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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. Costello has also held senior roles at Bank of Florida, City National Bank and Nations Bank during his 30-year banking career. Filling a need.

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Apollo Bank hires South Florida banking veteran as its president

American Banker

The Miami bank, which called off a proposed sale to a credit union last year, recruited Ramon Rodriguez from City National Bank of Florida to oversee its local lending and global banking operations.

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Small Business Resiliency in South Florida

PopularBank

With South Florida Region Executive Israel Velasco. Nonessential businesses were forced to close their doors and unemployment in South Florida has outpaced much of the United States. As restrictions ease throughout South Florida, businesses are reopening their doors with enthusiasm, while others prepare to follow suit.

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Bitcoin Daily: CryptoBridge Exchange To Cease Operations; GA Governor To Tap Bitcoin Platform CEO For Senate Spot

PYMNTS

The exchange posted an announcement on its website to inform users that its services and servers will cease operations after December 15. And Florida Representative Matt Gaetz warned Kemp on Twitter, writing, “You are ignoring his request because you THINK you know better than @POTUS. 10 deadline.

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Bulk Nation And The Frill-Free Customizable Grocery Future

PYMNTS

But Bulk Nation had a radical idea about fixing that problem. This was the founding question for the alternative grocery company when it first opened in Sarasota, Florida, in 2013. And, he noted, customers who are coming to Bulk Nation are also going to experience a much wider range of goods than they might otherwise.

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Today In Retail: FedEx Concludes ShopRunner Acquisition; Save A Lot Sells 51 Stores To Fresh Encounter

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concluded its previously announced purchase of ShopRunner, while Save A Lot unveiled the sale of 51 stores run by the company in the Tampa, Florida market to Fresh Encounter. 28) that it closed its acquisition of ShopRunner, which will operate as a part of a new group inside of FedEx Services named FedEx Dataworks.

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Apple To Shutter 30 More US Stores Again Amid Pandemic

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As instances of the coronavirus quickly increase in a number of regions across the nation, Apple plans to shutter 30 more stores in the United States on Thursday (July 2) at the latest. The closures announced on Wednesday include many stores in the vicinity of Los Angeles and the last two open stores in Florida.

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