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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. Singapore’s GDP was roughly $407 billion in 2015. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape.

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2015 ICBA Community Bankers of the Year

Independent Banker

The 2015 Award Recipients. National Award Recipient. Central Region Award Recipient. Eastern Region Award Recipient. Western Region Award Recipient. The association accepted nominations online during the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration. President and CEO.

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Sageworks’ speakers tackle tough banking topics

Abrigo

Sageworks consultants have hosted and spoken at roughly two dozen regional and national events and industry conferences attended by hundreds of banking and credit union executives, regulators and industry professionals. See upcoming regional and national events hosted or attended by Sageworks here.

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NEW REPORT: Asia Pacific, Still Cash Crazy

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Even as some countries move away from physical currency in favor of more modern payment methods, demand in larger nations means the Asia-Pacific region is still clinging to cash. With China and India driving economic growth, countries in the Asia-Pacific region are estimated to spend some $8.1 trillion in cash payments in 2015.

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PYMNTS Daily Data Dive: Fed’s Latest Breach Data

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Which is the subject for the PYMNTS Daily Data Dive 5-in-1 today: $3 Trillion | The amount the Fed’s regional banks process in payments per day. 50+ | Number of cyber breaches detected by the Federal Reserve between 2011-2015. 50+ | Number of cyber breaches detected by the Federal Reserve between 2011-2015.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 In 2015, nearly sixteen years to the day of the failure, the last defendant, Terry Church, was released from prison. Another depressed town due to the general economic malaise that bedraggled the region when the steelmaking industry moved elsewhere. I'm not making this up.

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Delivery App Glovo Notches $166M To Expand Development Team

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This brings the total amount raised since the business’ 2015 founding to approximately $488 million, according to reports. According to the report, Glovo figures that it’s only the second privately held company in the nation to reach that level of valuation.

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