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Square Partners With POWDR To Offer Ski Resorts Contactless Transactions

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Safety is our top priority, on and off the mountain, and Square knows this and aligns with POWDR’s Operation Stay Safe, the enhanced POWDR mountain experience that prioritizes the well-being of our staff, guests and community in the midst of the pandemic.”.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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Locations in California, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Louisiana are set to shutter on Thursday, while shops in Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Utah were shuttered as of Wednesday (July 1). Their reclosures reportedly are a negative barometer of the ease with which retail operations are able to resume throughout the country.

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Subscription Business Models Lead B2B VC Funding

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Venture capital appears to be picking back up in the B2B technology startup community. Operating a platform that helps organizations manage their documents, eFileCabinet recently announced $11.5 Operating a platform that helps organizations manage their documents, eFileCabinet recently announced $11.5 eFileCabinet.

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Apple Pay Rolls Out To 17 American Credit Unions And Banks

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The total roster now claims more than 1,600 banks and credit unions domestically, said the site, even as 35 percent of retailers in the U.S. support Apple Pay.

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Why The ICBA Is Fighting Industrial Loan Charters For FinTechs

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All industrial banks are chartered in Utah – and there are only 17 such charters issued, 15 of which are currently active. Square already has an SMB lending arm – Square Capital – which it operates through a deal with Utah-based Celtic Bank. That lending operation has been fairly successful for Square, and has lent out over $1.8

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Data privacy: How to keep customer data safe

Independent Banker

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Shielding sensitive customer information from prying eyes remains a chronic industry challenge. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms. Kathleen C.

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