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US Local Governments And The Slow Death Of The Check

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Local and state government agencies tend to approach innovation slowly and methodically, but careful vetting and execution have drawbacks for disbursement developments. There are currently no technological upgrades being explored by [our Texas] office,” Lyons said. Erroneous assumptions cause checks to linger .

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Real Innovation Solves Today’s Problems, Not Tomorrow’s

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Innovation happens when you least expect it. Those we call “innovators” are simply the ones who endeavor to solve the problems in front of them by any means necessary. Only later do others look at them and call them “innovators.” PYMNTS: Where do you look for innovative ideas, and why? The conversation is excerpted below.

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US Inches Toward Open Banking With CFPB Notice

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The solution, which secured about 20,000 SMBs to pilot the technology in the last year, provides deposit account and payment solutions that aim to compete with traditional banks that, as CEO and Co-founder Eyal Lifshitz described, "nickel-and-dime" businesses. First Horizon Bank Adopts NCR Technology.

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Why State And Local Governments Struggle To Shred The Paper Check

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Digital disbursement innovation is picking up speed in certain states, luckily, as digital payment technology becomes more readily available and less costly. In the State And Local Disbursements Report , PYMNTS examines the current state of disbursement innovation and reform for U.S. government departments.

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D3 Secures $10M For Digital SMB Banking Efforts

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Small business banking technology firm D3 Banking announced a new funding round led by West Partners on Monday (June 27), a move the firm said will help it invest in research and development. West Partners President Dennis O’Brien pointed to D3’s innovative market strategy as cause for the investment.

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ACH Alert, Fraud Prevention Services Company, Selects William Mills Agency

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William Mills Agency, the largest independent public relations and content marketing firm specializing in the financial industry, is pleased to announce today that it will provide PR services, trade show support and social media services for Tennessee-based, ACH Alert.

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What Serving The Internet’s ‘Underserved’ Means For Payments

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Think of access to reliable internet service, perhaps, as roughly similar to access to reliable and secure financial services — without both, the larger worlds of payment and commerce can indeed suffer. “In communities. communities. Expensive Cities. by offering fixed broadband communications services to rural and hard-to-reach areas.”

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