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Giant Food Adds EBT SNAP Payment Option To Online Orders
Giant Food Adds EBT SNAP Payment Option To Online Orders
July 15, 2021  |  Merchant Innovation

Giant Food will now accept EBT card payments for pickup and delivery orders placed online, the mid-Atlantic grocery chain announced today (July 15). Get the...

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Stoke Expands Payroll Tools To SMBs With Global Workforces
Stoke Expands Payroll Tools To SMBs With Global Workforces
July 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Freelance management system Stoke announced in a press release Thursday (July 15) that it has extended its global payroll and compliance solution to international employees....

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Today In B2B Payments: Coast Drives Fleet Card Innovation; CAARY Integrates SMB Insurance
Today In B2B Payments: Coast Drives Fleet Card Innovation; CAARY Integrates SMB Insurance
July 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, Coast talks fleet card innovation, and CAARY embeds small business insurance from APOLLO. Plus, Züm Rails discusses mixing payment rails for...

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Grocery Roundup: SpartanNash Gets Into Micro-Fulfillment, Sprouts Gets Into Contextual Commerce
Grocery Roundup: SpartanNash Gets Into Micro-Fulfillment, Sprouts Gets Into Contextual Commerce
July 15, 2021  |  Retail

With grocery eCommerce here to stay, major grocers are adapting to find more profitable ways to fulfill online orders. SpartanNash, the Michigan-Based grocery retailer and...

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Lender Risk Draws Greater Scrutiny As Auto Sales And Borrowing Surge
Lender Risk Draws Greater Scrutiny As Auto Sales And Borrowing Surge
July 15, 2021  |  Loans

Auto sales are on the rise — and with those gains, it stands to reason that lending to help finance those purchases would also be...

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United Community Banks Merges With Reliant Bancorp In $517M Deal
United Community Banks Merges With Reliant Bancorp In $517M Deal
July 15, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

United Community Banks and Reliant Bancorp are merging in an estimated $517 million all-stock transaction, according to a Thursday (July 15) press release. The deal...

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Chase, Tock Join Forces To Help Recovering Restaurants
Chase, Tock Join Forces To Help Recovering Restaurants
July 15, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Chase is partnering with the hospitality industry service platform Tock in an effort aimed at helping Chase restaurant and hospitality customers recover from the pandemic,...

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Healthcare Startups Have Raised $15B In VC Funding This Year
Healthcare Startups Have Raised $15B In VC Funding This Year
July 15, 2021  |  Investments

]Startups in the digital healthcare space are benefiting from increased venture capital funding to the tune of $14.7 billion in the first half of this...

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The Child Tax Credit Is Rolling Out: How It Will Be Spent, What’s Next
The Child Tax Credit Is Rolling Out: How It Will Be Spent, What’s Next
July 15, 2021  |  Economy

Retailers and restaurants may be in for another consumer spending windfall as 39 million American families will find their bank accounts flush with a couple of hundred...

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