter from the U.S. Varo Bank N.A. million.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

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The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. All in, counting online and in-person wagers, Super Bowl betting was worth roughly $6.8 In a microcosm of the national expansion, New Hampshire’s newly online sports gambling program raked in $2.31

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Uber Eats Says Customers Donated $3M To Help Unemployed Workers

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The San Francisco-based online food ordering and delivery service launched by Uber in 2014 said it will match up to $3 million in contributions made by customers, according to TechCrunch. Uber Eats said it will send its matched portion to the National Restaurant Association’s Restaurant Employee Relief Fund.

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Macy’s Is Hiring 80,000 Employees For The Holidays

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Macy’s announced it is hiring 80,000 temporary workers for the holiday season, as well as adding more employees to handle online orders. The retailer said that around 23,500 of the seasonal positions will be based in facilities that support online sales, an increase of 5,500 positions compared to 2017. Macy’s, Inc.

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Amid Changing Lifestyles, Homebuying To Continue Torrid Pace?

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To that end, and in terms of the data announced by the National Association of Realtors, existing home sales grew by 9.4 The latest reading of sentiment reached a record high of 85 in October, according to the National Association of Home Builders (NAHB/Wells Fargo) Housing Market Index (HMI). million units.

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Macy’s Eventizes Holiday Hiring

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The embattled apparel retailer will be hiring about the same number of workers it did last year — about 83,000 associates for positions across its Macy’s and Bloomingdale’s stores, call centers, distribution centers and online fulfillment centers nationwide.

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Any vehicles sold online, including through www.carmax.com or the CarMax mobile app, must also clearly and conspicuously disclose on the first page of the overall description of the vehicle or vehicle history report that the vehicle may be subject to an open recall for safety issues that have not been repaired.