Data Dive

A DataDive is an all-weekend event with lots of people, computers, and coffee. Non-profits bring their data and their problems or questions, data scientists bring the expertise to answer the questions and solve the problems.

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The Nimble Edition: Stripe’s Connect, Amazon’s Irony and Google Keeps Adding
The Nimble Edition: Stripe’s Connect, Amazon’s Irony and Google Keeps Adding
May 29, 2017  |  Data Dive

Some of the biggest names in payments — Stripe, Amazon and Google — made headlines this past week with boosts to businesses both virtual and...

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The Summer Of Love (Or Not) Edition: CapOne & IDs, Android Pay & PayPal And Walgreens & (Maybe Not) Rite Aid
The Summer Of Love (Or Not) Edition: CapOne & IDs, Android Pay & PayPal And...
May 22, 2017  |  Data Dive

The summer is here! Okay, the summer is almost here. Just one week more and Memorial Day is upon us, and with it summer’s unofficial...

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Data Dive, Earnings Edition: Green Dot Hits, OnDeck Misses, And First Data Looks Ahead
Data Dive, Earnings Edition: Green Dot Hits, OnDeck Misses, And First Data Looks Ahead
May 15, 2017  |  Data Dive

Americans were projected to spend a record-setting $23.4 billion yesterday celebrating their moms, buying flowers and cards and taking them out to brunch. Not that...

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Walmart Makes Cash Cheap, Banks Balk At Bitcoin And Startups Struggle To Profit
Walmart Makes Cash Cheap, Banks Balk At Bitcoin And Startups Struggle To Profit
May 01, 2017  |  Data Dive

Last week, earnings managed to steal the front and center show. Amazon, Google, Microsoft, PayPal, Starbucks and MoneyGram all dropped their latest round of performance...

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BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach
BJ’s On The Block, Amex’s Millennial Problem And Another Big Breach
April 24, 2017  |  Data Dive

This week we saw scientists march, the French go to the polls and a $400 high-tech juicer turned out to be an innovation on par...

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Data Dive: Bottom-Line Thinking On Bottom Lines
Data Dive: Bottom-Line Thinking On Bottom Lines
April 17, 2017  |  Data Dive

One day, Wells may not dominate the financial headlines the way it has.  But not yet. And elsewhere, suspicions are a-brewing about how fleet cards...

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Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
Data Dive: New Things Edition – Wells Fargo, Amazon And Bitcoin
April 10, 2017  |  Data Dive

As always, those keeping up with the mainstream news cycle are likely feeling the normal Monday morning nervousness today — though perhaps given the rather militaristic...

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Amazon Go Pauses, Bank Tech Gets Glitchy, Waze Navigates Order Ahead
Amazon Go Pauses, Bank Tech Gets Glitchy, Waze Navigates Order Ahead
April 03, 2017  |  Data Dive

Though April Fools’ Day is behind us, the mishaps of last week’s news haven’t quite gone away. While we had our own share of April...

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Alt-Lending Reshuffles, Auto Loan Alarm Bells And HHGregg Goes Bust
Alt-Lending Reshuffles, Auto Loan Alarm Bells And HHGregg Goes Bust
March 27, 2017  |  Data Dive

For those who are fans of big twists, stunning reversals and spectacular admissions of defeat, last week’s news cycle came as a sort of Christmas...

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