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West Virginia University On Transitioning New Student Onboarding To An Online Future

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Faculty and staff members are attempting to control COVID-19’s spread to keep everyone safe and maintain smooth operations while also managing higher online portal volumes and other troubles related to education environments’ new realities. We had to transition all of that new student orientation programming online.”.

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USDA?s SNAP Benefits Can Used In 25 States, DC To Buy Groceries From Amazon

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As of this week, customers with SNAP in the states of Colorado, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, New Jersey, New Mexico, Vermont, Virginia, West Virginia, and Wisconsin can now use their cards to buy groceries from the website’s services and have them delivered to the customers’ doors.

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Credit Karma Now Offers A High-Yield Savings Account

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Credit Karma , a company that enables people to gain access to their credit scores, is launching a high-yield savings account that customers can use through an app and online. Credit Karma is partnering with West Virginia-based MVB Bank on the venture. Credit Karma said it is using technology to give people the best APYs.

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Gyms Continue To Struggle With Rocky Reopenings

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Gyms are already experiencing a rocky reopening, with reports of potential coronavirus infections at a West Virginia Planet Fitness location emerging earlier this week. Now that many consumers have to make appointments to go to the gym or use a specific piece of equipment amid the pandemic, will they want to visit fitness clubs again?

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Lease-To-Own Services Make A Comeback With Overstock.com

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Also in January, Progressive Leasing and Marqeta , announced a technology partnership that aimed to enhance the checkout process for leasing customers. In May , Sears Holdings announced that it had expanded its leasing program to allow customers to finance a variety of products, both in-store and online.

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Enabling Digital Commerce At Sporting Venues With Mobile Ticketing

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buttressed by the adoption of EMV technology, is now leaving behind its status as the global outlier where contactless is concerned. Mobile betting, however, is only allowed in five: New Jersey, West Virginia, Nevada, Pennsylvania and Iowa. Approximately 80 percent of gamblers are now betting online. Several U.S.-based

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OppFi files complaint to block “true lender” challenge by California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation

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The complaint recites that prior to 2019, the Bank entered into a contractual arrangement with OppFi (Program) pursuant to which the Bank uses OppFi’s technology platform to make small-dollar loans to consumers throughout the United States (Program Loans). Maryland, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, and Colorado.