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Titan, Contrarian Klarman’s Views On Trump Rally

PYMNTS

The conventional wisdom may hold that a number of new Trumpian policies auger well for business: Lower taxes, less regulation and sweeping infrastructure work. As for tax cuts, those could push deficits higher, as they would alongside stimulus programs designed to create jobs yet must be paid for somehow, wrote Klarman.

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Equifax Names Ex-Mastercard CEO To Its Board

PYMNTS

According to Equifax , Selander served as president and CEO of Mastercard from 1997 until 2010. Prior to Mastercard, he spent 20 years at Citibank, where he held several leadership positions, including managing parts of Citibank’s Consumer Financial Services business in the United States, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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Banking Regulation Predictions 2018:  U.S. Reform Takes Off

FICO

Department of the Treasury accompanied by recommendations for significant regulatory reforms, and major changes in leadership (and vision) at many of the federal banking agencies. The new FCC leadership is expected to lead the way in fostering important reforms in this area. A little-known impact of the recently forged tax deal.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Daspit, who is based in Baytown, Texas, has held leadership roles in his local Rotary Club and at the United Way. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3%

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Is US Financial Regulatory Reform Dead or Ready for Take Off?

FICO

In June, the House adopted, along a party line vote, the Choice Act, which aims to make broad changes to the 2010 Dodd-Frank statute. Perhaps an equally daunting challenge is the already crowded legislative agenda, which includes heavy-lift items like healthcare and tax reform and increased infrastructure spending.

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Surprise Outcomes Edition: Cybercrime, Student Loans And CAN Capital

PYMNTS

The experts estimate that the United States government spent millions trying to enforce it and deprived the states of billions in tax revenue — all without managing to make any significant change in American alcohol consumption. The 13-year effort to curb alcohol consumption with a universal ban was pretty much a bust.

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

CB Insights

Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Leadership and board members. One key catalyst for online payment innovation was the introduction of the Payment Facilitator, or “PayFac,” in 2010.

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