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NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Today’s coverage includes the latest European push to tax such companies as Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon. The new tax would apply to Google, Apple, Facebook and Amazon so that they are paying what the government sees as a fairer tax rate in the region. France’s Finance Minister Wants EU-Wide Digital Tax By Year End.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

They share tips for how community banks can get started. Social media has made it easier for community banks to nurture connections with prospects, customers and the community. Paid social can also be a catch-all term for other paid advertising like Google Ads. By Amy Geist. What is paid social? Vanessa Hanson, ICBA.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

“Technology is changing the nature of traditional finance; the non-bank sector has grown, and requires deeper understanding and coordination among the supervisory and regulatory community. The FSB also conducts outreach with approximately 70 other jurisdictions through its six Regional Consultative Groups.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

SEC Commissioner Hester Peirce has proposed a three year “safe harbor” for digital token projects that would let them develop networks and build communities before they’re considered securities that need to be enforced, according to a report Thursday (Feb.6) 6) by Coindesk.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Measuring the success of your community bank’s campaigns can lead to greater ROI, increased conversion rates and a game plan for future initiatives. From mailers and e-newsletters to social media posts and events, there are countless ways to spread the word about your community bank and its offerings. By Taylor Hugo.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities experienced the most closings, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

The company aimed to bring internet access to remote communities and low-income areas unable to afford the technology. Loon went live in Kenya in July with 35 flight vehicles and an initial service region of close to 50,000 square kilometers across western and central Kenya. Loon was originally part of Alphabet’s X division.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

He said that while small banks, credit unions (CUs) and regional players deeply fear being swept aside by the great digitalization wave that the pandemic has set off, their concerns aren’t actually unique to the financial industry’s smaller end. The Three Things Smart FIs Must Offer.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

They affect companies large and small over a wide range of industries in communities at home and abroad. Domino’s has been pushing into all kinds of new technologies, including ordering from smartwatches, TVs, Alexa and Google Home. It also delivers to non-traditional locations like zoos, beaches and park benches.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2018

One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Many grids also have Facebook pages and Twitter accounts, but I find that Google Plus offers a really convenient way to keep track of what’s going on across the metaverse. Largest multi-grid communities.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 8, 2017

Over the past few years, Carnegie Mellon University’s School of Computer Science has been churning out young tech talent, and big companies have taken notice with the likes of Apple, Facebook and Google setting up offices in the city. Now, we still use our ties to the tech community and grow the company, the product and ourselves.”.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 7, 2019

They affect companies large and small over a wide range of industries in communities at home and abroad. Domino’s has been pushing into all kinds of new technologies, including ordering from smartwatches, TVs, Alexa and Google Home. It also delivers to non-traditional locations like zoos, beaches and park benches.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

While Microsoft’s headquarters are just a half hour outside of the city, Seattle can count Amazon, Tableau and Google as tech residents. The city has a strong entrepreneurial community and great schools along with a large network of financiers and advisors. Median household income (2015): $70,594. There are more than 1,890 startups.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2017

Returned items are sent to a regional processing hub, then on to retailers’ fulfillment centers, third-party logistics companies or liquidators. Vacancy rates are up in community shopping centers in 30 of 77 U.S. metro areas last year, compared with 24 in 2015 and 19 in 2014, according to data from real estate researcher Reis Inc.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 16, 2015

The conference was full of community bankers discussing evolving business models and the pressures its placing on their ability to gather deposits. Large banks are now trying to compete on serving the customer and they´re positioning themselves to look and feel like a community experience. Presenters proposed some solutions.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

27, has been officially called off by organizers, citing high-profile pullouts by Intel, Google, Sony, Vodafone, Nokia, Amazon and others over fear of encouraging the virus’ spread. At some point, we are likely to see community spread in the U.S. The bigger picture in the surrounding regions is uncertain, he noted.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2018

Google has been under intense internal and external pressure to defend its role in developing AI software for the US Department of Defense. Project Maven has involved Google developing AI image recognition software for US military drones. As Google increasingly turns itself into an AI company , it faces new ethics debates.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

France Hits Amazon, Google With $164 Million in Penalties for Alleged Cookie Violations. million), while Google was told to pay 100 million euros (approximately $121.5 People who use Google expect us to respect their privacy, whether they have a Google account or not,” a representative for Google said, per the report. “We

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 10, 2022

Prior to Wellington, he was a US regional bank analyst with Lehman Brothers and Bear Stearns. Retail investors hate paying taxes and hate losing money, particularly since in banking there's little chance of a community bank being the next Microsoft. Better than Amazon or Google or Square (Block)? Butterfield and Son Limited.

