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First National Bank Of Omaha Shutters NRA Visa Card

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First National Bank of Omaha announced that it is not renewing a contract with the National Rifle Association (NRA) to offer customers an NRA-branded Visa card. First National Bank of Omaha offered two NRA cards with a $40 bonus and promoted it as “enough to reimburse your one-year NRA membership!”

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2021 Community Spark Award Runner-Up United Bank of Iowa

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The idea they settled on was to create a closed-circuit gift card program, branded the “Think Franklin First” gift card. Through the first six months of operation, 443 cards have been purchased with a total value of $30,860. No national chain stores in town were asked to participate so the dollars stay local.

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Season of Giving: How Financial Brands Are Leaving Their Mark

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We found it fitting to recognize just a few of the many examples of community involvement financial brands dare partaking in to spread cheer this holiday season. Giving can be done a number of ways, here are some examples your brand can emulate next year. . Covid-19 impacted every community across the nation and the world.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: Bringing SNAP Recipients Into The Digital Fold

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In early 2017 the USDA pushed out a pilot program that allowed SNAP enrollees to buy groceries online with their card in seven states and with seven grocery partners: Amazon, FreshDirect, Safeway, Dash’s Market, Hy-Vee, ShopRite and Hart’s Local Grocers. This last round of piloting is set to take another two years.

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

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EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

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Those who are unbanked pay to cash their checks, to get money orders to pay their bills and to buy and use prepaid cards. This actually leads to wider discounting, as brands are trying to shed the old version and entice shoppers to the new one. Consumers who can’t maintain a minimum checking account balance pay monthly fees.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

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But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. Once, before a holiday weekend, a customer messaged the bank to say that her ATM card wasn’t working. National banks. It’s in their DNA. fashioned customer service. Hill arranged for a banker to call the customer after hours. “I Elizabeth Judd.

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