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Equifax Names Ex-Mastercard CEO To Its Board

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According to Equifax , Selander served as president and CEO of Mastercard from 1997 until 2010. Prior to Mastercard, he spent 20 years at Citibank, where he held several leadership positions, including managing parts of Citibank’s Consumer Financial Services business in the United States, Brazil, Puerto Rico and the United Kingdom.

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Surprise Outcomes Edition: Cybercrime, Student Loans And CAN Capital

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The experts estimate that the United States government spent millions trying to enforce it and deprived the states of billions in tax revenue — all without managing to make any significant change in American alcohol consumption. The 13-year effort to curb alcohol consumption with a universal ban was pretty much a bust.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

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Brothers Patrick and John Collison founded Stripe in 2010 in an attempt to gain share in online payments, a then-nascent market with seemingly boundless growth opportunity. Leadership and board members. One key catalyst for online payment innovation was the introduction of the Payment Facilitator, or “PayFac,” in 2010.

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Fools Rush In: 37 Of The Worst Corporate M&A Flops

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While November 2010 saw the release of the new Windows Phone with a new platform, it never caught on with consumers. When mobile phone company Danger Inc was created in the heady days of 2000 with execs from Apple, Phillips, and WebTV, it looked like a leadership dream team. Microsoft and Nokia. Date: April 25, 2014. Price: $7.9B.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

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The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. Daspit, who is based in Baytown, Texas, has held leadership roles in his local Rotary Club and at the United Way. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3%

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The Thinker

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Yet his steady leadership is paired with a willingness to challenge the status quo cautiously to keep up with an evolving marketplace—a quality that appealed to the bank’s board when it promoted him from loan officer to bank president 25 years ago. Executive Committee, member, from 2010-2015. Thoughtful action. ICBA service.

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24 Lessons From Warren Buffett’s Annual Letters To Shareholders

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Buffett successfully lobbied the leadership of Coca-Cola — the largest position in Buffett’s portfolio, with his ownership share coming in at 6.2% — to cut back on “excessive” executive compensation plans. John Chambers, the CEO of Cisco, at Davos in 2010. Image source: pValueWalk. Source: World Economic Forum.

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