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NJ Online Gaming Revenue Set To Grow 66 Pct This Year

PYMNTS

With blackjack and roulette on mobile phones, the growing market for online sports wagering in New Jersey has introduced gamblers to virtual casino games. Approximately 20 brands of online casinos are vying on a reportedly small field. Geofencing makes sure that mobile apps stay within each state.

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Build your community bank’s brand with swag

Independent Banker

Promotional merchandise, or swag, has long been regarded as a no-brainer approach to business branding, but community banks are shedding those thrifty connotations with a new, mindful approach to company gifting that imparts value and purpose while bolstering bottom lines. billion-asset CBI Bank & Trust in Muscatine, Iowa. “We

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Meal Subscription Services Take On The School Lunch

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But he wanted to test out the idea before bringing it to market, so he built a splash page with a minimum viable product (MVP) and posted it on a local mom group page on Facebook. While there are other services geared toward providing lunches to kids, such as Yumble , Cooper said the company has the first-to-market advantage.

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Season of Giving: How Financial Brands Are Leaving Their Mark

Social Assurance

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. . Give Financially. Give Together. Send us a note now! Email Social Assurance.

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Walmart Brings The Pricing Pain (Watch Out Kroger)

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And, according to first-hand observation by Reuters reporters in Iowa and Illinois, the price changes are alraedy going into effect. And these are big firms Walmart is making demands of — Procter & Gamble, Unilever, Conagra Brands, Kraft/Heinz and Johnson&Johnson were all part of the meeting.

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

American State Bank in Sioux Center, Iowa, is another CHUCK network participant. “As In a rural market, most of our customers and their friends and families don’t bank with the big players or other banks with Zelle, so we expected their closed-loop system to be clunky.”. billion-asset community bank. “As

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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.

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