PYMNTS

JUNE 30, 2017

A Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for helping criminals process millions of dollars in illegal bitcoin transactions. According to AP News , Anthony Murgio of Tampa pleaded guilty earlier this year to conspiracy charges for enticing friends and family members to help him operate an illegal money exchange business.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

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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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 22, 2020

A Georgia federal district court has entered a temporary restraining order against a Georgia-based debt collection operation in response to a complaint filed by the Federal Trade Commission. In addition to the FTC’s actions, Operation Corrupt Collector includes two cases filed by the CFPB, three criminal cases brought by the U.S.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 2, 2018

A Florida bank known for its growing number of acquisitions, explains how robotics processing automation (RPA) has aided in their growth strategy. Seacoast Bank headquartered in central-Florida, with $5.9 Jeff Bray, Seacoast Bank's chief operating officer, told Bank Innovation that Orlando-based fintech, EnableSoft, […].

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 28, 2020

Discount supermarket retailer Save A Lot unveiled the sale of 51 retail locations run by the company in the Tampa, Florida market to existing Save A Lot Retail Partner licensee Fresh Encounter. The latter company will keep running the retail locations with the Save A Lot name, according to a Monday (Dec. 28) press release.

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CFPB Monitor

JUNE 1, 2015

The CFPB announced that, together with the Florida AG, it has obtained judgments against several Florida companies and their individual operators who were charged in a complaint filed in a Florida federal court with using deceptive marketing practices and collecting illegal advance fees from consumers seeking mortgage relief services.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 27, 2020

and the United Parcel Service ( UPS ) will deliver prescription medications by drone to a Florida retirement community starting in May, the companies announced in a press release Monday (April 27). The first stop by the Matternet ’s M2 drone system is The Villages in Central Florida. CVS Health Corp.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 29, 2020

Apple has lost its copyright claim against a Florida company, Corellium , that makes "virtual iPhones" used by security researchers to test for vulnerabilities in its systems, Bloomberg reported. Apple said the other company copied its operating system and graphical user interface, along with other aspects of the iPhone, Bloomberg reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

As The Wall Street Journal reported, the eatery hoped to avert a complete liquidation of its 98 locations in New York, the Mid-Atlantic, California, Illinois and Florida with a proposed $3 million sale of the business to Aurify Brands LLC. Effective today, we are pausing our operations, company-wide.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […]. Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

The company – and its gold trading app – just expanded its reach in the United States with the addition of a license to operate in Alabama. The future is looking a bit more golden for CORO Global. The Alabama Securities Commission on Tuesday (Nov. App users can trade in U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 20, 2020

The deluge of college students that flood into Florida each year for spring break is such a regular occurrence that they’ve become something of a seasonal indicator. The grass turns green, the birds return, the daffodils bloom – and the best and brightest of America’s universities take body shots on Florida beaches.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2017

that operates within Florida and Alabama, announced in April, and should allow for a greater capacity for […]. USAmeriBank is now live on financial service firm Finastra’s payment hub, which will enable the regional bank to implement new payment services and rails.

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CFPB Monitor

APRIL 21, 2023

The CFPB has filed a Statement of Interest in a case pending before a Florida federal district court in which the plaintiffs allege that the defendant engaged in discriminatory targeting in violation of the Equal Credit Opportunity Act (ECOA). In Roberson v. Continue Reading

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

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). 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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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

Founded in London in 1971 and based in Florida, Hard Rock operates hotels, casinos and restaurants in 76 countries, according to the Hard Rock website. We’re planning on that taking a year.”. Allen said even after shuttered casinos, hotels and cafes reopen, he doesn’t expect customers to fill seats and beds. “If

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

And in Florida, state and local officials in 18 counties last month broke up a ring that allegedly stole nearly $85,000 of easy-to-resell items like baby formula, diapers, and energy drinks from Publix, Winn Dixie, and Walmart — typically taking $350 to $900 worth of goods at a time. A Growing Problem.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2020

Anthony Hucker, CEO of Southeastern Grocers , a Jacksonville, Florida-based supermarket chain, told WSJ he placed orders for holiday hams and turkeys in June, July and August long before he typically does. We will never again operate our business as unprepared for something like this,” he said.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 16, 2020

The merged firm will be headquartered in Raleigh, North Carolina and will operate under the First Citizens name and NASDAQ ticker symbol FCNCA. Among other locations, operation centers will be located in New York, New Jersey, California, Nebraska, Arizona, Florida and South Carolina.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Also, the Mersho Brothers, who operate Shoe Palace, have been issued equity in Genesis so that they will have 20 percent ownership of the enlarged group in the U.S. The chain currently has 167 retail locations, most of them operating under the Shoe Palace flag. California-based Shoe Palace was started in 1993 by the Mersho family.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 25, 2020

Disney may have thought reopening Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida next month was a good idea. But as of Wednesday (June 23), more than 7,000 people had signed a petition to postpone the scheduled resumption of operations on July 11 as the number of COVID-19 cases is rising, Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 15, 2020

FactorForYou operates in California, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, New York, Ohio and Texas. Its website implies it may operate in additional states at some point. Factoring companies buy the receivables of businesses and then set about collecting the owed funds or re-selling the obligations.

