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Manufacturers Loosen Budgets To Make Tech Upgrades

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The COVID-19 pandemic may have brought manufacturing to a halt, but that hasn’t stopped these same companies from investing in software upgrades and technology initiatives to stay competitive. the New York water technology company, SPX Flow Inc. of Wisconsin, said they’ve maintained or accelerated investments in tech and research.

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Fiserv Adds Buy Now, Pay Later Option

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the Wisconsin-based FinTech, has joined the trend to offer a buy now, pay later ( BNPL ) option for purchases with interest-free installment payments. The Cambridge market research company also reported that more than 40 percent of online consumers who are aware of installment payments use that method to purchase goods. .

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Worried About Digital Fraud Now? Just Wait For The Implants.

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Consider the Wisconsin workers whose employer offered them the chance to embed chips to buy snacks, gain access to physical spaces and computers and other tasks. The payment and commerce opportunities of such technology is obvious, and the wearables market is helping to guide the way toward the potential (likely?)

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Young Consumers Love to “Buy Now, Pay Later” – Here’s What to Know About the Explosive Fintech Trend

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Pay in 4 is not currently available for residents of Missouri, New Mexico, North Dakota, South Dakota, Wisconsin, or any US Territories. Notable merchant partners include Best Buy, Home Depot, and Target. So, if there’s usually no interest being charged for BNPL purchases, how do these companies make any money?

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Tech Center: Montreal On Tech’s Radar

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PwC’s assurance, technology, media and telecom partner, Andrew Popliger, commented on Montreal’s technology growth in AI. The hope here is that the financial incentive will turn the area into a more attractive place for high-paying technology jobs and to help spur the area’s innovation.

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Batteries Plus Bulbs: Powering The Digital Shift – Literally

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Batteries Plus was founded in 1988 in Hartland, Wisconsin, where it is now headquartered. battery replacement market, the $22 billion U.S. light bulb replacement market and the $2.4 It added the “and Bulbs” to its name in 2013. It also repairs phones, tablets and laptops. billion smartphone repair industry.

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Formlabs Is Using 3D Printing To Make Coronavirus Medical Equipment

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Wisconsin Gov. It’s an impressive response, Jennifer Milne, product marketing lead at Formlabs , told PYMNTS, but there’s a critical problem. The thing in the world they most want to do is help, she said, and they have the technology and tools to do it — even at a small-batch scale.