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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? From May 1-6, the U.S. Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m.

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

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Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. and Alibaba in China, may be able to “replace many banks.”

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China, Alibaba Are Big Players On The Blockchain Patent Block

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In tech, innovation is everything. In innovation, intellectual property is, well, almost everything — it can be the hardware, the software, the processes that come from creative endeavor. million in financing from a host of investors — including Maersk Growth, the venture capital (VC) arm of Maersk, the shipping firm.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Let’s continue to push the boundaries

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Our theme this year was all about being bold, in innovation, leadership and life. I’ll end the month in Washington, D.C., for our ICBA Capital Summit. Our industry has so much momentum right now, especially in terms of advocacy and innovation, so now is the time to continue to push the boundaries.

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Building A Bridge To The Homeless With Breadcoin

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Washington, D.C. That is the rich — or at least well-off — side of Washington, D.C. when traded for food at one of six vendors (11 total locations) in Washington. is both a rich city and a poor city. The tokens sell for about $2.50 apiece and are worth $2.20 The vendors then redeem the coins for the $2.20

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Online Lending To Small Business Increases 50 Percent Between 2015 And 2017

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Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based But digital channels will help more small business gain capital, according to the statement. based economic research firm.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: The future is bright

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Even after such a phenomenal ICBA LIVE and the ICBA Capital Summit, which may be happening as you read this, I can still draw such inspiration from our nation’s community bankers. I’ll be at ICBA’s Capital Summit in Washington, D.C. Quantum National Bank in Suwanee, Ga., I’m so glad that I did.