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Report: FinCEN Files Reveal Billions In Suspicious Money Flows

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“Some of these people in those crisp white shirts in their sharp suits are feeding off the tragedy of people dying all over the world,” Martin Woods, a former investigator for Wachovia, the North Carolina-based financial services company that was acquired by Wells Fargo & Co., told the news outlet.

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Deep Dive: The Fight To Stop Biometric Spoofing

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Users demand both ironclad security and seamless login experiences, and biometrics are being incorporated into hardware solutions to meet these desires. The Deep Dive examines the seemingly never-ending arms race between the providers enacting new security protocols and the bad actors creating new techniques to thwart them.

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WEX Extends Fuel Card Contract With Sheetz

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states, including Maryland, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. This contract extension will not only provide Sheetz with access to WEX’s … products and services, but its customers will benefit as well through fuel savings programs, fraud protection and data insight.”. billion range.

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B2B Startups Welcome Another Unicorn With TripActions Funding

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It was another busy week for B2B FinTech startups, with globally and vertically diverse companies securing new funding for their enterprise-targeting tools. The big news of the week comes from TripActions , a corporate travel solutions provider that secured unicorn status with its latest fundraise (the largest in this week’s breakdown).

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Senate Grills Facebook’s Marcus Over Libra

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North Carolina Sen. to lead it its construction and regulation, lest the technology form factor be led by others from places “out of reach of our national security apparatus.”. Committee Chairman Mike Crapo of Idaho applauded Facebook’s intention for Libra — to create an on-ramp for unbanked consumers around the world.

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Four Reasons for the 2007-08 Financial Crisis

Jeff For Banks

There have been quite a number of research pieces offered as to the root causes (read a good one here by University of North Carolina). Yes there was some degree of fraud perpetuated on the borrowing public. Mortgage-Backed Securities (MBS) almost tripled between 1996 and 2007, to $7.3 BNC was owned by Lehman Bros.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. We remember his architecting the legendary Bank of America and Security Pacific merger on the West Coast. Expect more deals to be announced in 2024.

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