Bank Innovation

JULY 24, 2019

Umpqua Bank, the Portland, Ore.-based based regional bank with $28 billion in assets, is growing its human-digital strategy through its Go-To app. Through the mobile digital platform, the bank is putting customers directly in touch with a personal banker who customers can text.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 24, 2019

Umpqua Bank, the Portland, Ore.-based based regional bank with $28 billion in assets, is growing its human-digital strategy through its Go-To app. Through the mobile digital platform, the bank is putting customers directly in touch with a personal banker who customers can text.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 10, 2018

O’Haver has been CEO of Portland, Ore.-based Cort O’Haver, CEO of Umpqua Bank, will join the fireside chat at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019. The event will take place March 11-12 at Seattle’s Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel. You can join the event by registering here.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 14, 2019

Access to the Go-To platform is free for the Portland, Ore.-based Umpqua Bank’s Go-To human-digital live support platform is moving to a 24/7 service, Cort O'Haver, President and CEO of Umpqua Holdings Corporation, announced at Bank Innovation Ignite 2019 in Seattle on Tuesday. He said the decision had been made just that morning.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields outside of the major cities that dominate most tech job searches. The test project was introduced Monday (Jan. 27) by a host of officials including Gov.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 1, 2016

Just last year, the Portland, Oregon-based corporation performed the rare feat of upgrading its core Read More. Pivotus Ventures, a new venture capital firm launched by Umpqua Holdings Corporation, believes that drastic action is needed to keep banks relevant in the coming years. If any FIs can do it, Umpqua is certainly among them.

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PYMNTS

MAY 21, 2019

Commuters in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington can now add a digital Hop Fastpass card to their iPhone or Apple Watch, thanks to an alliance between Mastercard and Apple. According to Mastercard, since TriMet did that, Portland has been able to eliminate 210,000 daily car trips and saved more than $150 million in congestion expenses.

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Payments Source

MARCH 9, 2017

TriMet, the regional transportation system based in Portland, Ore., recently began a test of a reloadable fare system and later this year it will add Near Field Communication-based payments via bank cards and smartphones to its pilot.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 9, 2020

Paul, Nashville, New Jersey, the New York City suburbs, Raleigh-Durham, Richmond, Portland, Salt Lake City, Seattle, St. Louis, Tucson and Upstate New York. This is the moment of truth for eCommerce delivery and fulfillment as the pandemic continues to fuel heightened demand for online shopping and delivery amid the busy holiday season.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2020

Aquilina previously spent almost eight years working in commercial card products at Mastercard prior to joining the Portland, Maine-based WEX. He will focus on developing cloud-based solutions for corporate payments across sectors including travel and healthcare. He also previously worked at U.S.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2016

The first opening will take place in Frisco, Texas next March, followed by Indianapolis, Indiana; Lexington, Kentucky; Schaumburg, Illinois; Boulder, Colorado; and Portland, Oregon in the second quarter of 2017.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2016

Well, according to Cofounder and CEO Eric Breon, scaling was a matter of necessity when Vacasa first started out because rental homes were illegal in the company’s home turf of Portland, Oregon, in all but commercial areas (which greatly limited the company’s initial reach). Italy, Spain, Belize and Chile.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2020

The Portland, Maine-based FinTech leader said from his view, at least one corner of the payments industry has reached a tipping point and is never turning back. “I told PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

The properties, including closed restaurants, body shops and warehouses and are in cities including Portland, Oregon; Las Vegas, Nevada; Columbus, Ohio; and Nashville, Tennessee. The concept behind CloudKitchens involves renting out space to businesses to prepare food for delivery.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2019

And five additional locations will open on the West Coast, with three in California — Roseville, San Diego and San Jose — plus Portland, Oregon, and Bellevue, Washington. 18, followed by Portland on Feb. Brooklyn will launch first on Jan. Boston’s Seaport district and Roseville are scheduled to open in March.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

And the financial benefits of these accelerators may only be the start of the equation, at least according to Joe Munk, program manager at the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon. He recalled a wearables firm that had been through the Portland State accelerator program two years ago, called ATBM.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2016

Blame the people or blame the media, but Portland has acquired a reputation as a haven for the slightly off-kilter and the anti-mainstream. Fortune is reporting that sources have confirmed Amazon’s intentions to open a third brick-and-mortar bookstore in Portland, Oregon.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

A study from Portland, Oregon–based hardware security research company Eclypsium found that many ATMs suffered a severe security flaw in their third-party Windows drivers that allowed fraudsters access to the cash dispersal system. ATMs are common avenues for fraud, however, especially those that are running outdated software.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 13, 2020

Mayors from New York City, Chicago, Boston and Portland are participating in a program where Grubhub will suspend the collection of up to $100 million in commission payments from restaurants across the country.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

