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COVID Spawns Local SMB Loans, Mask Shortages And More Suburban Starbucks

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With federal COVID-19 stimulus programs dried up for the moment and talks to renew them stalled, local communities are looking to fill the void by providing loans to SMBs that have been slammed by the coronavirus.

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How to collect positive customer reviews

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Source: Bright Local. According to a recent Bright Local survey, 79% of consumers say they trust online reviews as much as personal recommendations from family or friends. Northpointe Bank, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., At Northpointe Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., Quick Stat. Where to look for reviews.

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PingPong: Why Doing Payments Globally Is All About Thinking Locally

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As billions of consumers all over the world are logging into the global marketplace, they are very literally logging into a global grand bazaar where anything and everything they could hope to buy is theoretically a few clicks away. Why All Commerce Is Local Commerce. But in a natural business context, that isn’t the only pain point.

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Kroger Becomes First North American Grocer To Launch In-Store Farms

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Suzy Monford, Kroger’s group vice-president of fresh merchandising, said the partnership with Infarm combines “groundbreaking in-store farming technology with our passion for fresh, local produce and ecological sourcing.”. The startup recently partnered with Grand Rapids, Michigan to bring the system to food distributor Gordon Food Service.

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TRENDING: Why Grocery Stores Want Autonomous Vehicle Delivery

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billion in 2017 to a grand total of $434.9 According to a Princeton University study, cybercriminals can take advantage of weak protection on IoT appliances and unleash attacks that put the local power grid at risk. billion by 2023. government, meanwhile, is rallying to promote better cybersecurity.

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What Will Business Look Like Post COVID-19? Ask China

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As PingPong Co-founder and Chief Business Officer Ning Wang told Karen Webster in a recent conversation, a problem that once looked like a crisis that was local to China and limited to a “supply-side story about factories and sellers” has now blossomed into a global geopolitical story affecting nearly everyone, everywhere.

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Visa: US Contactless Payments Primed For A Big 2020

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This “public pilot” made contactless payments available on a few train lines, and only at 16 stations, including Grand Central Station and Union Station. In addition to being one of the world’s top-10 tourist attractions, Grand Central Station is the third-busiest train station in North America. Yesterday (Dec. Sometimes it’s L.A.,

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