Digital Banking Service One Combines Accounts
Digital Banking Service One Combines Accounts
March 17, 2020  |  Banking

One, a new digital banking service in the U.S., is launching with a focus on helping middle class Americans with their finances in a new...

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Coronavirus Triggers Furloughs At Marriotts Worldwide
Coronavirus Triggers Furloughs At Marriotts Worldwide
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Worldwide furloughs are happening at Marriott International in response to the coronavirus pandemic and the resulting collapse of travel and tourism, according to reports on...

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Nordstrom, L Brands Temporarily Shutter Brick-And-Mortar Locations
Nordstrom, L Brands Temporarily Shutter Brick-And-Mortar Locations
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

Nordstrom Inc. is shuttering its brick-and-mortar retail locations for two weeks in the United States and Canada, with the inclusion of Nordstrom Rack stores, to...

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Grab And IMDA Team Up On Singapore Business Accelerator
Grab And IMDA Team Up On Singapore Business Accelerator
March 17, 2020  |  International

Grab, a Southeast Asian app, and the Infocomm Media Development Authority (IMDA) have teamed up to run an accelerator meant to jumpstart Singapore startups and...

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Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
Afterpay Fined By CA Regulator For Unlicensed Loans
March 17, 2020  |  Buy Now Pay Later

Australian startup Afterpay is settling with the California Department of Business Oversight (DBO) over allegations that the buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm was offering...

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Big Firms Draw Down Billion Dollar Credit Lines
Big Firms Draw Down Billion Dollar Credit Lines
March 17, 2020  |  Economy

In the world of credit, in the scramble to shore up at least some financial stability by filling corporate coffers for the deluge of rainy...

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Apple/Disney: Is Apple About To Make The Happiest Acquisition On Earth?
Apple/Disney: Is Apple About To Make The Happiest Acquisition On Earth?
March 17, 2020  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

The latest rumors about Apple buying Walt Disney Co. aren’t new – they go back to Disney’s 2006 acquisition of Pixar. That made late Pixar...

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What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
What Sticks? Scoping Retail Behaviors In The Time Of Contagion
March 17, 2020  |  Retail

The partial shutdown of the U.S. retail economy is unprecedented. Terror attacks on 9/11 happened well before the internet was a factor, and are therefore...

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Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
Facebook Funds $100M In Grants For SMBs Hurt By Coronavirus
March 17, 2020  |  Coronavirus

Facebook wants to help small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) survive the coronavirus pandemic, and is offering $100 million in grants to 30,000 companies in over...

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