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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

PYMNTS

Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy. percent to 10 percent.

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State And Local Governments Wrestle With Faster Payments

PYMNTS

A crowd of FinTechs and challenger banks entering the disbursements space isn’t accelerating adoption to the extent needed, because it’s hard to differentiate them. Likewise, the Tennessee Department of Revenue is looking into real-time payments as a means of disbursing government funds. Illinois printed and mailed $1.3

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. First Community Bank of Tennessee. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker. Philadelphia.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

Second quarter closed with a frenzy of fintech fundings with 49 deals announced the last week alone, 10 more than the previous weekly record. Fintech deals by size from 25 June to 1 July, 2016: Paycor. HQ: Nashville, Tennessee. Income tax preparation app. The post Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6

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