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Can 5G Power Retail Drone Deliveries?

PYMNTS

UPS , too, is going down the drone path – one that Amazon pioneered for retail delivery uses – and is seeking a certification to operate commercial drone flights. It could receive the certification as early as this year, enabling UPS to have one of the first fully certified, revenue-generating drone operations in the country.

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Intercepted: Live League Sports Revenue Drop May Take Years To Recover

PYMNTS

While the worst fears haven’t been realized — the NFL opened its 2020 season in September with a showdown between (Super Bowl champs) the Kansas City Chiefs and the Houston Texans — the outlook across the pantheon of live sports is anything but settled as November 2020 begins. DraftKings announced on Wednesday (Sept.

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Automated Retail Speeds Up Delivery And Checkout

PYMNTS

Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. However, that is not the case with Farmhouse Market, a cashierless store in New Prague, Minnesota, population roughly 8,000. Robotics might take over delivery jobs before they make cashiers redundant in the U.S.,

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

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We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. First State Bank Minnesota. Citizens Bank Minnesota. Rowland with Greg Bynum, president and chief operating officer. Wrentham Co-operative Bank. Marion, Ky. Chancellor.