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Brex Offers FDIC Insurance, Adds Chief Legal Officer

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a financial services holding company based in Kansas City, Missouri. This partnership aligns with UMB’s strategy of working with best-in-class innovators like Brex.”. Brex said the FDIC insurance on uninvested cash reserves up to $250,000 is the result of a partnership with UMB Financial Corp. ,

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

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While AOBA provides a fertile forum for buyers and potential sellers in the bank M&A space to commensurate, the crowd uses this valuable face time to also delve into discussions about the economy, strategic growth, fintech innovation, competition, and talent wars.

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SWIFT Gears Up For Trade Via Blockchain

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The partnership will integrate the R3 platform into the SWIFT global payments innovation (gpi) offering. The trio is comprised three executives of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City: Barbara Pacheco, former senior vice president, Thomas Hoenig, former president, and Bruce Summers, former director of information technology.

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Onward Financial’s Employer-Backed Payday Loan Alternative

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Regulators can ban payday loans – but no one can ban cars that break down, heating systems that drop dead in the middle of the winter, medical crises or any of the myriad unexpected financial events that send consumers running to the embrace of short-term lenders. But now, they are ready to think about expanding.

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Congress Presses Fed On Real-Time Payments Plan

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The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. Reception toward the initiative was not, however, universally positive. payments ecosystem. payments ecosystem.

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Fed Looks To Keep Momentum Going On Payments Improvements

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payment system that will require the sustained commitment of the Federal Reserve and the industry to achieve,” said Esther George, chief executive of the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who also serves as executive sponsor of the payments improvement initiative. “Our 2015 paper laid out ambitious goals for the U.S.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Hats off to Greg for taking a $600 million credit union to a $5 billion innovator over his 25 years at the helm. Bank Sale of the Year.

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