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Burger King’s Impossible Burger Test Brings In Traffic

PYMNTS

Following the pilot-test rollout of a Whopper made with the vegetarian-friendly Impossible Burger, locations in Burger King ’s St. Louis test market reportedly exceeded the restaurant’s foot traffic national average by 18.5 percent in April. We believe in self-reliance,” Lee said.

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How Relationship Lending & A Transaction-Oriented Focus Can Win More Business Loans

Abrigo

Among those with eased terms, 31% reported they had narrowed spreads of small business loan rates over the cost of funds, and 43% reported having narrowed spreads for large and middle-market loans. In a blog series, “ Adapting to the Digital Age ,” researchers from CSBS, the St. It appears to be helping.”

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Is commercial lending on the rise?

Independent Banker

Some banks are stepping up their efforts to take market share from competitors, as well as adding or expanding certain types of loans or specialty lending niches. What’s driving that for us is the growth of some of our specialty lending businesses,” says Dave Seiler, chief operating officer of First Business Financial Services, Inc.,

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Retail Pulse: Microsoft To Open London Flagship; Walmart Hires Tech Exec

PYMNTS

Burger King locations in a St. Louis test market reportedly saw foot traffic that exceeded the national average by 18.5 Kumar served as a corporate vice president of cloud infrastructure and operations at Microsoft; he also worked at Amazon for 15 years in various senior positions. In Other Brick-and-Mortar News .

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Fed’s Sapenaro On How To Forge Ahead With Payments Innovation

PYMNTS

With initiatives like the Faster Payments Task Force and the Secure Payments Task Force, the Fed is pushing for innovation and progress in the nation’s payments infrastructure and market. This month the Federal Reserve named Dave Sapenaro , its current first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Panera Gives Its Customers A Verbal Order-Ahead Assist

PYMNTS

Earlier this month, the St. Louis, Missouri-based company partnered with Google to allow customers to place orders using simple phrases like, “OK Google, ask Panera for delivery,” or “OK Google, talk to Panera.”. Panera Bread, which operates 2,024 locations in the U.S. Life in the fast lane.

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