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CB Insights

MARCH 27, 2019

It comes as no surprise, then, that big tech players like Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Google, and Apple (FAMGA) are investing heavily in data security — especially as several have fallen victim to data breaches themselves. Google was rocked by not one, but two breaches around its Google+ platform in 2018. Table of contents.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

The analysis suggests a range of both short- and long-term priorities Hong Kong should take in order to grow its startup landscape, including improving the availability of top talent, boosting the investor community and continuing to increase entrepreneurial activities. China’s market is very crucial to Israeli companies.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. In a region where mobile phone penetration grew from 92.7 With an estimated population of just 5.47 million, an unemployment rate of 3 percent and an adult literacy rate of about 96.54

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2017

Attracting and keeping technology talent at a regionally based financial institution is a constant struggle. Industry-specific tech talent is consolidating and migrating to programmer and megabank community hotspots in San Jose, Seattle, San Francisco, Boston, Raleigh, Charlotte, Atlanta and Phoenix. Tech Talent Famine.

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PYMNTS

JULY 1, 2016

Like Lendingkart, Five Star said it would use the funding to expand across India, focusing on the southern region of the country, reports said. Small business accounting software startup Smacc is one reason why the country is so attractive to the FinTech startup community. and move elsewhere in the European Union, mainly Germany.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. The information you have to give shouldn’t be pages long… Google Checkout and PayPal are these confusing things, and we wondered why they hadn’t solved these issues.” — Patrick Collison. rate per transaction.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2016

The world of mobile payments news this week started out in the one region of the world that doesn’t often make much news when it comes to what U.S. Beyond that, there was also plenty of news (and stats) that broke from the mobile pay bigwigs, like Apple, Google and Alibaba. companies are doing in mobile commerce: Cuba.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 30, 2017

Professor of city and regional planning at the University of Pennsylvania. Dodd-Frank, the CFPB, and regulators "disparate impact" doctrine are pushing community financial institutions out of consumer banking. I Googled "free checking" and came up with multiple options. Didn't see that coming.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 27, 2016

Google Cloud Platform opens its first West Coast region. Stay current on daily news from the fintech developer community! Mastercard to Buy VocaLink for Up to $1.14 Billion After Masterpass Expansion to Retail. Cloud Lending Solutions adds new online modules to its Learning program. Follow FinDEVr on Twitter.

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CB Insights

AUGUST 22, 2018

Cloud Wars: The Race Between Google, Microsoft, and Amazon. These strategies also benefit cloud providers that compete closely with AWS, like Microsoft Azure (Azure) and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The Long Game of Google Cloud Platform. As a result, a fierce rivalry between Amazon, Microsoft, and Google emerged.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Get the 47-page google in healthcare report. See how Google is using AI to transform the $3 trillion US healthcare system. Innovation centers across the globe in Boston, London, California, and Shanghai serve as regional hubs that can connect with local entrepreneurs, scientists, and technologies. Alphabet (Google) — Verily.

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CB Insights

JULY 18, 2017

Last week, we asked if all the recent revelations about harassment in the tech/venture community would lead to real change. The region is home to two of the world’s highest valued private companies: SpaceX and The Honest Company. We were expecting a fair amount of optimism. Didn’t really get that. The full results are below.

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Banking 2020

AUGUST 24, 2015

For community banks or credit unions who are thinking about search, what would you say is the easiest way for someone to get started with a program? Sabrina : That makes sense. Angie: It’s important for financial institutions to think about how they can improve their business through not only digital, but through search as well.

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Banking 2020

AUGUST 18, 2015

For community banks or credit unions who are thinking about search, what would you say is the easiest way for someone to get started with a program? Sabrina: That makes sense. Angie: It’s important for financial institutions to think about how they can improve their business through not only digital, but through search as well.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 9, 2020

That said, some banking-like providers appear to be closing the primary banking services gap, particularly regional banks and credit unions (CUs). Ninety-two percent of consumers count their primary bank as either a national bank, regional/community bank or credit union. Seven percent (7.4) percent) or PayPal (3.2 Another 31.7

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

“As we went into the early pandemic, we saw lines and lines of cars, people coming and wanting cash from our branches — we literally couldn't keep enough cash in our branches,” Unitus Community Credit Union CEO Steven Stapp told Webster. That happened for about two or three weeks, and then guess what? Solidifying Seamlessness .

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. Credit Union Lifetime Achievement Awards.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

The CHOICE Act rolls back regulations that Sullivan said can pin down a community bank and prevent it from serving its function. Community banks are spending more money and resources on hiring compliance people than they are on lending to their community,” he said. Yet not a single member missed their scheduled NACHA meeting.

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