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Using Debit Cards To Bridge The Stimulus Accessibility Gap

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The offering is especially useful for clients delivering FI-branded debit cards to their freelancers, enabling these firms to disburse payments onto the cards via automated clearing house (ACH) or instant payment rails and thus ensure rapid payouts.

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Mastercard And BJ’s To Offer A ‘Priceless’ Boston Experience

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2) that they are running a contest to reward shoppers who pay with Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards at BJ’s locations in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. It’s a pleasure to have the opportunity to work together to engage our members with unique opportunities beyond our co-brand partnership.”.

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The Journey Of The Stroopwafel To Starbucks’ Shelves

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But he didn’t know what exactly he wanted to go into business doing, until a bit of chance snacking put him on the path to his innovation “ah-ha moment.”. The brand stayed on campus for two years building its market and establishing its name.

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First And Ten: Disrupting The School Sports Uniform Process With Customization

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Even school sports uniforms have been dragged into the digital age, courtesy of a Rhode Island DTC company called SquadLocker. The company took an innovative business model and serious sales momentum into the start of the year, pivoted for the pandemic and took $20 million in funding off the table.

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23 VC-Backed Brick & Mortar Startups Changing The Face Of Main Street

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MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. Follain — Gaelic for “healthy, wholesome, and sound” — features a curated portfolio of skincare, hair care, and cosmetics products from over 40 US brands. Select VC Investors: Breakaway Innovation Group.

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How Big Tech Is Finally Tackling Cybersecurity

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And because it’s so valuable — and not well understood — the scope of exactly what the big tech brands have been collecting is only recently being recognized by the general public. Amazon hasn’t had nearly the problems with data breaches that have hit some of the other big tech brands.

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Libra’s Long Week In Washington 

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Representatives on the House Financial Services Committee had a few encouraging words for Marcus in terms of the wonder of innovation — and a lot of questions as to whether Facebook should really be going into the currency innovation business. But his follow-up indicated that he was more pro-innovation than specifically pro-Facebook.