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Airport Shop To Add Amazon’s Just Walk Out Tech At Newark, LaGuardia

Airport Shop To Add Amazon’s Just Walk Out Tech At Newark, LaGuardia
Airport Shop To Add Amazon’s Just Walk Out Tech At Newark, LaGuardia
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

A Newark Airport store will start using Amazon’s Just Walk Out cashierless technology on March 16, just days after the company announced it was licensing the...

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Today In Payments: Coronavirus To Trigger $820B In Corporate Travel Losses; Uber To Sideline Riders, Drivers With Coronavirus
Today In Payments: Coronavirus To Trigger $820B In Corporate Travel Losses; Uber To Sideline Riders,...
March 11, 2020  |  News

In today’s top news, the travel industry stands to lose $820 billion due to coronavirus fears, Uber may sideline riders and drivers who have the...

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Congress Blasts Former Wells Fargo Bosses Over Resignations
Congress Blasts Former Wells Fargo Bosses Over Resignations
March 11, 2020  |  Bank Regulation

The recent resignations of Wells Fargo board Chairman Elizabeth Duke and board member James Quigley drew criticism by Congress during the first hearing on Capitol...

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SMB FinTech SpotOn Raises $50M In Series B Round
SMB FinTech SpotOn Raises $50M In Series B Round
March 11, 2020  |  Investments

SpotOn, a point-of-sale payment solution company for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), has raised $50 million in a Series B funding round, according to a...

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‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation
‘Rent-a-Bank’ Lending Practices Trigger Calls For Regulation
March 11, 2020  |  Loans

Consumer advocates are pushing federal banking regulators to do something about rent-a-banks with notoriously sky-high loan rates that prey on people with bad credit, the...

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AML Probe Into Swedbank Turns Up $4.8M In Possible Violations
AML Probe Into Swedbank Turns Up $4.8M In Possible Violations
March 11, 2020  |  Security & Fraud

The Swedbank anti-money laundering (AML) probe by the law firm Clifford Chance has uncovered 586 transactions totaling roughly $4.8 million in possible U.S. sanction violations,...

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US Readies Economic Stimulus To Woo Consumer Spending Out Of Hiding
US Readies Economic Stimulus To Woo Consumer Spending Out Of Hiding
March 11, 2020  |  Economy

It’s almost impossible to look away from the screens of red (sometimes, though, they’re green for an instant) that dominate stock markets. Get the Full...

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Mixed Bag For 2019 Retail IPO Stars
Mixed Bag For 2019 Retail IPO Stars
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

The volatile, COVID-driven stock market has had a mixed effect on the retail IPO class of 2019. The big three initial public offerings — The...

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Knight Dragon Turns To Rental Units Amid Sluggish London Market
Knight Dragon Turns To Rental Units Amid Sluggish London Market
March 11, 2020  |  Retail

Amid London’s sluggish home sales market, billionaire Henry Cheng Kar-Shun’s firm intends to create its inaugural rental homes at an East London development. Knight Dragon...

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