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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

At the end of 2017, a handful of Chinese provinces and the country of Georgia were home to 75 percent of the world’s bitcoin mining, while only 3 percent was happening in the U.S. Due to tax reform, many small businesses (SMBs) may opt to sell the ranch — or the salon or the tax advisory service. Mom ‘n pop to sell out?

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Advocacy: Election Returns

Independent Banker

Familiar Friends—Georgia community bankers meet with Sen. FDIC Assessment Rules. Responding to ICBA’s advocacy, the FDIC scrapped the core deposit ratio for determining deposit insurance assessments of banks with assets less than $10 billion, substituting the brokered deposit ratio. Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.), De novo formations.