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Grocery delivery for Prime members is taking its next great leap forward as Amazon and Whole Foods have announced that Prime Now Grocery is expanding to Chicago, Houston, Indianapolis, Minneapolis and San Antonio. Consumers in Chicago, Houston, Minneapolis and San Antonio will also be able to choose from a selection of alcoholic beverages.

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And that new fuel comes as the legal online and mobile gambling industry in the U.S. But that doesn’t mean the money doesn’t flow during the baseball playoffs – evidence of that comes from Jim McIngvale, a Houston furniture store owner known as “ Mattress Mack ,” who just put $3.5 is still in the process of finding a firmer footing.

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AUGUST 29, 2016

Kanye’s Highly Mobile Shopping Base. “Want to know what’s coming up in mobile payments? This is one mobile, tied-in group. This is one mobile, tied-in group. Dallas and Houston tied for second with 14 percent contactless use, while Miami clocked in at 8 percent. Look no further than Yeezy.”

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MARCH 25, 2019

and SoftBank -backed robotics firm Nuro recently announced the rollout of their autonomous grocery delivery service in Houston. The companies said the service will be available via two Kroger stores in the Houston area and reach customers residing in four local zip codes. In the U.S.,

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JANUARY 9, 2019

That could give the country an edge when it comes to showcasing payment and commerce uses of the mobile network technology — and provide the rest of the world with an example of what might not work so well with 5G-enabled features. That doesn’t mean consumers have widespread access to 5G, though. In the U.S., Next up for AT&T’s 5G?

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Customers will eventually be able to connect in near real-time to unforeseen possibilities,” David Christopher, president of AT&T Mobility and Entertainment, said in a press release. The mobile phone carrier’s announcement comes one day after Verizon revealed that it would release U.S. Louisville, Ky.,

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AUGUST 31, 2017

Food companies nationwide have poured out assistance to those affected by Hurricane and Tropical Storm Harvey, feeding emergency workers, donating meals and working overtime to get grocery stores and restaurants open again in the greater Houston area and Southeast Texas. And progress — slow though it may be — is happening. Grocer Kroger Co.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

A convenient and seamless ordering experience from online and mobile channels is essential for restaurant customers. 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. New restaurant models are also being tested in other markets.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

And they will be able to have repairs on a walk-in basis for mobile technology as well as customer support — service offerings similar to those at the brick-and-mortar locations of Apple. India is an extremely important market,” Samsung India Senior Vice President, Mobile Business Mohandeep Singh told Reuters in September.

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DECEMBER 3, 2018

Although Verizon is leading the charge for the new technology, which will greatly increase speeds on mobile networks – up to 50 or 100 times faster than the currently available 4G – some industry watchers say the new tech won’t be widely available until about 2025 or so.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

T-Mobile has also said it was going to launch 5G in 30 cities as well. The initial rollout was available to particular businesses and consumers only, but everyone else will have access in 2019 when AT&T makes their NETGEAR Nighthawk 5G Mobile Hotspot available for purchase.”.

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JUNE 26, 2019

The company will deliver meals with robotics company Nuro ’s self-driving cars, and is slated to test the service in Houston this year. Deep Dive: Obstacles to the Adoption of Mobile Payments in Automated Retail. Mobile payments have yet to displace cash or card payments in the U.S., Get the full story in the Tracker.

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MARCH 19, 2019

(However, they’re less enthusiastic about high-profile innovations such as mobile apps and kiosks.). Listed below are just some of the ways establishments are tapping into innovations like drive-thru pickup and mobile apps: Seventy-one percent of QSR managers say fast in-store pickup is important for future success.

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DECEMBER 28, 2020

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. As their members began shifting to online and mobile banking channels, CUs have been forced to compete with tech-savvy competitors such as challenger banks and FinTechs.

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

News rolled out for a portion of Facebook users in the United States, and is accessible from a shortcut at the bottom of the platform’s mobile app. Zuckerberg believes Facebook News can reach 20 to 30 million people in the next few years.

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JANUARY 17, 2020

Shoppers can choose from “hundreds of products” like health devices that sync to mobile phones and aromatherapy, among other offerings. CVS Health started to test out HealthHUB locations last year in Houston to “overwhelming customer satisfaction” per the announcement.

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JUNE 22, 2017

And for the Free Press Summer Festival in Houston , the branded digital experience they needed was, well, beer. Mobile beer ordering, specifically. The festival’s order-ahead beer app last year got some use — this year use went up 18 percent, and approximately 75 percent of concert attendees in Houston used it.

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JULY 9, 2019

Last month, Domino’s Pizza announced it would be testing autonomous pizza delivery in Houston with robotics company Nuro. Automated retail has the potential for wider adoption due to the uptake in mobile payments — especially contactless payments. Mobile payments have been slow to take off in the U.S., smartphone users.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Customers will be able to access the service via Kroger’s mobile app. The offering was said to debut in Houston, Louisville, Nashville and Kroger’s hometown of Cincinnati. Instacart is also now Kroger’s main delivery service, although it uses Uber and Shipt in some markets.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

The company then quickly extended the service to almost 30 cities, including Los Angeles, Houston and Detroit. The eCommerce giant launched a pilot program in August, using the purchase histories of Whole Foods shoppers who use their Prime memberships to suggest the same products on its main website with the bonus of free two-hour delivery.

