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Innovation Or Annihilation: The Choice Restaurants Face As Recovery Revs Up

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In their latest discussion with Karen Webster, Ingo Money CEO Drew Edwards and Planters First Bancorp CEO Dan Speight said that in Georgia, where both make their homes, consumers are rediscovering an appetite for dining out again. “… restaurants are beginning to open, people are going about their business” and dining out again, Speight said.

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Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation, discusses final innovation policies in Ballard Spahr webinar

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Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation, joined Ballard Spahr partners Alan Kaplinsky and James Kim yesterday for a discussion of the CFPB’s final innovation policies. Both Alan and James praised the Bureau’s efforts under its new leadership, with Alan referring to them as “refreshing.”).

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NACHA Report: Inaugural Meeting Of API Standardization Industry Group

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National Automated Clearing House Association ( NACHA ) — the Electronic Payments Association — and the Payments Innovation Alliance recently released a summary report from the API Standardization Industry Group’s inaugural meeting, which took place in May. We look forward to keeping the industry informed of progress as we move forward.”.

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Building a Virtual Culture is the Key to Success to Becoming an Award-Winning Workplace

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One key reason for this success is attributed to all the employee committees and engaged leadership who combined their efforts towards transitioning employee experiences typically held within office walls to virtual events and activities. Perficient at the “Top Workplace” Awards at the Georgia Aquarium.

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Amazon’s Next Warehouse Will Specialize In Large Items

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One of those places is just outside of Atlanta, Georgia, though what’s stored inside won’t be hard to spot. Amazon announced on Wednesday (June 22) that it had finalized plans to open a new fulfillment center in Braselton, Georgia.

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PLI 25th Annual Consumer Financial Services Institute – 25% discount available

CFPB Monitor

The leadership and priorities of the CFPB, OCC, FDIC, and FTC have changed under the Trump Administration. The Institute is considered the country’s premier consumer financial services CLE program and this year’s Institute will once again explore in detail important developments in consumer financial services regulation and litigation.

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CFPB Issues Interpretive Rule Clarifying that Sex Discrimination under ECOA and Regulation B Includes Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity Discrimination

CFPB Monitor

Under the leadership of Acting CFPB Director Dave Uejio, the Bureau issued an interpretive rule on March 9, 2021 clarifying that the prohibition against sex discrimination under the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (“ECOA”) and Regulation B includes sexual orientation and gender identity discrimination. Clayton County, Georgia (140 S.