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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

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The recent woes of Sears and other struggling retailers are seen as an opportunity for the online retail giant. For example, Whole Foods managers went to a site in Utah that used to be a Kmart. Sources told Yahoo! that the company is visiting sites of now defunct retail spaces.

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LendingClub’s Laplanche Starting New Online Lender

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LendingClub’s former CEO, Renaud Laplanche, who stepped down in May, sending shockwaves throughout the online lending industry, is gearing up to launch a new lender online called Upgrade. Upgrade said in the report that other investors include CreditEase, the Chinese lender, and Noah Holdings, an investment management company.

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Outdoorsy Makes Happy Campers Out Of RV Owners And Renters

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Where travelers and RV owners used to connect online via Craigslist, Outdoorsy now offers a professionally managed, full-service global platform with over 200,000 vehicles in over 4,800 cities and 14 countries. There's no Airbnb in Arches [National Park in Utah],” he said, noting that the average 8-day Outdoorsy RV rental was about 3.5

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Amazon To Build More Whole Foods Locations

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One person familiar with the plans told the Wall Street Journal that in the Rocky Mountain region Whole Foods employees have visited retail spaces in Idaho, the southern part of Utah and Wyoming, areas where Whole Foods doesn’t have a presence.

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Banks Fighting SoFi’s Banking Charter

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The action comes a week after the FDIC announced that digital lender SoFi had applied to the state of Utah for a special banking charter known as an ILC. Ten years ago Walmart to launch in Utah, where many ILCs are based, and was shut down.

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Why SoFi Has Changed Its Tune

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The Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday (July 12) that the online lender, commonly known as SoFi, with $10 billion in student loans and mortgages across its books, may be forced to don more traditional financial services garb as the online lending sector is buffeted about by negative headlines and looming regulations.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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As businesses and consumers become more comfortable using credit cards online, the proportion of US commerce that takes place online has steadily increased over the last 20 years. Specifically, the Collisons aimed to more seamlessly connect online businesses and payment processors, allowing more businesses to accept online payments.

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