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Anthem Launches Mobile Healthcare Payments

Anthem Launches Mobile Healthcare Payments
Anthem Launches Mobile Healthcare Payments
July 22, 2019  |  Healthcare

A payment app being launched by health insurer Anthem Inc. will allow consumers use their smartphones to schedule and pay for medical visits, get diagnoses...

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Sennder Raises $70M For Digital Freight Tech
Sennder Raises $70M For Digital Freight Tech
July 22, 2019  |  Investments

The Berlin-based startup Sennder, which connects commercial shippers and smaller freight carriers, announced a significant round of funding to take on the logistics market with...

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Visa Q2 Earnings: X-Border, Digital Payment Growth Expected
Visa Q2 Earnings: X-Border, Digital Payment Growth Expected
July 22, 2019  |  Earnings

Visa will release its quarterly earnings on Tuesday (July 23) after the market closes, and experts expect to see growth in payments volume and processed...

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Microsoft Backs Musk’s AI Firm With $1B Funding
Microsoft Backs Musk’s AI Firm With $1B Funding
July 22, 2019  |  Artificial Intelligence

Microsoft and Elon Musk’s OpenAI company are teaming up to improve the way artificial intelligence (AI) works and use it to solve real-world problems, according...

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Pet Retail And CBD Combine Innovative Forces
Pet Retail And CBD Combine Innovative Forces
July 22, 2019  |  Retail

Retail trends and innovation can come from unlikely places, and that seems to be the case now when it comes to pets and CBD, two...

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Bringing The Bidet Into the Mainstream
Bringing The Bidet Into the Mainstream
July 22, 2019  |  Retail

While it often slips past unnoticed, toilet paper can actually be something of an environmental catastrophe. The major mass-market producers – Procter & Gamble (Charmin),...

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For Gig Workers, Advances In Pay Advances
For Gig Workers, Advances In Pay Advances
July 22, 2019  |  Today In Data

Getting paid in advance for work to be completed later is gaining traction in the gig economy. As found in the Pay Advances Report, the trend...

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Survey: 58 Pct Of Gen Z Shoppers Have Used BOPIS
Survey: 58 Pct Of Gen Z Shoppers Have Used BOPIS
July 22, 2019  |  Retail

In a survey released by automated parcel locker provider Package Concierge, 58 percent of Generation Z shoppers were said to have used buy online, pick...

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Airbnb Debuts Work Travel Search Tools
Airbnb Debuts Work Travel Search Tools
July 22, 2019  |  Retail

While Airbnb currently offers thousands of listings geared toward business travelers, the online hospitality platform is now making those easier to find through new search...

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