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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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This Year was brought to you by the number 2020 and the letters W, T and F” – Big Bird (more or less). Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. Most Oft-Heard Statements of 2020. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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THE BANKER AWARDS. It was a cray cray year for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in 2021 coming out of COVID slowdown in 2020. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson. Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic.

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Mobile Payments Bridge Cash And Digital Divide In Pakistan

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But in a wrinkle — and with a nod to the “cash in, cash out” feature — the users also can visit one of over 60,000 JazzCash agents located in Pakistan, who can help users set up and use their JazzCash accounts (and transact in cash to buy goods). According to the World Bank , that represents a total of 100 million individuals.

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Accounting About-Face

Independent Banker

Community bankers score big changes in final credit-loss standard. After nearly six years of active grassroots advocacy, community bankers achieved important changes to new accounting standards with the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s final update on credit losses. By James Kendrick. Grassroots gains.

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Prevention is the Key to Stopping Elder Financial Exploitation & Fraud

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With no signs of dissipating, it is just a matter of time before an incident happens in your customer base, if it has not happened already. According to the National Council on Aging (NCOA) this heartless crime is most likely under-reported due to the victims’ fear, shame and embarrassment. The under-reported and growing crime.

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How Mexico’s Central Bank Plans To Move Payments To Digital

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The discussion took place as Diaz looked back at the 15 months that have passed since Banxico launched Cobro Digital (CoDi), the national digital payments platform that uses QR codes and NFC to enable users to transact with mobile devices. There are some key differences in place between CoDi and what might be seen elsewhere.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. One Thursday in October 2020, police officers were called out to the streets near the Augusta Civic Center, where a huge traffic jam had formed.