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PSCU’s Lumin Enables Digital Payments For TN Credit Union

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The PSCU company Lumin Digital has signed Bartlett, Tennessee-based First South Financial credit union to a multi-year digital banking and cloud computing agreement, Lumin announced on Tuesday (Feb. The new platform should be available to First South Financial customers in June of 2020.

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Echelon Pulls In $65 Million In Funding As ‘Connected’ Fitness Takes Off

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Echelon Fitness of Tennessee has raised $65 million in funding as the internet-connected fitness company takes advantage of pandemic-fueled growth. Echelon said it offers online classes with everything from “heart-pounding, high-intensity workouts, to calming yoga,” covering fitness needs at all levels.

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Kroger Aims To Drive Innovation With Grocery Experience, Partnerships

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The grocer is working with icons like Walgreens and Microsoft as well as innovators such as Ocado and Nuro to enhance the customer experience and accomplish tasks that it cannot do alone. Those efforts include investing in building a seamless ecosystem that brings together the best of the physical store and the digital online experiences.

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check

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Digital disbursement innovation is picking up speed in certain states, luckily, as digital payment technology becomes more readily available and less costly. In the State And Local Disbursements Report , PYMNTS examines the current state of disbursement innovation and reform for U.S. government departments.

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Kroger Expands Home Chef Meal Kit Offerings To New Stores

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“With continued innovation and personalization, we are providing customers with more ways to enjoy fresh, delicious meals that align with their individual tastes.” In addition, Home Chef announced the launch of a customizable meal kit feature for online orders, so that customers can easily change and upgrade recipe ingredients.

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IKEA Cancels Planned Stores Amid Focus On eCommerce

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growth, IKEA is reining in its brick-and-mortar expansion efforts: The furniture retailer cancelled planned stores in North Carolina, Tennessee and Arizona. They have found that in a number of established markets, they are really behind the curve in terms of online,” said GlobalData Retail Analyst Neil Saunders told USA Today.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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