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How Robots Are Shaking Up The Grocery Industry

PYMNTS

consumer spending this year on food and beverages, according to PYMNTS research , up from 0.8 For example, Takeoff Technologies uses extra space in a grocery store to construct automated micro-fulfillment centers (a concept also suitable, in theory at least, for pharmacies, convenience stores and quick-service restaurants (QSRs).

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From Investing To Budgeting, How Millennials Are Disrupting Personal Finance

CB Insights

The average millennial student debt load was $10,600 as of 2017 — about 2X more than what was owed by Gen X in 2004. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Investing: Robo-advisors and micro-investing lower barriers to entry. Payments: Mobile is replacing cash. Active investing.

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1M Users & Growing: 20+ Fintech Startups That Have Crossed The 1 Million Account Mark — And How They Got There

CB Insights

Top revenue generating: Credit Karma is reportedly on track to see $1B in revenue in 2019, up from close to $700M in 2017. Latest to launch: Dave was founded in October 2016, and its first reported capital raise was a $3M seed round in April 2017, making it one of the youngest companies in this cohort to cross 1M+ customers.

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13 Southeast Asian Fintechs Among CNBC’s Global Top 250 List

Fintech News

The list, produced by CNBC in collaboration with market research firm Statista, highlights the world’s top 250 fintech companies across eight market categories: payments, wealthtech, business process solutions, neobanking, alternative finance, financial planning, digital assets and banking solutions.

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Everything You Need To Know About What Amazon Is Doing In Financial Services

CB Insights

In 2017, Andreessen Horowitz general partner Alex Rampell said that of all the tech giants that could make a major move in financial services: “Amazon is the most formidable. The patent expired in 2017 and opened up the market for competitors to launch off-marketplace payment solutions. children, were unbanked in 2017.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

In the same way that Square built a payment-centric ecosystem for brick-and-mortar SMBs and micro-merchants, Stripe has reinvented online payment acceptance. In July 2017, Stripe acquired Payable , a platform that simplifies the process of managing and paying contractors and freelancers. Source: Square. Support new lines of business.

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Piece By Piece: 14 Offsite Construction Companies Transforming The Building Industry

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From Marriott opening its first modular hotel, to tech giants like Alphabet investing in modular housing, to Japanese retailer Muji launching prefab micro-homes, offsite construction methods are gaining traction. Research Briefing: Construction and Infrastructure. rematerials. Headquarters: El Segundo, California. acre designs.