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Biden Picks BlackRock’s Deese To Head National Economic Council

PYMNTS

President-elect Joe Biden has announced a new director of the National Economic Council in Brian Deese , the current head of sustainable investing at BlackRock , CNBC reported. Under Obama's leadership, Deese worked to put together the bailout and reorganization of the U.S. automobile industry.

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Alan Kaplinsky wins National Law Review Go-To Thought Leadership Award

CFPB Monitor

I am pleased to share with our blog readers that Alan Kaplinsky, who leads our firm’s Consumer Financial Services Group, was recently awarded the National Law Review’s Go-To Thought Leadership Award in Consumer Finance for his work on our blog, Consumer Finance Monitor.

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NACHA Report: Inaugural Meeting Of API Standardization Industry Group

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Created in 2017, the API Standardization Industry Group has begun developing an application program interface (API) standardization “playbook” to help enhance support for payments and the business needs of financial institutions, companies, FinTechs and other industry stakeholders and participants. The question remains.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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Perficient to Present at Fintech Generations 2021

Perficient

Perficient is excited to announce that Fintech Generations 2021 , a global fintech thought leadership event that takes place June 7-11, will feature Scott Albahary, chief strategist, financial services. Since its inception in 2015, the Fintech Generations conference has drawn national and international fintech leaders and speakers.

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FPC Chooses Industry Expert Kimberly Ford As Exec Director

PYMNTS

Faster Payments Council ( FPC ) has chosen industry expert Kimberly Ford as the organization’s first executive director. Ford developed deep subject matter expertise on a broad range of payments issues and has routinely served as a featured speaker at client and industry conferences,” the FPC said.

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8 Lessons From The Jamie Dimon Shareholder Letter

South State Correspondent

Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry. Lesson 2: Leadership Matters Jamie Dimon cites military decision making referring to the term OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) that we have written about HERE. Jamie states that the secret sauce to leadership is to “have a heart.”

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