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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

PYMNTS

Many municipalities are looking to help by proposing new uses for vacant retail sites, including a citywide initiative in Fairfax, Virginia called Activate Fairfax , where the Department of Economic Initiative is soliciting requests for interest in an abandoned Container Store location. Even smaller cities are opting for such taxes.

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Kroger Expands Omnichannel Options With ‘Seamless Shopping’

PYMNTS

Kroger operates nearly 2,800 supermarket chains nationwide, including Ralphs, Harris Teeter, Food 4 Less and its namesake Kroger stores. It’s currently seeking to reinvent its business through Restock Kroger , an initiative it undertook six months ago and which will get a boost from recently enacted tax cuts. Seamless Shopping.

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US B2B Startups Dominate $337 Million Worth Of Funding

PYMNTS

Kenna said it plans to use the funds to expand its team, focus on sales and continue innovation efforts. An undisclosed amount of Series C funding will help ZP Group, based in Virginia, focus on strategic investments to grow its cybersecurity offering. Singapore’s CardUp announced nearly $1.7

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. Acronym of the Year. You tell us.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Few places are more receptive to new ideas and innovative business models than Silicon Valley. Demonstrating sales is a necessity for retail startups, especially those operating in the intensely competitive food vertical. The technology functions similarly to that of maglev bullet trains currently in operation in Japan.

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A Brief History Of Libra

PYMNTS

In the immediate days following the announcement of Libra, PYMNTS spoke to two of its higher-profile backers, Mastercard and PayPal , via Mastercard’s Executive Vice President of Digital Solutions Jorn Lambert and PayPal’s Chief Operating Officer Bill Ready. Stateside, lawmakers have been vocally pretty dubious.