PYMNTS recently caught up with Joe Munk, the program manager of the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon, to discuss small business accelerators, the benefits of collaboration and what he sees ahead for startup success.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

Separately, in Oregon, Portland Public Schools is, according to The Oregonian , “on track” to recover $2.9 Officials said that, as had been estimated by the FBI’s Internet Crime Complaint Center, more than 14,000 complaints tied to BEC have been reported, with $1.1 billion stolen by victims. Individual Case.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2019

Commuters in Portland, Oregon and Vancouver, Washington have contactless payment options thanks to an alliance between Mastercard and Apple. Since then, according to Mastercard, Portland has been able to eliminate 210,000 daily car trips and saved more than $150 million in congestion expenses.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

The “Earth After Hours” tour was first set to start at Portland, Oregon’s Veterans Memorial Coliseum at the beginning of June. The band said in a statement posted on its website , “Fans with tickets to the previously announced 2020 dates are encouraged to hold on to their tickets as they will be honored for the new dates.

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BankInovation

MARCH 30, 2022

A pilot is currently underway with Driveway customers in the Portland area and will roll out to all customers after the […]. Driveway.com will be the first online auto dealer to offer real-time payments (RTP) to sellers, the result of a new partnership with U.S. Bank announced last week that leverages The Clearing House’s RTP Network.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

According to a TechCrunch news report, Portland-based Vault’s application allows users to set aside part of their paychecks into retirement funds. While the deal enables Vault to reach a wider group of potential investors, it also gives Acorns a foothold in the Portland market, which it sees as an emerging hub for developer talent.

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TheGuardian

JULY 26, 2023

Prime minister to give evidence to inquiry into scandal of infected blood given to patients between 1970 and 1991 Q: What is your view on the government’s decision to put a barge for asylum seekers in Portland? It could deter tourists from visiting the town. Will you stop this, as they did in London? Continue reading.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

It serves roughly 120,000 households across nine major markets and recently expanded into San Diego, Portland, New York City and New Jersey. The five-year-old startup, which focuses on Asian groceries, has seen 600 percent year-over-year growth. The firm also staged a $35 million Series C financing round led by DST Global.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2018

Portland, Seattle, Lexington, KY, New Orleans, Brooklyn — the list goes on, but it is safe to assume that if the city has a reputation for attracting millennials, it probably has a Marine Layer store somewhere nearby. So far, you can find an Airbnb with Marine Layer in New Orleans, Portland and Chicago.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2017

Uber’s official position on greyballing — according to a letter sent to city authorities in Portland — is that it is the practice of showing some customers a different version of the app than most customers see.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Louis, Missouri; San Diego, California; Raleigh-Durham, North Carolina; Seattle, Washington; Portland, Oregon; San Antonio, Texas; Nashville, Tennessee; Las Vegas, Nevada; New Orleans, Louisiana and Phoenix, Arizona. The new cities are Memphis, Tennessee; New York City, New York; Jacksonville, Florida; Dallas, Texas; St.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

But that’s exactly what a Portland, Oregon-based company called DHVANI has done – and it has even taken the gambit one level higher. Not many direct-to-consumer (DTC) startups can say they broke into the U.S. market with three billboards in Times Square.

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BankInovation

MAY 10, 2021

BBVA faced a storm of criticism from former customers of the Portland-based Simple neobank, who said they were locked out of their accounts and unable to get help from BBVA call centers over the weekend. It is an awkward predicament for the $105.1 billion BBVA, which in 2018 showcased Amelia, an automated chatbot designed to […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Paul, New Hampshire, Portland (Oregon and Maine), Salt Lake City, Seattle, Upstate New York, Vermont, Wilkes-Barre Scranton and Worcester. The option will also be available in many Colorado cities with resorts, like Colorado Springs, Denver and Fort Collins.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2017

Legal weed has already driven up rents in cities such as Denver, Seattle, and Portland, which had previously relaxed cannabis laws. Industrial rents in Seattle and Portland each rose 27 percent in the same period. In Denver, for example, rents rose 33 percent from the first quarter of 2014 through May 2017.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Lauderdale, Florida; New York, New York; Norfolk-Portsmouth, Virginia; Orlando-Daytona, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; Portland, Oregon; Sacramento, California; San Antonio, Texas; San Diego, California; San Francisco, California; Seattle-Tacoma, Washington; St. Worth, Texas; Los Angeles, California; Miami-Ft.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

BMW’s car-sharing service, ReachNow , stopped operating in Seattle and Portland in July. The startup will begin taking away the LimePod vehicles from the streets of the city in October and intends to shut down the service fully by the end of the year. It will also stop accepting new sign-ups for the offering on Oct. 14, GeekWire reported.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

” The Seattle-based Amazon added that it has “piloted deliveries of hundreds of thousands of meals with Portland Public Schools and Seattle Public Schools, and delivered meals and devices for the Los Angeles Unified School District.”

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