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Utah: The fintech frontier

BankInovation

Fintechs looking to expand beyond their Bay Area or New York City headquarters have welcomed an unlikely visitor in recent years: Utah Gov. The governor is a great salesperson,” said Val Hale, executive director for the Utah Governor’s Office of Economic Development. Gary Herbert. “The

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Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions

PYMNTS

Bachelor, Oregon; Woodward Park City, Utah; and SilverStar in British Columbia, Canada. In separate news, in PYMNTS 2021 New Merchant Business Models Playbook, Katie Swett Miller, eCommerce product lead at Square, said the first months of the pandemic saw different innovation strategies emerge for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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Are New Jersey and South Dakota becoming the new tech hiring hotspots?

BankInovation

Tech hiring is no longer confined to Silicon Valley. According to the Mendix 2020 Software Developer Drought Index, counties in New Jersey, South Dakota and Mississippi have the largest gaps between tech jobs and available talent. “The