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Umpqua’s Go-To sees usage spike as customers avoid branches 

Bank Innovation

Portland-based Umpqua Bank, which has almost $29 billion in assets, is seeing a significant spike in volume on its Go-To app, a digital tool that allows customers to message a banker of their choice.

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Adding New Layers To The Retail Experience

PYMNTS

Frequently breaking down or not, the brand managed to spread. Portland, Seattle, Lexington, KY, New Orleans, Brooklyn — the list goes on, but it is safe to assume that if the city has a reputation for attracting millennials, it probably has a Marine Layer store somewhere nearby.

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Wallit wants to be the go-to app for family financial needs

Bank Innovation

Wallit, a personal finance management tool for teens and parents, has launched in the U.S. The Portland, Maine-based company is differentiating its offering from other teen banking startups by involving parents in the savings app, and it’s partnering with banks instead of trying to replace them.

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Is Kanye The Secret To Retail Reinvention?

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And apparently of being a retail force within himself. The new effort will originate from Adidas headquarters in Portland and will tie in individual retail locations as “district hubs” for bringing the glory of Kanye to the masses. His dreams are bigger.

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BI Ignite 2019: Umpqua’s Go-To Platform Moving to a 24/7 Service, CEO Says

Bank Innovation

Access to the Go-To platform is free for the Portland, Ore.-based Umpqua Bank’s Go-To human-digital live support platform is moving to a 24/7 service, Cort O'Haver, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, announced at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday. He said the decision had been made just that morning.

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Retailers Look To Digital Technologies After Beating The Street

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Retailers and retail landlords are reporting strong first-quarter earnings results, beating analysts’ expectations in many cases. Management noted on the conference call with analysts following the earnings report that there was a “positive comp gap” between the company and quick-service restaurant peers of as much as 270 basis points.

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Amazon’s Next Brick-And-Mortar Shop

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Blame the people or blame the media, but Portland has acquired a reputation as a haven for the slightly off-kilter and the anti-mainstream. Fortune is reporting that sources have confirmed Amazon’s intentions to open a third brick-and-mortar bookstore in Portland, Oregon. “Stay tuned for additional details down the road.”.

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