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Credit Issues Stalk Malls And Anchor Tenants

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On the optimistic side Elliot Nassim , president of Mason Asset Management, which co-owns the University Mall in Carbondale, Illinois, says: “We have always felt that the retail industry is evolving, despite what doomsday headlines would have you believe. Once seen as the least risky tenant of all, they are now the greatest question mark.

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Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin

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There was lots to watch in the world of payments and commerce last week, with red flags flown in physical retail, international commerce and crypto. Physical Retail Stumbles Into 2020 . The year got off to something of a rocky start for physical retailers, as the recent spike in store closures carried on and even picked up strength.

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Lending Is Failing To Live Up To 2018’s Great Expectations

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regional bank executives were gearing up for a bumper year, according to Bloomberg. Crediting lower taxes, thanks to the end of the year tax reform bill passed by Congress, regional bank executives saw a sudden and notable pick up in both commercial loan demand and a big jump in spending on credit and debit cards.

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Deep Dive: How The COVID-19 Virus Is Impacting The Online Gambling Industry

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consumers more frugal, but other individuals are still turning to retail therapy to cope with stresses. The importance of fast, secure disbursements might hold a different weight now that players are betting online more often and more readily looking for the speeds they experience with typical retail transactions. Casinos in the U.S.

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Google Testing Same-Day Delivery In San Francisco

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NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens. Google hired a courier service to pick up the orders at the retailer’s stores and deliver them to customers’ home or office, noted the report.

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Banks, Build Vs Buy And The Great Digital Shift

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As noted in this space , the entity fashioned by the merger would take its place as the fifth largest retail bank in the country, and with a presence that spans 24 states, and with a combined asset base of about $560 billion. To that end, Spanish financial firm BBVA said it would sell its U.S. billion in an all-cash deal.

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Fintech Deals to Watch: Back to School

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Deals are still happening and — at this writing — the “student intervention” after the unfortunate alumni mixer event seems to have taken (fintech industry valuations improving a bit off their lows and fintech companies more focused on explicit utility value in the here-and-now).

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