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Walgreens Fights Promotion Abuse With Digital Tracking

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Twenty-two percent of Americans have reported being targeted by pandemic-related fraud, for example, such as schemes involving fake personal protective equipment (PPE) merchants or fraudsters impersonating tax officials. Deep Dive: Why Merchants Must Revamp Promotion Abuse Protections During The Pandemic.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

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Popular Bank is optimizing its resources to better support the changing customer experience and enhance our offering to consumers and small businesses. The expenses include a pre-tax charge of approximately $2.4 Total expenses associated with the branch closures are anticipated to be approximately $24.5 million, of which $23.1

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Virtual Mall Platform Finds Traction

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But a new eCommerce platform coming out of the Alibaba Group in Southeast Asia is bringing a unique business model to malls in that region, one that could provide a blueprint for struggling U.S. For brands and sellers,” the company says, “LazMall offers an opportunity to create a customized experience for their customers.”.

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Removing ‘Sticker Shock’ From Cross-Border Shipping?

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Add unexpected customs and tax charges after a purchase on top off that, and both parties are in for a rude awakening. But one thing merchants don’t want to deliver to their customers is the shock of being charged additional fees after the checkout process has been completed.

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LendingClub: Loan Applications Grow Double Digits Amid Rising Rates  

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Data-driven efforts aided by technology have been able to match the best cost of capital to the right borrowers, he said, and in the aforementioned 39 percent growth in the custom loan activity, he said that local community and regional banks are looking for higher quality borrowers. “At

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Creating a Customer-Centric, Digital Financial Institution

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The mission of the institution plays a significant role in employee satisfaction, as well as customer satisfaction, McBay explained. Southern States Bank has focused on creating a positive employee experience to create a positive customer experience. Go the extra mile.”. Digitization isn’t going anywhere.

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Financial Brand Forum 2018: 7 Takeaways in 7 Minutes

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It turns out that a conference about storytelling, design, customer experiences, applied data and delivery is a nice team fit. Front and center was Evolution Group’s SilverTech slowly building up regional networks of locally deployed implementers of horizontal web and process tools.

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