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Advocacy: Election Returns

Independent Banker

With congressional candidates and incumbents across the nation in full campaign mode this summer, this is an excellent opportunity to share how ICBA is affecting what is already a dramatic election season. 812) and the Community Bank Access to Capital Act (H.R. Familiar Friends—Georgia community bankers meet with Sen.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. HQ: National, Maryland. It was a quieter week in fintech fundings. million this week.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.

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