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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

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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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Can Crypto Power Tourist Cities, Block By Blockchain?

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China, for instance, has a plan to turn 835 acres off the shores of Malacca, Malaysia into a city built off the technology. Lim Keng Kai, the project’s CEO, said per reports that “our company is using cutting-edge blockchain technologies and integrating those into the traditional industry to make Malaysia a world-class tourist destination.

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Lemonade Insurance Review: Best for Simple Insurance Coverage

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Perhaps the biggest feature that set’s Lemonade apart from other insurers is its focus on technology and automation to handle customer service and claims. They depend heavily on technology for their customer service for both estimates and claims while taking profits for their operations in a nontraditional way. Alcohol abuse.

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33 Ways Drones Will Impact Society: From Fighting War to Forecasting Weather, UAVs Change Everything

CB Insights

Drone technology has been used by defense organizations and tech-savvy consumers for quite some time. However, the benefits of this technology extends well beyond just these sectors. And as autonomy and collision-avoidance technologies improve, so too will drones’ ability to perform increasingly complex tasks.

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Four Payments Ideas That Had A Breakout 2019

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Ignition of a new technology or idea in payments and commerce is always something of a tricky balancing act because consumers need a really good reason to change their well-entrenched habits. We didn’t need more than two hands to count the ones we felt were change-the-world sort of innovations. Here are four on that list.

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46 Corporations Working On Autonomous Vehicles

CB Insights

They are a diverse group of players, ranging from automotive industry stalwarts to leading technology brands and telecommunications companies. This list is not intended to be exhaustive of corporations working on autonomous vehicle technology. Top initiatives: Filed patent in 2016 for autonomous lane-switching technology.

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Sports Betting Moves Forward In The U.S. — With or Without ‘Integrity Fees’

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Supreme Court ruled in May that states may legalize sports betting — it was already allowed in Nevada — four other states have approved such wagering: Delaware, Mississippi, New Jersey and West Virginia. I want us to be one of the first 10 states to pass sports wagering, and I want it to support the horse industry.”. Sports Betting Expansion.