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Nextdoor Aims to List on NYSE After Merging with SPAC

Nextdoor Aims to List on NYSE After Merging with SPAC
Nextdoor Aims to List on NYSE After Merging with SPAC
September 17, 2021  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Nextdoor, Inc. and special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II on Friday (Sept. 17) announced plans to list Nextdoor Holdings Inc.’s Class...

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55% of Restaurants Say Digital Payments Are Key to Success
55% of Restaurants Say Digital Payments Are Key to Success
September 17, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

The 2021 Restaurant Readiness Index, a PYMNTS and Paytronix collaboration, surveyed more than 500 QSRs and full-service restaurant managers to get a sense of their...

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Some Apple Card Users Hit Snags Placing iPhone 13 Preorders
Some Apple Card Users Hit Snags Placing iPhone 13 Preorders
September 17, 2021  |  Apple

Apple Card users experienced glitches when trying to place pre-orders for the iPhone 13 series, which kicked off on Friday (Sept. 17). Apple Pay users...

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‘Open Now Near Me’ Web Searches Up 200% Prove Consumers are Reinventing Retail Relationships
‘Open Now Near Me’ Web Searches Up 200% Prove Consumers are Reinventing Retail Relationships
September 17, 2021  |  Commerce Connected

You’ve heard it many times before. After 18 months of lockdowns, social distancing and other restrictions, people are eager to go back into the physical world again. What’s changed is that before...

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B2B Payments Today: Duplicate Invoices Cause AP Pain; Citizens Debuts Corporate Payments Platform
B2B Payments Today: Duplicate Invoices Cause AP Pain; Citizens Debuts Corporate Payments Platform
September 17, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Today in B2B payments, the 33-day wait for cross-border payments and why AP professionals dread duplicate invoices. Plus, Conexiom Platform automates supply chain and AP...

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Today in Retail: Facebook’s New Online Shopping Tools; Amazon Gets Over 1M Job Applicants
Today in Retail: Facebook’s New Online Shopping Tools; Amazon Gets Over 1M Job Applicants
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, Facebook is introducing new tools for businesses to connect with consumers, while Amazon says it’s received over 500,000 applications for...

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Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: H-E-B Launches Store-in-Store Partnership; Walmart Soars Over Amazon Food Sales
Today in Restaurant and Grocery Tech: H-E-B Launches Store-in-Store Partnership; Walmart Soars Over Amazon Food...
September 17, 2021  |  Retail

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Texas supermarket chain H-E-B announced a partnership with a jewelry store, and ghost kitchen Wing Boss opened its...

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Accel Adds Former Instacart CFO Sagar Sanghvi to Investment Group
Accel Adds Former Instacart CFO Sagar Sanghvi to Investment Group
September 17, 2021  |  Personnel

Former Instacart CFO Sagar Sanghvi is now part of the Accel investment team, according to a blog post on the company’s website on Friday (Sept....

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CFPB: Millions of Renters at Risk Without COVID Relief
CFPB: Millions of Renters at Risk Without COVID Relief
September 17, 2021  |  Financial Inclusion

Millions of American renters and their families are at risk of economic harm from the COVID-19 pandemic as federal and state relief programs wind down,...

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