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Square Partners With Washington Nationals To Offer In-Seat Concessions

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Payments company Square has partnered with the Washington Nationals and Levy Restaurants to let fans order concession menu items right from their seats, according to reports. Alan Gottlieb, chief operating officer at Lerner Sports Group, said it was important for Nationals fans to get the most out of their ballpark experience.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? From May 1-6, the U.S. Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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Banks around the country respond to coronavirus

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WaFd, formerly Washington Federal Bank, is offering interest-free lines of credit of up to $200,000 to small businesses as a result of the pandemic. As the novel coronavirus continues to spread, rattling the economy, banks are reevaluating their business propositions to clients.?

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. The central bank is also conducting a study on issuing digital currency.

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FinCEN Deputy Director Talks Reform, NBFI Supervision

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11) about the importance of innovation and the regulation of non-banking financial institutions (NBFI), according to a release. Innovation and regulatory reform are topics of much discussion in Washington these days. Even if they do, he added, they should be allowed to exist.

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Retail Trade Groups Test Post-Pandemic Strategies

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Groups like the National Retail Federation (NRF) focused more on economic forecasts and supply chain issues as other advocacy groups that have taken the fight for more stimulus dollars to Washington, D.C. As retailers reopen and take stock of new post-pandemic consumer dynamics, the role of industry trade groups is changing.

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Restaurants’ Future to Include Robots and Drones

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At the 2017 National Restaurant Association Show in Chicago, Cicely Simpson, the organization’s executive vice president of government affairs and policy, and the Texas Restaurant Association’s vice president of marketing and innovation, Anna Tauzin, discussed the digitalization of the restaurant industry and its effect on delivery.

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