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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Bank of the West recently added 143 ATMs across the Denver and Sacramento metro areas through an agreement with ATM operator Cardtronics. One target? Millennials, actually.

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JUNE 29, 2020

revved a little higher Monday (June 29) as online car sales platform Shift announced it will go public in the third quarter via a complicated reverse merger arrangement. A spokesperson for Shift indicated that the company expects the move will make online auto sales a three-horse race between Shift, Vroom and Carvana.

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MARCH 6, 2020

Real-time payments are imperative for running successful operations in today’s global ecosystem. The system will come fully online in the city by 2021, according to the MTA. To find out more on these and other stories, visit the Tracker’s News And Trends.

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OCTOBER 21, 2019

Spanish lender Santander is planning to launch an online deposit platform in the U.S., The bank only operates physical branches in nine states, which limits its ability to attract deposits. investments, Santander aims to establish a new online portal with better money market rates than Wall Street banks, Powell said. billion (1.5

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

We’ve been investing in our online grocery business by quickly expanding our Grocery Pickup and Delivery services. Delivery Unlimited is the next step in that journey,” Tom Ward, senior vice president, digital operations, Walmart U.S., said in the announcement. “By

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JANUARY 28, 2020

Russia’s biggest technology firm, Yandex NV, launched an online service that uses bike couriers to bring groceries to Moscow residents in 15 minutes, Bloomberg reported on Tuesday (Jan. The free service, called Lavka, stocks roughly 2,000 items and plans to operate as a digital convenience market for items like toothpaste and condoms.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

14) that German retailer Metro AG is looking to offload its Real hypermarkets via sale, and the firm, said Reuters , “remains confident” of a transaction. Metro has said it wants to train its sights on its wholesale business. Metro said it has had interest from a number of parties, Reuters reported Friday.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Earlier this month, Reuters reported that the company was interested in acquiring a stake in the Chinese wholesale operations of Metro AG , the German operator of cash and carry stores. Metro has 95 stores in China, as well as retail operations in Beijing and Shanghai.

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FEBRUARY 21, 2020

Even with a great customer journey – with smooth onboarding, a well-merchandised online shopping experience and a seamless checkout process – none of it really matters if the consumer can’t actually get the goods they want into their hands. Last-mile delivery is like satisfaction Death Valley,” said Bond co-founder and CEO Asaf Hachmon.

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APRIL 10, 2019

metros, with plans to expand further this year. Prime Now delivery and pickup continues to be a hit with our customers, and we’re excited to introduce the service to even more Prime members across the country,” said Christina Minardi, Whole Foods Market executive vice president of operations, in the press release. Sources told Yahoo!

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward said in a blog post , “Through it, w e aim to learn more about how we can take advantage of self-driving vehicles to deliver fresh groceries – hand-picked by our personal shoppers – to customers.”. households. Walmart U.S.

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JANUARY 18, 2019

Walmart has announced it is adding four delivery companies to its team to help expand its online grocery delivery option. Delivery companies Point Pickup , Skipcart , AxleHire and Roadie will make deliveries in metro areas across four states, with further expansion planned in the coming weeks. said in a press release.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

Smart cities powered by 5G networks have long been forecast as coming soon to major metros all over the world. He said the regulatory environment has significantly changed, with an opening up of the citizen’s band radio spectrum (CBRS) for private LTE, along with a hierarchy of different licenses for operating within it. Aaron said.

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JUNE 12, 2019

To learn more about how these incubation efforts work and the benefits they can bring, PYMNTS recently caught up with Chris Ostoich, co-founder of LISNR, a company taking part in the METRO Target Retail Accelerator , certified by Techstars. Customer Journey.

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APRIL 3, 2019

In a blog post , Walmart Senior Vice President of Digital Operations Tom Ward noted, “We know when using voice technology, customers like to add items to their cart one at a time over a few days – not complete their shopping for the week all at once. households.”.

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Accenture

SEPTEMBER 22, 2019

In my frequent conversations with clients across the UK and Irish banking industry, one of today’s hottest topics is the rise of the challenger banks such as CYBG, Metro and AIB UK, and particularly the neo-challenger banks providing digital-only services, like Monzo, Atom and Starling. Why the intense interest in the neo-challengers?

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JULY 28, 2016

Shipt , the online grocery ordering and delivery service, has announced that it has secured $20.1 million in Series A funding that the company plans to use to expand into new markets and further compete with well-heeled online food delivery giants, like Amazon, Google and Instacart.

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APRIL 9, 2020

And even for those who are still within ordering proximity of dining establishments from their homes, it seems they aren’t doing nearly as much online ordering as was initially hoped. Good news: According to CNN , in bustling metros, Michelin- starred restaurants are wading into the world of takeout and delivery in all kinds of ways.

