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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. A critical takeaway from the conference was the changing nature of small business needs and the changing nature of the small bank persona.

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Why Nations Fail

Chris Skinner

I was recently at a Capital Markets conference in Turkey where the main first day keynote speaker is Professor James A. Robinson from the University of Chicago and co-author of Why Nations Fail, a book that changed thinking about what makes for successful countries and what makes them fail.

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Perficient to Present at Fintech Generations 2021

Perficient

While Fintech Generations was historically an in-person conference in Charlotte, North Carolina, this year’s event, similar to 2020, will be virtual and is expected to attract more than 1,000 attendees. RevTech Labs alumni have raised over $2 billion in venture capital and have had more than $230 million in company exits.

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Becoming a “Bahama Mama” Crypto-Style: A Closer Look at The Digital Asset Landscape in The Bahamas

Perficient

Some of these online articles can be found here: OCC Provides Roadmap for National Banks and Savings Associations To Conduct Crypto Activities – Perficient Blogs. In 2022, FTX broke ground on its new headquarters in Nassau, the country’s capital. Crypto Conference. The Pros and Cons of a Potential U.S.

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The Sun Sets on the ABA's National Conference for Community Bankers

Jeff For Banks

On February 14-17 the American Bankers Association held their National Conference for Community Bankers. I made my first trip to the conference because I was asked to moderate a CEO Exchange, where bank CEOs sat, round-table style, discussing their most pressing issues. The second group question regarded capital.

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Misinvoicing Costing Nations Billions, Warns UNCTAD

PYMNTS

For others, however, entire national economies can be affected. According to the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), that’s exactly what’s happening in some developing nations, in which invoice errors across Africa and South America are leading to the loss of up to two-thirds of commodity export value.

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Deel Lands $30M In Series B For Distributed Workforce Payroll

PYMNTS

Deel has notched a $30 million Series B investment headed up by Spark Capital, whose General Partner Yasmin Razavi is joining the company’s board, according to a Wednesday (Sept. The company said its collaboration with Spark Capital began when Razavi contacted Bouaziz through direct message on Twitter. 9) company announcement.