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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

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People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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The Acela Primary Underway In States Where Businesses Are Struggling

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Through the PYMNTS/CAN Capital Store Front Business Index , we’ve been tracking the data on business health and growth in each state and then stacking those results against the regional and national picture. Well… Connecticut. at large or the region. at large or the region. Why so serious? Pennsylvania.

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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 Drilling into the data, NAR said that each of the four regions tracked showed month-over-month and year-over-year growth. Home sales in that region were up more than 40 percent. million units.

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Shellfish Industry Tries DTC Strategy

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Take the Connecticut-Long Island oyster ecosystem on Long Island Sound, which is the body of water that defines the border between the two states. But as of now, the USDA [has] deemed shellfish farmers ineligible for that money, arguing that they instead would receive aid from the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration.”.

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Instacart Expands Alcohol Delivery Across The U.S.

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can now have alcohol delivered in as soon as an hour from national, regional and local grocers as well as wine and liquor stores. Instacart, the online grocery company, announced Tuesday (March 12) it has expanded alcohol delivery for customers across the U.S. along with wine and liquor specialty stores like BevMo! ”

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Behind Whole Foods’ Vendor Summit, New Landscape For Sellers — And Buyers

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At issue is the way Whole Foods is repositioning itself in the new, Amazon-led era, where a national focus supplants the regional and local one, where the supply chain and the way fees are levied up and down that supply chain are changing too. National suppliers have to pay a $165 fee for those demonstrations.

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Zooming In On SMEs’ Financial Weak Spots

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the Upper Plains region — saw a spike in small business bankruptcy rates, while Connecticut saw the largest increase in this metric in the third quarter. With rates expected to increase next year, optimism may rise as those rates are seen as a reflection of a strengthening national economy.

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