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Digital Exercise Brands Get Pumped Up As In-Person Fitness Loses Muscle

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million, an increase of 28 percent since 2010,” according to The International Health, Racquet & Sportsclub Association (IHRSA). Major brands like Apple and Peloton have the resources to provide unique fitness experiences featuring instructors that achieve celebrity status. In 2019, U.S. billion visits for the year.”.

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Branches more important than apps?

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Since 2010, 19 new retail and commercial banking licenses have been issued, with at least eight more pending as at January 2017. The regulator has tried to encourage more competition in the sector by implying the process to launch a new bank, a challenger bank. We’re happy being customers’ second bank.

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UK’s Metro Bank To Buy P2P Lender RateSetter For At Least $3.27M

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Metro Bank will operate RateSetter as an independent entity and make loans under both its and Metro Bank brands. RateSetter, founded in 2010, said it is “the U.K.’s Those are: £500,000 will be paid one year after the deal closes and £9 million after three years, if RateSetter, also based in London, meets the criteria.

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CoverHound Raises $58M For Expansion Of Insurance Platform

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CoverHound, the online property and casualty insurance platform operator, announced Tuesday (Feb. Since its launch in the early part of 2010, CoverHound has raised more than $122 million. The future of digital insurance distribution will continually shift to more non-traditional insurance brands.

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Amazon Starts Selling Sustainable Diapers

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Amazon has launched a diaper brand called Earth + Eden , a premium brand that reportedly will compete with similar products from the likes of The Honest Company. Amazons said Earth + Eden is an “exclusive” brand for the eCommerce operator — and not a private brand from Amazon. each (size 1) to $0.51

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Creative Group FinTech Lands $25M To Expand Into 30 Countries

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Founded in 2010, Creative Group enables customers to digitally buy or send prepaid credit to spend with their favorite brands, as well as to send cross-border credit remittances. We are an official digital distributor for some of the world’s most powerful brands,” said Günther Vogelpoel, CEO of Creative Group. “We

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Decoupled Debit — Again?

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Capital One made the headlines then – a genius move, many called it at that time, for an issuer that lacked demand in deposit accounts and had no other way to provide a debit-like offering that would make their brand sticky to consumers. Just like 2010, with the launch of ISIS, aka Softcard , and its merchant-friendly mobile payments scheme.

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