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Community Bank embraces digital to deliver $50M in PPP loans 

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The technological upgrades Happy State Bank made prior to the COVID-19 crisis has helped the lender service and onboard customers digitally and deploy its own SBA Paycheck Protection Program platform in a matter of days, CEO J. Pat Hickman told Bank Innovation.

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Tapping Into The Digital Economy With Restaurant Innovations

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In a bid to serve customers through digital channels, quick-service restaurants (QSRs) are rolling out new innovations. These technologies bring more options for consumers to order and pay for their meals, such as kiosks and mobile ordering. With the addition of kiosks, McDonald’s is focusing on customer experience and choice.

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Grocers’ In-Store Innovations For Boosting Consumer Spend

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To capture this spending, grocers are driving innovation through their brick-and-mortar stores with delivery and pickup efforts (among other initiatives). Nearly two in 10 — or 17 percent — of customers in the survey sample preferred Kroger. percent — of customers in the survey sample preferred Albertson’s.

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7-Eleven Now Supports Voice Orders Via Alexa, Google Home

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. “7Voice takes 7NOW ordering from screen to voice, enabling customers to order in whatever way they prefer that is most convenient to them,” said Raghu Mahadevan, 7-Eleven’s vice president of the digital customer experience. Using real-time tracking, customers can find out when to expect their orders to arrive.

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REPORT: Credit Unions Go The (Social) Distance With Mobile Banking Tools

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Other credit unions are rolling out innovative digital offerings that target younger consumers, who have become a key demographic for CUs as their membership bases grow older. Texas Trust Credit Union turned to a “Game of Thrones”-inspired loan offering in an effort to appeal to younger demographics, for example.

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Moving C-Stores From A Fuel-Plus To A Plus-Fuel Model

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Convenience stores (C-stores), overall, are in an innovation rut. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. It’s almost as if pay at the pump has become a pit stop for innovating and using IT to their advantage. When It Comes To C-Store Innovation, Size Matters.

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SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference Show – No Shortage of Innovation

William Mills

Customer experience, automation, machine learning, artificial intelligence (AI), ease of use, flexibility – all of these were part of the discussions at this year’s SourceMedia’s Small Business Banking Conference in Austin, Texas. In fact, 97 percent of online applications are abandoned by the customer, according to Forrester.