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Fitness Platform Raises $5M For Online Workouts

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the Los Angeles-based alternative asset manager. We’re the Netflix of fitness based on our user experience and affordability, and an Amazon to content creators, in that we are a marketplace that provides trainers with a way to digitally scale their businesses,” Forster said.

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Real-Time Networks Getting Really Serious About Fraud In 2021

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PYMNTS latest Real-Time Payments Tracker® tells of how Los Angeles-based auto finance firm Westlake Financial onboarded RTP cautiously, spending six weeks testing use cases and troubleshooting fraud scenarios before switching it on. Safeguarding Irreversible Payments.

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As Sharing Services Face Backlash, Payments Takes A Bigger Role

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Those controversies have notably played out in San Francisco , though other cities, including Chicago and Los Angeles, are going through them at their own pace. This means localizing their services and not taking a one-size-fits-all approach when it comes to payment methods and user experiences.

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Report: Digital ID’s Role In Boosting Trust In The Sharing Economy

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Identity verification solutions are becoming popular in a range of industries to provide a more secure customer experience, including the car rental market. The need for trust is at the core of sharing economy platforms seeking to offer user experiences their hosts and renters will find acceptable.

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Adobe Doubles Down On Voice Interfaces

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At its annual MAX conference in Los Angeles last week, Adobe had all sorts of things to announce. Those tools, according to Adobe, will let designers create and test new application experiences that can be purely voice-based — designed for use with Alexa or Google Home devices — or designed to work alongside visual content.

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Amazon Offers Prime Members Restaurant Delivery

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Amazon Prime members already have access to the restaurant delivery option in cities like Atlanta, New York, Los Angeles, Chicago and Miami, to name a few. The amazing user experience on Amazon platforms is the best, and we want to associate ourselves with the best in the industry.”

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Leveraging Payments To Unify The Transit Experience

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Consumers trekking from San Francisco to Los Angeles to Chicago to New York and beyond who do not have access to a car are met with very different transit systems whose complexity impedes geographical navigation. No two cities share the same subway systems, bus routes or cab companies.

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