PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Best Picture — Payments Innovation. But no matter where one looks, it seems payments innovation is the big winner. This week saw three very big names in retail and payments weigh in on the debate over gun control in an attempt to push the market toward regulating itself with or without government intervention.

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Regulation Data Regional America 108

Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Lucas White: We need to continue to differentiate community banks and educate policymakers on why tiered and proportionate regulation is necessary. We need to make sure people remember that and have it reflected in laws and regulations that affect our industry. Omaha, Neb. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

The recharacterization threat also diminishes both the opportunity for innovation in lending products and the availability of credit, especially for consumers with risker credit profiles. 93a, the OCC is generally “authorized to prescribe rules and regulations to carry out the responsibilities of the office.” Under 12 U.S.C. §

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FDIC National South Dakota Lending 78

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

B2B payments innovators and Warren Buffet have something in common: They are both obsessed with rails. Omaha, Nebraska — Buffet’s birthplace — was the home of the First Transcontinental Railroad , which made railroads an important part of the Omaha economy. Warren Buffet made rails sexy again when he bought a railroad in 2009.

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Payments Innovation Regulation San Francisco 192

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Today, the “Oracle of Omaha’s” net worth is almost $83B — making him the third wealthiest person in the world, after Jeff Bezos and Bill Gates. He preaches the importance of fiscal responsibility, and he still lives in the house he bought in Omaha for $31,000 in 1938. Two decades later, he was a billionaire.

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Omaha Company Capital Management 78

Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 14, 2015

It was another stellar week for Finovate alums with 6 fundings totaling $123 million: money transfer service Payoneer ($50 mil), AI innovator Kensho ($33 million), tax specialist VATBox ($24 million), , cash-back specialist Mogl ($7.9 Source: NW Innovation. HQ: Omaha, Nebraska. million), mobile security provider Tyfone ($6.6

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New York City Company Fintech New York 12

PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2016

Innovation is the engine of America,” Purcell noted. Moreover, Dimon warned that regulating the biggest banks in the United States out of existence won’t solve any real problems — just move the issue to Chinese shores, where big banks will still be able to operate. Buffett is correct. So then the argument broke out.

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Regulation Lending Omaha America 100