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HSBC’s Banking Robot Debuts In Miami

PYMNTS

HSBC Bank USA, a unit of HSBC Group, announced Thursday (May 30) the launch of Pepper, the humanoid robot it developed with SoftBank Robotics America, in Miami. In a press release , HSBC said Pepper is being deployed in a retail branch in Miami, marking the first time Pepper has been deployed in Florida.

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FedEx’s Latest Latin America Logistics Push 

PYMNTS

This acquisition perfectly complements the roundtrip Colombia-to-Miami flight recently announced by FedEx Express,” said Udo Lange, the chief operating officer and incoming CEO of FedEx Logistics, per a statement by FedEx on Thursday (Aug. Amazon and Walmart are but two of the marquee names focusing their efforts on the region.

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Visa’s Authorize.Net To Provide SMBs With Offer On Super Bowl Sunday

PYMNTS

Authorize.net , Visa’s SMB digital payment management system, is eliminating its monthly gateway fee for the life of an account in addition to its transaction fees for the first 100,000 transactions of new North American clients enrolling on Feb. 7), according to a Tuesday (Feb. 2) announcement emailed to PYMNTS.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

The list identified a significant uptick in commercial and industrial lending in the South, as 7 of the 15 community banks included are located in the region. Also of note is that there are three Florida-based financial institutions on the list – Transcapital Bank in Sunrise, Citizens Bank in Perry and Banco Do Brasil Americas of Miami.

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Walmart Teams With Ford, Postmates For Delivery Program

PYMNTS

Through the experimental program, which is happening in Miami-Dade County, shoppers will be able to have Postmates delivery for items ordered at Walmart. EVP of Central Operations Mark Ibbotson said in that press release, “Customers are busy; they are managing jobs, soccer practice, dance lessons and social schedules. Walmart U.S.

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

PYMNTS

The internet “and its many apps, online reviews, and socially viral communication speeds will continue to disrupt restaurant industry traffic, revenues, brands, and survivability even more over the next decade,” Christopher Baron of RedBaron Consulting, told Modern Restaurant Management.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. Sectors like office, retail, and hospitality, are even worse.