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Amazon Expands Palm Biometrics In SeattleĀ 

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Three more Amazon Go stores in Seattle are being equipped with Amazon One palm-reading biometric identification scanners, Geekwire reported on Monday (Feb. The eCommerce giant is adding the palm scanning equipment to two more Seattle stores, bringing the total to eight.

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Retailers Increasingly Turn To AI For Security And Efficiency

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Artificial intelligence (AI) is moving from cool concept toward everyday consumer reality, and signs of that innovation are increasingly appearing in the retail space. Take the issue of retail security as one example. Retail Trust and AI. Based in Seattle and two years old, Xnor develops low-power edge-based AI.

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Customers donā€™t need a Social Security number for new Remitly bank account

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Seattle-based remittance startup Remitly is expanding beyond money transfers to a full suite of banking products for new arrivals to the U.S. The company this week launched Passbook, a bank account for immigrants that relies on foreign identity documents to help customers open accounts.

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AT&T Plans Concept Store In Seattle With Cafe

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To provide a new shopping experience for wireless products, AT&T is opening a new 3,000-square-foot concept store in Seattle. 29), is intended to be ā€œpart retail store, part coffeehouse and part hangout space,ā€ the company said in an announcement. The store, which is scheduled to open on Saturday (Sept.

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Amazon One Lets Consumers Pay With Their Hand

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For now, the feature will only be available at two Amazon Go stores in Seattle, at 7th Avenue and Blanchard Street and its store in South Lake Union at 300 Boren Avenue North. But there are plans to expand it across Seattle, New York, Chicago and San Francisco, the company said.

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Disrupting The Security Deposit With Insurance

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On average apartment rent rates have gone up about 36 percent in the last decade according to retail data firm Yardi Matrix , and in particularly desirable marketplaces like Denver, Austin and Seattle rents have gone up by more than 70 percent. The average security deposit in the U.S.

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Unattended Retail, Mobile Kiosk-Style

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With the opening of Amazon Go in Seattle in January , Amazon arguably popularized the cashierless store concept. Since then, the eCommerce retailer has brought the store to other locations in the city and Chicago as well as one location on the way in Lower Manhattan. He also said the technology could be deployed in office spaces.

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