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Departing NCUA leader Rodney Hood reflects on 33-year career

American Banker

Hood, who was first appointed to the National Credit Union Administration in 2005, explained what drove his focus on financial inclusion and the technology that promises to make it possible.

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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Checkout.com becomes UK’s most valuable fintech at $40bn

TheGuardian

Pousaz, a Swiss national, dropped out of university in 2005 when his father became ill with cancer and he then moved to California to pursue his love of surfing. It was only after running out of cash that he took up a job with International Payment Consultants, a payments processing firm, in 2006.

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DHS Postpones REAL ID Enforcement Deadline Until 2021

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Protecting both the health and national security of the American people continues to be the top priority for the president of the United States and the Department of Homeland Security,” Wolf said in the statement. The REAL ID launch serves as the last part of an act Congress ratified in 2005 following 9/11.

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Wells Fargo Computer Glitch Forced Hundreds Of Foreclosures

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Wells Fargo , the embattled national bank, disclosed in a Securities and Exchange Commission filing that hundreds of individuals saw their homes in foreclosure because of a glitch in software the company used. The United States alleged that, in 2005, Wells Fargo began an initiative to double its production of subprime and Alt-A loans.

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Canada’s Lightspeed POS Inc Raises $179M In IPO

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National Bank Financial, JPMorgan Chase & Co. The company, which had early investors such as Caisse de Depot et Placement du Quebec, has over 700 people in its employ and was started in 2005. As a result, the Canadian company has a valuation of roughly C$1.7 and Bank of Montreal headed up the share of sales.

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eCommerce Helps Women Hard Hit By India?s Shutdowns

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The Times noted that a recent United Nations report found that the pandemic runs the risk of setting back decades of gains women have made in the workplace. And though those effects have been observable worldwide, developing nations like India have been hit particularly hard.