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Portland Rolls Out Pilot With Sidewalk Labs

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Aiming to gain insight into how people commute through the city, Portland has rolled out a pilot project to replicate data on their movements. We’ll be looking to Replica to explore a number of questions about major issues in our region like equity, safety and congestion,” said Eliot Rose, technology strategist at Portland’s Metro.

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Amazon’s Portland Plans Prove B&M Bookstores Aren’t For Books

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Portland, Oregon , it seems. “We We are excited to be bringing Amazon Books to [Portland’s Washington Square Mall], and we are currently hiring store managers and associates,” an Amazon spokesperson said in the announcement. Fortunately, Amazon’s decision to go with Portland makes the answer clearer than ever.

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U.S. Bank teams with Lithia on real-time payments tool

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The pilot in Portland, Oregon, is expected to be rolled out nationwide this year. Bank and Lithia Motors are teaming up to test a new real-time payments tool for customers selling their used cars to the auto dealer in their driveways.

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Google Teams With Portland’s Public Transport Operator TriMet for First Android Pay Virtual Transit Card

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Here comes the world’s first virtual transit card in Android Pay, well at least according to Google and Portland’s public transport operator TriMet, who teamed up to unveil the Hop Fastpass.

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Portland to test contactless cards in Oregon’s largest mass-transit system

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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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Umpqua’s Go-To sees usage spike as customers avoid branches 

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Portland-based Umpqua Bank, which has almost $29 billion in assets, is seeing a significant spike in volume on its Go-To app, a digital tool that allows customers to message a banker of their choice.

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ID Experts Light Up Portland

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News out of Oregon implies significant appetite among investors for cybersecurity firms. A lot has been happening for a firm called ID Experts. Early in August, The Oregonian reported that a private equity firm had paid more than $50 million to acquire Tigard-based ID Experts, a cybersecurity firm founded in 2003.

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