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First Data is one of many payments companies working to get its customers back up and running in the wake of the severe storms, but it's also a victim — its center in Sugarland, Texas, suffered flooding, causing the Atlanta-based company to set up operations at a hotel in Houston for 400 staff.

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MARCH 9, 2020

A new report shows that 70 percent of Americans use their mobile devices and restaurant apps at some point during the dining journey. Using a laptop or mobile phone, anyone, anywhere, is just a few clicks away from having their favorite meal delivered to wherever they happen to be. But the reviews for dining apps aren’t so clean.

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JUNE 20, 2018

Tempe joins 11 other cities that have Carvana vending machines, including Houston, Austin, San Antonio, Dallas, Nashville (Tenn.), Customers who go to Carvana.com or use the mobile app can shop through more than 10,000 vehicles, finance the car, purchase and schedule as soon as next-day delivery or Car Vending Machine pickup.

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OCTOBER 22, 2018

Markets included in Instacart’s larger footprint will include New Jersey, Indianapolis and Houston, among others, according to the company. With the Scan & Go mobile app (which is free), customers can scan the barcodes on products as they do their in-store shopping and add products to their carts.

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JULY 11, 2017

The services, which Recode reports are currently available in seven markets, are aimed at helping customers put together a smart home in which everything from the heating to the lighting is controlled via a mobile app or increasingly a voice command. After all it is very apt at entering a market and dominating it.

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MARCH 29, 2018

Carvana already has car vending machines in cities such as Houston, Nashville and Raleigh. The machine is eight stories tall and holds up to 32 vehicles, the company said in an announcement. The machine is the eighth of its kind in the U.S. Alternatively, customers can opt to have their cars delivered.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2019

The worlds of drones and 5G mobile network technology – two of the most promising trends in digital payments and commerce – are colliding. 11) from the two companies, “the blazing-fast, high-capacity mobile speeds provided by Sprint’s 5G will be essential for making autonomous drone deliveries to smart mailboxes successful.

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AUGUST 16, 2019

After a successful test launch, hundreds of eBikes will be used across corporate-owned Domino’s throughout Salt Lake City, Miami, Houston, and Baltimore later this year. Customers can order online through web and mobile app. In other news, Applebee’s has announced that it has partnered with DoorDash for national delivery.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2017

Using the mobile app, of-age customers will be able to select beer, wine and other liquors from the menu and have them delivered to their doors with their meal items. If the alcohol delivery test is successful in the Dallas-Fort Worth and Houston areas, TGI Fridays said it intends to roll the program out nationwide in 2018.

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In addition, data and tech are at such a point that offering digital and mobile alternatives, and options for fitness-related classes, can be done in a seamless way — a way that includes a seamless payments experience, too.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2019

Verizon’s 5G stadiums include those of the Seattle Seahawks, Denver Broncos, Detroit Lions, New England Patriots, Miami Dolphins, Indianapolis Colts, Carolina Panthers, New York Giants and Jets, Baltimore Ravens, Houston Texans and Minnesota Vikings. AT&T will host four 5G experiences at the Cowboys’ Sunday, Sept.

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MARCH 11, 2016

According to its survey of 507 vendors of merchant processing systems, Apple Pay is the most requested mobile digital payments service among retailers. According to the recently released figures, 44 percent of those vendors’ customers are using, or have asked about using, mobile digital payment systems.

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FEBRUARY 7, 2018

The grocer has brought curbside pickup to cities such as San Antonio, Waco and Houston, while rolling out delivery from Shipt and Instacart. But not all retailers have the features that allow consumers to shop through whatever channel they choose, whether it be a brick-and-mortar store, website or mobile app.

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In the meantime, the digital, mobile, delivery and other innovations that are taking place in this sector are also promising to impact retailers and the consumers who shop not only with mom-and-pop stores but with the bigger chains. Mobile Moves. Other retailers are also focusing on primary care. Lessons to Come.

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The mobile movement driving multi-channel banking – Banking Technology. Banks work to stay relevant as technology evolves – Houston Chronicle. Below are interesting stories the Banking.com staff has been reading over the past week. Rethinking the Bank Branch in a Digital World – Harvard Business Review Blog.

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Finally, I focus on economic news in our markets, which include five communities south of Houston. The Houston region has seen substantial layoffs, and the daily headlines predict more will be announced. IB: How is Texas’s economy holding up with the severe drop in oil prices?

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MARCH 20, 2018

The overwhelming majority of Alipay users are Chinese nationals, and a user base that is overwhelmingly enthused about using mobile payments. The top 10 North American cities that Alipay is targeting mirrors their travel patterns: Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, San Diego, Chicago, Houston, Seattle, Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.

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