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PYMNTS

JULY 5, 2017

The retail giant has shared news that it will be opening a robotics-based warehouse in South Florida in 2018. The 850,000-square-foot facility will be staffed by robots, with 1,000 human workers handling operations. Amazon hopes this new warehouse will help bolster same-day delivery to Amazon customers in the Tampa, Florida, area.

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Bank Innovation

MARCH 9, 2017

— was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We Community banks can also play the fintech game. BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. We are an independent bank,” said Luvleen Sidhu, BankMobile’s co-founder, regarding the acquisition. “We

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 29, 2020

"We've cut expenses, suspended capital projects, furloughed our cast members while still paying benefits, and modified our operations to run as efficiently as possible, however, we simply cannot responsibly stay fully staffed while operating at such limited capacity," D'Amaro said, according to a memo to employees seen by CNN.

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PYMNTS

MAY 2, 2019

Convenience store operator 7-Eleven is launching beer and cider delivery in select U.S. Louis, Missouri; and Tampa, Florida. Customers can place their beer orders via the 7Now app. ” According to Fortune , the company will test the service in 18 markets: Austin, Texas; Charlotte, North Carolina; Chicago, Illinois; Dallas-Ft.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2019

The $55 million center, expected to become operational in 2021, will measure up to 375,000 square feet and is expected to generate up to 400 new jobs. Kroger is excited to enter Florida to redefine the customer experience through our industry-leading partnership with Ocado,” said Rodney McMullen, Kroger’s chairman and CEO.

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PYMNTS

JULY 24, 2018

Synovus Financial announced on Tuesday (July 24) that it is acquiring FCB Financial Holdings, owner of Florida Community Bank (FCB), Florida’s largest community bank, in a deal valued at $2.9 Following the closing, FCB will merge with Synovus Bank and operate under the Synovus brands. per FCB share, or $2.9 billion.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

“Prime Now delivery continues to be a hit with our customers and we’re excited to introduce the service in five new cities plus more neighborhoods in the San Francisco Bay Area,” Whole Foods Market’s executive vice president of operations, Christina Minardi, said in the announcement. Florida and New York are competitive markets for grocery.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2018

in an effort to win contracts to engage in currency exchange operations for the government. The majority of the money was wired from Swiss bank accounts to Florida, noted the report. Gorrin, who is 49, is accused of buying jets, yachts, champion horses and luxury watches in Florida and Texas with the ill-gotten gains.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 14, 2020

and Canada operating under Uber’s app. . It was expected that Cornershop would continue operations with its current leadership and report to a board with majority Uber representation. under Uber's ownership in Dallas, Texas and Miami, Florida. Cornorshop first rolled out in the U.S. Uber has said there was no wrongdoing.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 1, 2020

online grocery retailer Ocado is involved in a patent lawsuit over robotically-operated warehouse technology with robotics company AutoStore , Reuters reported. In July 2019, the companies were making the second of 20 of them in Florida. That deal was seen as instrumental in Kroger competing with Amazon , Reuters reported.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Disney’s Florida parks will now have new hand-sanitizing stations set up, and there will be temperature checks and social distancing measures in place. Florida Gov. But parades and other gatherings where people would be too close together will not be happening for the time being.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

The Florida company’s app sets up video calls in which participants can do such things as draw together, read bedtime stories, solve puzzles and even visit museums. B, founded in 1905, now operates 350 stores throughout the state. During the pandemic, the company has grown from four employees to 12. Texas-based retailer H?E?B,

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American Banker

JANUARY 27, 2020

The deal will create a bank with $34 billion in assets and operations stretching from Virginia to Florida.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

More than 50 Floridians told The Associated Press that they did not receive necessary hurricane preparedness items, such as flashlights, battery-operated radios, boxed milk, water bottles and first-aid kits, after placing orders on Amazon.com and Nestle’s ReadyRefresh. By delivery date it was already evacuation time.

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