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FPC Chooses Industry Expert Kimberly Ford As Exec Director

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Prior to her time at First Data, Ford served as a regional director for U.S. in Journalism-Public Relations from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl.”. in Journalism-Public Relations from the University of Florida in Gainesville, Fl.”. Senator Bill Nelson (D-Fl.) She holds a B.S. She holds a B.S.

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Imposter Scams Top FTC’s List of 2018 Consumer Complaints

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The report summarizes consumer complaints stored in the Consumer Sentinel Network, a secure online database. Nearly half of these reported scams involved government imposters that falsely claimed to be from the IRS, Social Security Administration, other government agency to get victims to turn over money and/or personal information.

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Credit Unions: Better Together

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Natural disasters like recent hurricanes Harvey and Irma that devastated parts of Texas and Florida are easier to weather when there is a plan and a structure in place before they happen. Herziger-Snider said the market has consolidated over the last 50 years through a series of regionally-strategic mergers and acquisitions.

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Mobile Banking: Questions About the Future

Banking 2020

Researchers from the University of Florida are reporting that mobile money systems in nations such as Brazil, India, Indonesia and Thailand exhibit alarming levels of vulnerabilities in the technologies used. However, it should also be remembered that some of these regions lack the industry maturity needed to address the problems.

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Bitcoin Daily: Unicas Opens Physical Crypto Bank Branch In India; Mayor Eyes Investing 1 Pct Of Miami's Reserves In Bitcoin

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In other news, Miami Mayor Francis Suarez, a nonstop social media cheerleader for the notion of building a high-tech ecosystem in South Florida, publicly embraced exploring using cryptocurrency to store some government financial reserves and blockchain to secure processes such as online voting. AMBCrypto reported Wednesday (Dec.

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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

Joining him in presenting the workshop will be Chris Nichols, chief strategy officer at CenterState Bank of Florida, a $3.9 Fortunately, community banks have a certain leg up by secured lending that is collateralized, a package of credit that takes time to assemble but provides much lower credit costs for customers. Monday, March 7.

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

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The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking. is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C.