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Louisiana School Cyberattacks Trigger State Of Emergency

PYMNTS

Louisiana has declared a state of emergency after a series of cyberattacks impacted three of the state’s school districts. The attacks shut down the districts’ phones, as well as locked and encrypted files and computer equipment in school districts in Sabine, Morehouse and Ouachita parishes in North Louisiana. As a result, Gov.

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Biometrics: The Key To Overcoming Contactless Payment Limits?

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Agencies in the United States and European Union are both leveraging biometric tools such as fingerprint and facial scanners in their day-to-day business, with agencies finding that this technology reduces processing time and improves identity management and passenger flow. Banks are also deploying digital ID solutions to great success.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. This year, Red River Bank will enhance its mobile banking and treasury management services and automate more back-office operations. Blake Chatelain, president and CEO of $2.9 In fact, 16.5%

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Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra

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Brown was far from the only voice on the committee during the hearing with sharp words for the manager Facebook sent. Louisiana Sen. John Kennedy accused Facebook of destroying journalism in the U.S. and being Russia’s favorite platform to hack American elections when it was his turn to question Marcus.

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Data Dive: The Yes, No, Gotcha! Edition

PYMNTS

“Because filing taxes with Credit Karma Tax is completely free, not only can Americans keep their entire refund, Earlybird Advance can also help them get some money sooner,” said general manager Jagjit Chawla. The announcement, however, has further complicated the financial management side. So, what did we learn this week?

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. Lien rights management. HQ: New Oreans, Louisiana. Digital rights management platform on the blockchain. Cachet Financial Solutions raised $500,000 for its remote deposit platform. Alt-lender to students. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia.

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How the Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program sets recent graduates on a career path to success in banking

PopularBank

Trainees receive close mentorship from managers and advisors, participate in leadership and community activities and initiate specific projects and solutions for different business areas of the organization. Hometown: New Orleans, Louisiana. The exposure to senior management. Meet Our Associate Trainees. Meet Laura. Meet Austin.