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OCTOBER 4, 2019

Online retailers are expanding their brick-and-mortar footprints – and using feedback from eCommerce customers to inform the selections in their new stores. There are also digital price tags for every item, and Prime members can pay the discounted online price for their selections at the store.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

A convenient and seamless ordering experience from online and mobile channels is essential for restaurant customers. Pizza chain Domino’s , for example, is planning to test self-driving vehicle technology in one major metro region.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

continues to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations – same-day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said – as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. To get an online store running on Alibaba will reportedly cost U.S.

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MARCH 12, 2019

Alternative lenders position themselves as faster, technologically-savvy options for small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) that seek capital, while many of the FinServ providers in the running for RBS funds operate as digital-first companies ready to meet small firms’ need for automation, online platforms and cutting-edge banking services.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

According to Amazon, the COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive move to online grocery shopping, home delivery and curbside pickup. Previously, the eCommerce giant was offering the pickup service at only some of the 487 Whole Foods stores across the country. It is expected that many will continue this way of shopping beyond the pandemic.

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AUGUST 28, 2019

continue to grow its eCommerce and grocery operations — same day grocery delivery is now available to most of the store’s members, the company recently said — as the merchant continues to bask in the glow of besting Amazon in an important customer satisfaction index. To get an online store running on Alibaba reportedly will cost U.S.

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JUNE 7, 2017

David is taking on Goliath as Shipt, an online grocery delivery startup based in Birmingham, Ala., The Alabama startup eliminates grocery store trips for 20 million families in 47 metro areas. goes up against San Francisco’s grocery delivery champion Instacart, as well as AmazonFresh and Google Express, to become the U.S.’

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MAY 11, 2020

Data compiled by Bloomberg show that in Beijing, Shanghai and Guangzhou, morning traffic is at levels higher than what was seen in 2019, and volume on various metro systems is down as much as 53 percent, as measured in Beijing and elsewhere. Vroom has stakes in car dealerships, as well as in the wholesale market and online.

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JANUARY 27, 2020

Metro Bank is hoping a new feature that allows employees to take and instantly upload photos of such receipts will help fix that. The Latest Workforce Spend Headlines. Many workers still track their spending by collecting physical receipts, a time-consuming and often frustrating process.

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JULY 25, 2017

Rolling out mobile order-ahead can involve big operational changes, and the road to innovation — or convenience, as it were — isn’t always clearly marked. Of course, smaller merchants are looking to get in on the action, but can they re-think their operations to accommodate new consumer demands? That figure tripled in 2016 to 180,000.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2018

New York City seems like a natural fit for the company’s second permanent store, as goop Chief Revenue Officer Kim Kreuzberger told Glossy that 12 percent of the company’s online sales come from the New York metro area (more than San Francisco and Los Angeles). to pick up online purchases via curbside services.

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MAY 11, 2018

Online brands continue their march into the offline world as Shopify and Warby Parker announce plans to open brick-and-mortar locations in the coming months. For Shopify, a Canadian eCommerce platform that helps artisans and other small merchants do business online, this will mark its first foray from the virtual world into the real one.

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APRIL 12, 2016

I don’t see the new policy as a problem,” Tao Yuan, eCommerce director of Germany-based Metro AG’s China division told Internet Retailer. Instead, it will wipe out those companies that were only seeking a policy loophole and operating in a gray zone.”. For example, for some beauty products the new total import tax rate is 32.9

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AUGUST 9, 2017

expansion, the market stateside in bike-sharing is still largely dominated by dock-based solutions — from metro Boston’s Hubway service to Los Angeles’ Metro Bike Share. The city pays nothing — in fact, in some cases Spin pays them a fee to operate. And while both Ofo and Mobike are eyeing U.S.

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DECEMBER 9, 2016

Still, the investment isn’t much of a surprise, considering Deloitte and SETL partnered last month to develop a contactless payment card for Metro Bank using SETL’s distributed ledger platform. B2B eCommerce. The Asia-Pacific region scored again with Tjaara’s funding worth $1.2 million , announced Thursday (Dec.

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APRIL 12, 2019

Robotics and automation were areas of focus for both retailers this week as they seek to upgrade their operations in an effort to capture more consumer spend. With the additions, Prime delivery is now online in 75 U.S. metros with more set to be added by Amazon by year’s end. told Adweek. It could be bigger.”.

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AUGUST 9, 2017

Operating expenses increased 30 percent. In major metro areas, small package delivery is down to two days and large package deliver clocks in at 14 days. “We Of all orders placed during the quarter, encouragingly, 61 percent came from previous customers.

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JUNE 14, 2017

As Judge explained, Mastercard had determined that there was enough time, in lanes where there were 30 or fewer people (but always the potential looms for overcrowding), that there would be enough time for authentication via cryptogram but no real time to perform online authorization.

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AUGUST 30, 2019

Sure, there are many online methods that can offer referrals to various technicians who can fix all the problems that come with homeownership. But as Schaedler told Webster, Homee is different because it is the platform that dispatches a qualified, available technician to fix the problem, and then pays them once the job is done.

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