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Inside Chipotle’s Decade Of Digital-First Ordering Innovation

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The Tracker also delves into the different ways restaurants are adding tools powered by artificial intelligence (AI) to their ordering portfolios. The company has partnered with autonomous technology firm Nuro with plans to put driverless delivery vehicles to work in Houston, Texas, by the end of 2019.

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How QSRs Are Enhancing The Dining Experience With Digital Innovations

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To enhance diners’ experiences in quick-service restaurants (QSRs), managers are utilizing digital innovations, enabling everything from faster orders to more efficient kitchens. More than 70 percent of QSR managers see these as the main benefits of implementing technology, according to the PYMNTS Restaurant Readiness Index.

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Branching Out: Physical Locations Boost CUs' Digital Plans

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The new cloud-based system can help FIs manage loans from origination and review to renewal and modification. Houston-based First Service Credit Union has selected a third-party provider’s digital banking suite to enhance its members’ online access to financial services.

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Why Smart Cities Of The Future Won’t Be Built In A Day

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The island city-state, which is around 30 meters wide, hopes to turn itself into a “living laboratory” of implanted sensors and heretofore never-seen digital function in areas like resource management, public health and transportation. Houston sports teams started leaving it for other smaller, more purpose-built venues.

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Kicking The ‘Virtual’ Tires To Spur Car Sales As COVID-19 Hits Automakers

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“OEMs and their captive finance partners have a number of tools to support consumers during times of uncertainty, both those looking to purchase a new vehicle as well as those looking to continue maintaining their existing vehicle,” said James Houston, J.D. Power managing director, consumer lending and automotive finance.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

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Restaurant owners see it as a necessary evil; consumers see it as a necessary tool. The DineVite dashboard gives restaurants who have signed up to the platform insight to data that allows them to manage and coordinate the dining offers based on their own individual businesses.

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Fiverr Launches Program To Make Cities ‘Gig Worker Friendly’

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Brent Messenger, global head of community at Fiverr, told PYMNTS that as freelancing becomes a way of life for so many, it’s time workers get access to the tools they need to manage a freelance lifestyle and budget as well as to grow their freelance career — and it’s time for cities to make themselves more welcoming to this type of worker.

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