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Pandemic Partnership: Uber, Walgreens And PayPal Unite Over Vaccine Distribution

Pandemic Partnership: Uber, Walgreens And PayPal Unite Over Vaccine Distribution
Pandemic Partnership: Uber, Walgreens And PayPal Unite Over Vaccine Distribution
April 12, 2021  |  Coronavirus

Three heavy hitters in different verticals have announced a program aimed at increasing access to vaccines. On Monday (April 12), Walgreens, Uber and PayPal stated...

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Reopening 2021: Travel Industry Struggles To Get On The Road Again
Reopening 2021: Travel Industry Struggles To Get On The Road Again
April 12, 2021  |  Travel Payments

By the numbers, saying the travel industry had a terrible year is a massive understatement. In the wake of a global pandemic, the year was...

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Digital Pound Could Help UK Compete As Financial Hub
Digital Pound Could Help UK Compete As Financial Hub
April 12, 2021  |  Cryptocurrency

Central bank digital currencies (CBDCs), by and large, have been heralded as having utility across a variety of use cases — from speeding stimulus payments...

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Restaurants Seek In-House Alternatives To Third-Party Aggregators
Restaurants Seek In-House Alternatives To Third-Party Aggregators
April 12, 2021  |  Delivery

At this moment of flux across the country and around the world, businesses have a unique opportunity to play a key role in establishing what...

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Microsoft Acquisition Draws Attention To AI As Doctor’s Assistant
Microsoft Acquisition Draws Attention To AI As Doctor’s Assistant
April 12, 2021  |  Healthcare

While the thought of applying artificial intelligence (AI) in healthcare might bring to mind images of a robotic doctor’s office where scans, questionnaires and prescription...

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Domino’s Partners With Nuro To Launch Autonomous Delivery
Domino’s Partners With Nuro To Launch Autonomous Delivery
April 12, 2021  |  Delivery

Though many are beginning to return to restaurants, with newly vaccinated consumers eager to return to “normal” life and to create meaningful experiences in person,...

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For Alibaba, Antitrust Fine Means ‘Pay Up And Move On’ 
For Alibaba, Antitrust Fine Means ‘Pay Up And Move On’ 
April 12, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

For Alibaba, it may be a case of “pay up and move on.” The weekend brought a fine in the billions of dollars for the...

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Coinbase IPO Could Test Crypto’s Staying Power 
Coinbase IPO Could Test Crypto’s Staying Power 
April 12, 2021  |  IPO

The surging popularity of bitcoin (and other cryptocurrencies) has led to what might be thought of as the “enablers” for the crypto realm itself. Exchanges...

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Fed Chair Powell: Economy Is At An Inflection Point
Fed Chair Powell: Economy Is At An Inflection Point
April 11, 2021  |  Economy

In an interview with CBS, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell sees signs for optimism in the economy ahead — though only under some conditions. Get...

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