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Youth Sports: Don’t Wink At The Ref — Just Pay Them Faster

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including one from TD Ameritrade , a Nebraska-based brokerage firm. Deep Dive: Security in the Time of Faster Payments. Irreversible, instant payments can provide greater security to small businesses and retailers by easing their cash flow struggles, and removing concerns over transaction reversals and reconciliation.

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Online Grocery Ordering Coming To SNAP Recipients

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Reports indicate other retailers will join the program next month. The pilot itself will also extend beyond New York’s borders: Alabama, Iowa, Maryland, Nebraska, New Jersey, Oregon and Washington are all slated for tests. The newly announced pilot is designed to test technical and security issues before it rolls out nationwide.

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Chapter 11 Watch: Cosi Files, But Are Sears, Claire’s Next In Line?

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Cosi now plans to close 29 of its underperforming company-owned stores and has secured $4 million in debtor in possession financing from a string of investors who want to buy the chain out of bankruptcy. Will Sears be the next major retailer to file for bankruptcy? ” Those retailers who made Fitch’s list are: Sears Holdings Corp.,

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A Hardworking Team

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Retail locations: Five. With a staff of 22, we take pride in the fact that almost all of us were born and raised in southwest Nebraska. Our directors are all hardworking southwest Nebraska natives who have a strong passion for our communities and community banking. First Central Bank McCook. Cambridge, Neb. ROAA in 2015: 1.87

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US Bankcards Industry Benchmarking Trends: 2023 Q1 Update

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Census Bureau reports advanced estimates that retail sales were down 1.2% Trends in the macro environment are seen throughout the credit card industry Rising prices, increases in the cost of securing and carrying debt, and the fear of higher unemployment rates are trickling through to consumer behavior on credit cards.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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The Roil Over B2B Payments Rails

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Omaha, Nebraska — Buffet’s birthplace — was the home of the First Transcontinental Railroad , which made railroads an important part of the Omaha economy. The network is valuable because it connects all the end points to which those payments must be made and complies with the regulations that assure the secure movement of those funds.

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