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Portland Rolls Out Pilot With Sidewalk Labs

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Aiming to gain insight into how people commute through the city, Portland has rolled out a pilot project to replicate data on their movements. We’ll be looking to Replica to explore a number of questions about major issues in our region like equity, safety and congestion,” said Eliot Rose, technology strategist at Portland’s Metro.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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The capital Radar raised will be spent on technology, sales and marketing. In the largest deal of the week, United Bankshares said it would buy Cardinal Financial for $912 million, in a transaction that would bring United into the forefront of big banks in the Washington DC region, with scale gleaned from Cardinal’s 30 branches and $4.2

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Mastercard Enables Contactless Payments At TriMet

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Commuters in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington can now add a digital Hop Fastpass card to their iPhone or Apple Watch, thanks to an alliance between Mastercard and Apple. According to Mastercard, since TriMet did that, Portland has been able to eliminate 210,000 daily car trips and saved more than $150 million in congestion expenses.

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U.K. Bank Joins Umpqua in Innovation Venture

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Umpqua Holdings in Portland, Ore., has found a bank partner to join in its bid to bring new banking technologies to market.

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Passport Raises $8 Million in Series B

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“Our enterprise platform is striking a chord with the market as they look to bring technology into their operations and drive efficiency.” Passport’s technology is being used in major metropolitan areas in North America such as Chicago, Toronto, Portland, and Salt Lake City. ” Youakim said.

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The Best Checking Accounts in California of 2021

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Umpqua Bank is a regional bank headquartered in Portland, Oregon. For example, most local and regional banks will have smaller ATM networks than large, national banks. Do you excel at dealing with new technology? Umpqua Bank. Its Embark Checking account offers a fee-free checking experience with a few perks.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet.

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