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ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
ThredUP And The Resale Retail Revolution
April 14, 2017  |  Retail

Resale retail is a rapidly exploding business — particularly if one happens to be in the business of reselling clothes. According to thredUP’s most recent resale...

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SpotHero Acquires Parking Panda To Lead North American Parking Verticals
SpotHero Acquires Parking Panda To Lead North American Parking Verticals
April 14, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

SpotHero, the leading parking reservation service in the United States, announced that it has acquired Parking Panda, the leader in event parking reservations in the...

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Sienna Systems Adds Board Member To Advise Slonkit Unit
Sienna Systems Adds Board Member To Advise Slonkit Unit
April 14, 2017  |  Mobile Applications

Sienna Systems, the engineering company, announced Thursday (April 13) that Ninad Karpe, former MD and CEO of Aptech, has joined the board of Sienna Systems...

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Google Areo Focuses On Food, Home Services In India
Google Areo Focuses On Food, Home Services In India
April 14, 2017  |  Google

While Google Express provides home deliveries for groceries and other goods in the states, the company’s app, which launched in India, Google Areo, is more focused on food...

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Moneybox and Starling Bank Partner On Digital Investment
Moneybox and Starling Bank Partner On Digital Investment
April 14, 2017  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

U.K.-based, digital-only Starling Bank just recently announced a partnership with investment mobile app Moneybox. The partnership will provide Starling customers with access to Moneybox’s suite...

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With Debt Rising, US Hospitals Toy With Charging Patients Upfront
With Debt Rising, US Hospitals Toy With Charging Patients Upfront
April 14, 2017  |  Debt

U.S. hospitals, balking at paying the bill for millions of Americans who have high deductible plans under Obamacare, are toying with requiring patients to pay up...

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Amazon Opens Alexa Up To Other Hardware Developers
Amazon Opens Alexa Up To Other Hardware Developers
April 14, 2017  |  Mobile Commerce

Amazon’s suite of Echo products could end up at other hardware companies, with the eCommerce giant announcing it’s making its technology available to those that want...

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Experts Weigh In On Payment Rails — New And Old
Experts Weigh In On Payment Rails — New And Old
April 14, 2017  |  Payments Innovation

       Deck: Rails can be rickety, and rails can be gleamingly new, but in payments rails have to make sure the money gets to where...

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