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Pier 1 Plans Sale As It Goes Bankrupt

PYMNTS

The Fort Worth, Texas-based retailer franchise said it filed for chapter 11 protection Monday in U.S. Wells Fargo National Association and Pathlight Capital LP will allow the company to operate while finalizing sales. Its largest shareholders are Charles Schwab Investment Management and Dimensional Fund Advisors LLP. .

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Grappling With COVID-19, Airlines Shift From Passengers To Cargo

PYMNTS

777-300s, will transport medical supplies, eCommerce items and office equipment, flying between Frankfurt and American Airline’s base at the Dallas-Fort Worth airport. The planes, Boeing Co. The move has also been adopted by other firms, grappling with the growing impact of the coronavirus.

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Governments Sending Mixed Signals On Blockchain

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We’re contemplating adding ‘Blockchain’ to our name so we’ll increase our followers by 70,000 percent,” the official Fort Worth SEC Twitter handle stated. The remarks followed a tongue-in-cheek tweet sent out by the agency earlier this month. It also follows a more serious initiative by the U.S.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Chi Chi Wu, Staff Attorney, National Consumer Law Center, Boston, MA. The new members are as follows: Consumer Advisory Board Members. Jacksonville, FL.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

The bankers serving on the council are these: Angela Beilke , vice president, mortgage department at American Bank & Trust in Davenport, Iowa; Michael Gallagher , senior vice president, risk management director at Enterprise Bank & Trust Co. Kathryn Underwood , president and CEO at Ledyard National Bank in Hanover, N.H.

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Airports Expand Range Of Digital Identity Technology

PYMNTS

Last month, American Airlines announced that it will be piloting a new touchless mobile identity system at Dallas/Fort Worth International and Reagan National airports that will allow passengers to verify their identities with their faces at the check-in desk. What American Airlines Is Adding.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

The Bank also offers wealth management and trust services. We serve our local geographic market which is the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area. We have benefitted from the Texas economy since our inception, producing strong loan growth and favorable loss experience amidst the challenging environment for banking nationally.

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