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Wintrust lines up next-gen leadership with exec promotions

American Banker

Timothy Crane is set to succeed Ed Wehmer as president, though Wehmer will remain the Illinois company's CEO.

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Online Gambling Player Rush Street Wins Support of Blank Check Firm To Go Public

PYMNTS

The $230 million dMY Technology just went public in February under the leadership of two veteran tech executives – Harry You, a former top EMC executive who was previously CFO of Accenture and Oracle, and Niccolo de Masi, chairman and former CEO of Glu Mobile, a developer of mobile games for smartphones and tablets.

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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

The diverse board, staff and leadership team aim to implement a plan of “doing well for investors by doing good for the community.” “We William Atkinson is a writer in Illinois. The community bank specializes in providing top-line banking services to small and mid-size businesses, family businesses and nonprofits.

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Logistics Supply Chain Startup Shipwell Raises $35M

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It plans to expand employee head count, and open its second office in Chicago, Illinois next year. Shipwell — an intelligent supply chain management solution for shippers, third-party logistics and carriers — has raised $47 million total in funding. “This is just the beginning. ”

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Amazon’s Next Warehouse Will Specialize In Large Items

PYMNTS

From the local community to state leadership, we appreciate the tremendous support from elected officials for this project, and we look forward to growing in the Peach State.” “This facility will create hundreds of new jobs with competitive pay and great benefits starting on day one.

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NY DFS announces multistate investigation of payroll advance industry

CFPB Monitor

Under former Director Cordray’s leadership, the CFPB took action against structured settlement and pension advance companies. Illinois Department of Financial Professional Regulation. The other state regulators identified in the DFS’s press release as joining the investigation are the following: Connecticut Department of Banking.

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From Russia, With Malware: US Charges Hackers In $100M Bank Fraud

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Prior to serving in this leadership role for Evil Corp, Yakubets was also directly associated with Evgeniy Bogachev, a previously designated Russian cybercriminal responsible for the distribution of the Zeus, Jabber Zeus, and GameOver Zeus malware schemes,” said the Treasury release.

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