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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

Scottsdale Community Bank is the first new community bank in Arizona in 14 years, and it already has the capacity to make more than $100 million in loans. embraces a combination of the latest technology and traditional beliefs about finance and business growth. The $28 million-asset community bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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This week’s podcast: a conversation with Paul Watkins, Director of the CFPB’s Office of Innovation

CFPB Monitor

Paul formerly worked in the Arizona Attorney General’s office where he was in charge of fintech initiatives and led the state’s successful efforts to create the first “regulatory sandbox” in the United States which allows new financial technologies and products to be tested in a controlled environment with reduced regulatory risk.

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Domino’s Slices Into The Digital Drive

PYMNTS

Quick-service restaurants are embracing connected in-car commerce with digital technology to let commuters and other consumers place their orders on-the-go: Domino’s Pizza , in one case, is bringing in-car ordering to new vehicles this year through a pre-loaded ordering platform dubbed AnyWare.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2024: A Race to Perform … and Earn the Right to Transform 

Gonzobanker

Early this week, the conference was the epicenter of discussions, where 2,000 attendees descended upon Arizona to strategize and set the tone for our great industry’s future. Concerns about successors to today’s executive leadership teams dominated many presentations.

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Meal Kit Startup Gobble Hires From Starbucks, Blue Apron

PYMNTS

Gobble , the Palo Alto–based meal kit startup service whose recipes can be prepared in 15 minutes with just a frying pan, a spatula and some olive oil, is shoring up its leadership team before expanding nationwide. Gobble currently serves seven western states: California, Nevada, Washington, Oregon, Arizona, Idaho and Utah.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

Technology Stack: Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, SQLAlchemy, Jinja2, PostgreSQL | APIs Used: Cloudinary Media Optimizer. Technology Stack: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Bootstrap, ForeignKeys, Jinja | APIs Used: Used data from “California regulations of possibly harmful products”, which was a CSV file.

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Google Pledges $150 Million To Aid COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

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The blog post said these would include the CDC Foundation and the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute. And Amazon has stepped forward to offer President Biden the company’s “operations, information, technology and communications capabilities” to aid the effort.

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