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Do Consumers Own Digital ID Algorithms? Look To Illinois.

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Biometrics promise to take a larger role in authentication security in 2019, helping to stop online fraud and bringing speed, efficiency and security to transactions ranging from QSR mobile-order ahead to airport car rentals. Illinois’ Role. for use of biometric data. Larger Trends.

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Report: UnitedHealth Buys Online Pharmacy Startup DivvyDose

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the world’s largest healthcare company by revenue, has purchased DivvyDose, the Illinois-based online pharmacy startup, for about $300 million, sources told CNBC. CNBC reported giant retailers and health plans are acquiring online pharmacy startups as a way to make it easier for patients to access medicines.

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COVID-19 Sees More Online Grocers Accept EBT SNAP Payments For Food

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Online grocers are increasingly allowing underprivileged consumers to use EBT payments (the modern equivalent of food stamps) at a time when the pandemic has made going to the store too risky for many shoppers. The move by the two companies is just the latest initiative in a growing trend of EBT acceptance for online grocery shoppers.

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Online Gambling Player Rush Street Wins Support of Blank Check Firm To Go Public

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Chalk up another major deal for blank check companies, one of Wall Street’s hottest new trends, with online gambling and sports betting company Rush Street Interactive ’s announcement that it will be going public.

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ALDI Expands Online Grocery Delivery To All US Stores

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ALDI has announced that it is expanding its online grocery delivery service to all of its stores in the United States. ALDI partnered with Instacart in March, first launching the service in greater Chicago, in areas as far as Rockford, Illinois, after testing it out in three markets – Atlanta, Dallas and Los Angeles — in August.

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Midwest Retailer Meijer Signs With Instacart For Grocery Delivery

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Online delivery platform Instacart is teaming up with regional Midwest retailer Meijer to provide same-day delivery of groceries. Through our new partnership, we're bringing Meijer's incredible selection online for customers, giving Meijer customers access to everything they need from the comfort and safety of their home.". and Canada.

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Google, Amazon Tech Help States Handle Jobless Claim Boom

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Google and Amazon Web Services are assisting Rhode Island, Kansas, Illinois and New York in processing the unprecedented number of unemployment claims prompted by the coronavirus crisis, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Help is on the way for beleaguered states facing a record number of jobless claims.