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The United States May License Bitcoin and Cryptocurrency Exchanges

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The Acting Comptroller of the Currency of the United States, Keith Noreika, has stated that he is considering imposing a nationwide licensing program for cryptocurrency exchanges, similar to the licensing program recently enacted in Japan.

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RILA On How United States Retailers Are Responding To Changing Privacy Rules

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Retailers are dutifully speaking with their payment service providers (PSPs) and industry partners to adhere to these shifts, but they must also keep their customers’ experiences in mind. retailer trade group, Retail Industry Leaders Association ( RILA ), told PYMNTS in a recent interview. Retailers And Data’s Role .

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Pharmacies Drive More Retail Innovation

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Pretty much everyone needs medicine at one or another, and that need is helping to drive retail innovation and attempts at disruption in the pharmacy business. After its parent company announced plans earlier this year to close 200 stores in the United Kingdom, Walgreens is looking to shutter 200 locations in the United States.

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Fueling Retail, Card Innovation With Digital Technologies  

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Livestreaming online shopping is finally gaining momentum in the United States, via an evolving business model from Glamhive. In the automotive arena, sellers have implemented third-party technology such as virtual retailing to enable a completely digital vehicle sales process.

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Renting Furniture, Smartphone Chargers With Retail Innovation

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Furniture is helping to build a larger retail ecosystem, with the value proposition of Oliver Space centered around providing furnishings, along with design help, to consumers who are moving. The company, for its part, provides furniture to customers in exchange for monthly fees from customers. All this, Today in Data.

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Music Crafts New Melodies For Retail Innovation

PYMNTS

But no matter the case, music is a big part of the retail world, and is helping to create new harmonies of innovation and disruption. Apple isn’t the only band on the radio when it comes to changes in music retail in early 2020. Others don’t. New Partnerships and Services.

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RBC to launch retail bank for US customers

Bank Innovation

You’ll see us likely launch a direct-to-consumer bank in the United States sometime at the end of this year or early next year, really focused on a higher net worth customer, not dissimilar to some of […]. Royal Bank of Canada plans to launch a direct-to-consumer bank in the U.S. in hopes of reaching affluent consumers.

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