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3M Anti-Counterfeit Campaign Targets Respirator Knockoffs

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The Minneapolis-based giant said on Monday (Oct. million counterfeit respirators that were being falsely marketed as made by 3M. The firm added that it has also succeeded in taking down “13,500 false or deceptive social media posts, over 11,500 fraudulent eCommerce offerings and at least 235 deceptive domain names.”.

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Today In Payments: Western Union On An M&A Hunt; Amazon, Simon In Talks To Turn Malls Into Distribution Centers

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In a New York Times opinion piece, Neel Kashkari, president of the Federal Reserve Bank of Minneapolis, and Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota, urged instating a restrictive lockdown to defeat the coronavirus. Fed’s Kashkari Advocates For New Lockdown.

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Buy Now Pay Later Startup Sezzle Tops 1M Active Customers

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Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. BNPL providers are seeing market growth and new funding opportunities. Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. 10) that it topped 1 million active customers. .

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FinTech Startup Sezzle Tops 1M Active Customers

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Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Minneapolis, Sezzle’s buy now, pay later (BNPL) payments platform is in the U.S. BNPL providers are seeing market growth and new funding opportunities. Digital payments FinTech startup Sezzle announced on Monday (Feb. 10) that it topped 1 million active customers. .

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Hormel Selling Bacon Via VR

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Late last month, consumer packaged goods company Hormel launched a VR marketing campaign for its selection of bacon products. The VR experience was created in conjunction with marketing agencies BBDO Minneapolis and Made in Haus. Now for some virtual reality news that every carnivore can get excited for.

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What Evine’s Surprisingly Dramatic Journey Means For The Future Of Home Shopping

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In some senses, it wanted to be known as “the cool one,” or, at least the one with the most current look, style and approach to social media. “We We all see the opportunity with pop culture to use social media, whether it’s Facebook or Instagram, to drive customers here,” Rosenblatt said.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

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HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Sentiment analysis for capital markets. Social stock trading platform. Tags: Institutions, B2B2C, social media, security, compliance, Santander (investor), Finovate alum. Source: Crunchbase. B2B ecommerece credit management. Latest round: $3.1 million Series A. Total raised: $3.1