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Why Rural Shoppers Need Digital Innovation Too

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Mostly because that is where innovations tend to get their start — ridesharing, delivery on demand, one-day shipping, buy-online pick up in-store, experimental experiential retail locations, pop-up shops and the list goes on (and on). If perhaps a bit more slowly.

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Mobike, Masterpass And Riding Toward A Shared Future Of Innovation

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Here in the States, urban commuters are doubtlessly familiar with bike-sharing based on docking stations — from metro Boston’s Hubway service to Los Angeles’ Metro Bike Share. Department of Transportation’s national count in 2016, there were 3,378 bike-share docking stations across 104 U.S. As of the latest U.S.

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Apple Rolls Out Express Transit Payments For London Commuters

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Apple express pay is available anywhere served by pay-as-you-go with contactless in London (including national rail stations in London),” a TfL spokesperson said in a statement to The Verge. “So It works for up to five hours after the red Power Reserve icon appears on a device. So if there is a yellow reader there, it should work.”.

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3 Reasons Why Fintech is Thriving in Atlanta

William Mills

Metro Atlanta has established itself as a major hub for the fintech (financial technology) industry. According to the American Transaction Processors Coalition, more than 70 percent of all payments on a global scale currently pass through companies headquartered in metro Atlanta, earning the city the moniker “Transaction Alley.”

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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. We are a dynamic bank for a dynamic community, and we conduct business in one of the fastest-growing areas of the nation,” Weisz says. “We

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Kroger’s Quiet Digital Grocery Push

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according to a National Retail Federation ranking. This distinction makes it second only to Walmart, with over $110 billion in annual sales across the range of grocery chains it owns and operates, including the eponymous Kroger Brand as well as Harris Teeter, Fred Meyers, Ralphs, Metro Market, Dillons and many, many others.

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American Apparel And Postmates Pair Up

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“The combination of American Apparel’s real-time, local inventory paired with Postmates’ superior delivery technology and national footprint is changing the way customers can access their favorite brands,” Luedorf said in a statement.