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Credit union membership, lending up in Q2

Abrigo

Last week the NCUA reported that the total number of credit union members had surpassed the 101 million mark, and overall lending was up as of the close of Q2. They reported a 4.56 A separate NCUA report looking at credit union state-level trends noted that Alaska and Idaho saw the largest increases in membership, with 3.9

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Internal Memo: Simon To Reopen 49 Malls In May

PYMNTS

The properties in Texas, Indiana, Alaska, Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee will not be limited to curbside-pickup reopening like the ones happening in Texas, the report said. While shoppers will not be required to wear masks, staff will, the news outlet reported.

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Apprehension Lingers Around COVID Vaccine

PYMNTS

The COVID-19 vaccine is now out for its first round of distribution among medical personnel and seniors in assisted living communities nationwide. In Houston, according to NPR reports , some medical staff are expressing wariness about actually showing up for their shots. And, from a logistical standpoint, so far, so good.

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Retail Pulse: Sears To Open ‘Home & Life’ Stores, Amazon Reduces Whole Foods’ Prices

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The locations, which the company said were created based on insights from Sears Appliances & Mattresses stores, are set to be located in Alaska, Kansas and Louisiana. Boutros continued, “We are here to serve these communities and this is part of our strategy to maintain a presence in markets where we have right-sized our footprint.”.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: Fingerprints, Firearms And FedEx 

PYMNTS

The big news out of Amazon this week were reports that the eCommerce giant is currently testing a new biometric payment method on vending machines at its New York offices that allows users to pay with their handprint. The system’s current reported accuracy rate is one ten-thousandth of 1 percent.

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The world’s most extreme ATMs

NCR

Although ATM density varies globally, it’s good to see that an ATM can be found in every corner of the planet, even in some pretty remote parts – as we can see in a recent report from the ATM Industry Association. Some 1,150km from Perth, the Tjuntjuntjara Aboriginal Community sits in Australia’s Great Victoria Desert Nature Reserve.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

“I love being around people, and people are what community banking is all about.” Overcoming various long odds over the years, Shirley Nelson launched and then grew a thriving California community bank. Shirley Nelson has built a nearly 50-year career doing two things she loves—community banking and giving back to her community.

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