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Cobalt Credit Union’s Data-Driven Innovation In Member Services

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Modern credit unions understand all too well that loyalty innovation is critical to staying in business, and that those that do not prioritize it risk losing a significant share of their members. Loyalty-based innovation is a top concern for many credit union (CU) members, as outlined in the latest Credit Union Innovation Playbook.

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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The United States Of Artificial Intelligence Startups

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valuation), Nuro ($2.7B), alternative lending startup Avant ($1.9B), AI-powered predictive sales acceleration platform InsideSales.com ($1.7B), salestech startup Afiniti ($1.6B), healthcare startup Butterfly Network ($1.3B), and data analytics company Dataminr ($1.2B). The Innovation Scout. Total Equity Funding ($M).

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

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They do have a traditional community bank with only 10 branches sprinkled in and around either Sioux Falls or Des Moines, Iowa. On the lending side they provide customized business capital solutions nationally for small and mid-sized businesses with innovative lending to niche markets. They are a $6.2

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

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The latest June count for where Walmart Pay is available is: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Tennessee, Kentucky, Michigan, Indiana, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, and Washington, D.C. PayPal’s Consumer Support. .

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