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Visa-Western Union Deal And Alexa’s Roommate Potential Top The Week’s News

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In a year that has been marked by mega mergers in the payments space (linking networks, technology and a continuum of products and services), several themes dominate: scale, digital, real-time and cross-border. A slew of regulators and investigators reportedly are looking into QuadrigaCX’s shuttering of operations earlier this year.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The announcement from the mobile network provider serves as the latest demonstration that 5G is coming, and that retailers and payment services providers should get ready to operate in the 5G world. As PYMNTS has reported , Verizon plans to bring its 5G technology to 30 U.S. cities by the end of 2019. 5G Potential.

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The Year Of The Self-Driving Delivery Pilot

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To bring these innovations to fruition, technology companies and retailers decided to join forces. Ford and Postmates kicked off 2018 by announcing a new partnership that would allow the automaker to test its self-driving technology for deliveries. Autonomous Driving Startups.

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Are Postmates Sidewalk Robots Just The Tip Of The Self-Delivery Frontier?

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The grocer, along with Nuro, had been using a fleet of Prius cars with operators. Our autonomous delivery pilot with Nuro over the past few months continues to prove the benefit of the flexible and reliable technology.”. It was reported at the time that the vehicles would be deployed in a yet-to-be-named city.

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Schmidlap Bank, A Division of Community Bank

Jeff For Banks

All America Bank is a traditional community bank located near Oklahoma City, and has been around since the 1960's. It's strategy, however, is to build brands that resonate closer to the communities where they operate. But they operate as Bank of the Finger Lakes, or Bank of Cooperstown, divisions of USNY.

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Majority Of Consumers Want Digital Coupons, Rewards From Grocers

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Beyond Hannaford, software provider Shopkick provides the technology for consumers to earn rewards while grocery shopping. Walmart, for example, has been testing a 24/7 pickup service at a supercenter in Oklahoma City. Thirty-four percent of consumers rate in-store pickup as an important omnireadiness feature for grocers. .

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

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Whether it’s products and services, technology strategies or employee benefits, independent community banks decide on their own terms what’s best for their business and their customers. Oklahoma City. Dempster says his bank does have the technology to handle mortgage transactions virtually, and some customers prefer that.