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Residential Real Estate Platform Offerpad to Start Trading After SPAC Merger

Residential Real Estate Platform Offerpad to Start Trading After SPAC Merger
Residential Real Estate Platform Offerpad to Start Trading After SPAC Merger
September 01, 2021  |  Real Estate

Offerpad, which works in buying and selling residential real estate, has completed a deal with Supernova Partners Acquisition Company (SPAC) in order to take Offerpad...

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New Study: SMBs Should Tap Banking-as-a-Service the Same Way B2Cs Did
New Study: SMBs Should Tap Banking-as-a-Service the Same Way B2Cs Did
September 01, 2021  |  B2B Payments

Small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) that partner with a financial institution (FI) to offer banking services can tap into two fast-growing industries. Get the Full...

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Justice Department Said to Be Readying Google Antitrust Ad Tech Lawsuit
Justice Department Said to Be Readying Google Antitrust Ad Tech Lawsuit
September 01, 2021  |  ANTITRUST

Antitrust officials in the U.S. are getting ready for another lawsuit against Alphabet’s Google, this time relating to the company’s digital advertising and the allegations...

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Today in Food Tech: Walmart Expands Ghost Kitchen Partnership, Chipotle Gamifies Rewards
Today in Food Tech: Walmart Expands Ghost Kitchen Partnership, Chipotle Gamifies Rewards
September 01, 2021  |  Restaurant innovation

Today in restaurant and grocery tech news, Chipotle soups up its loyalty rewards and Walmart adds a 25-brand ghost kitchen in Rochester, New York. Plus,...

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Insurify Snags $100M in Series B Financing
Insurify Snags $100M in Series B Financing
September 01, 2021  |  Insurance

Virtual insurance platform Insurify announced Thursday (Sept. 1) it has raked in $100 million in a Series B funding round, according to a press release....

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84 Pct of SMB Customers Would Accept a Bit of Checkout Friction for Better Security
84 Pct of SMB Customers Would Accept a Bit of Checkout Friction for Better Security
September 01, 2021  |  Safety and Security

Trust and reputations take a lifetime to build, they say – but can be destroyed in mere seconds. Get the Full Story Complete the form...

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Freshworks’ IPO Filing Points to Huge B2B SaaS Opportunity Within Disjointed CRM Market
Freshworks’ IPO Filing Points to Huge B2B SaaS Opportunity Within Disjointed CRM Market
September 01, 2021  |  IPO

In the consumer realm, we’re increasingly headed toward super-apps and devices that can manage a slew of activities, some of them simultaneously. Fragmentation, you might...

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Mercari Teams With Zip To Bring BNPL To Secondhand eCommerce
Mercari Teams With Zip To Bring BNPL To Secondhand eCommerce
September 01, 2021  |  Buy Now Pay Later

The Japanese secondhand eCommerce site Mercari is partnering with New York buy now, pay later (BNPL) firm Zip (formerly Quadpay) to bring people an easier...

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Today in Retail: Retailers Mull Clothing Rental to Attract Customers; Walmart Adding to Supply Chain Workforce
Today in Retail: Retailers Mull Clothing Rental to Attract Customers; Walmart Adding to Supply Chain...
September 01, 2021  |  Retail

In today’s top retail news, brands are looking to lend consumers apparel in a bid to increase conversion rates, while Walmart is adding 20,000 employees...

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