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Tech Center: New York City Takes on Tech Full Force

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For years, New York City has been at the epicenter of United States’ culture with the fashion and entertainment industries leading the way. With the top modeling agencies, MTV and the home of American broadway plays, there’s no denying New York City is bustling with creativity. trillion (2012).

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Second Amazon Go Store Comes To NYC

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comes after the online retailer opened one of the concept locations in New York City in a mall, CNBC reported. Operating hours are between 6 a.m. New York really fits … what we’re looking for,” said Amazon Vice President of Physical Stores Cameron Janes. The store is said to also take cash for payment.

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Visa Uses NYC Mass Transit To Ignite Contactless Payments

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specifically, the use of such payments for mass transit in New York City. In an new PYMNTS discussion, Dan Sanford, Visa ’s global head of contactless payments, talked with Karen Webster about the May 31 launch of a contactless payments pilot involving the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) in New York City and Chase.

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Citigroup Ponders Suburban Satellite Offices 

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Inquiries have come from media companies, law offices and technology firms. Over the past several years, bigger corporates like Goldman Sachs and Deutsche Bank have moved some of their operations out of New York City to save money on overhead.

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Mobileye Expands Self-Driving Vehicle Tests To Detroit, Tokyo, Paris, Shanghai

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Mobileye President and CEO Amnon Shashua said he's also looking at testing in New York City if the company can get approved, per the report. In 2018, the company expanded to include robotaxi operations. That’s why we put our cars in the U.S. Now, it's working on autonomous vehicle tech for passenger cars.

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What’s Next For Real Estate In Amazon’s HQ2 Cities?

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13) on its new headquarters. The Seattle-based eCommerce operator and cloud computing provider decided to build in both Crystal City, an urban area in North Virginia near Washington, D.C., and in Long Island City, a neighborhood in Queens, New York City. In New York City, Amazon’s $1.2

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Mastercard Expands NYC Tech Hub

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Mastercard is planning to hire 470 people as the company expands its technology hub in New York City. According to news from Bloomberg , a company statement with New York Governor Andrew Cuomo announced that Mastercard will move to a new 212,000 square-foot location in Manhattan’s Flatiron District.

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