PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2018

During the 2018 Minor League Baseball season, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp drew an average of 5,000 fans to each of its games, and serving that crowd meant rallying Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds’ army of ticket takers, ushers, concessions staff, merchandise vendors and more. The relative youth of the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp made it easier to test a new payroll system, as they were not overturning deeply entrenched practices. “We’re

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

JUNE 7, 2018

VyStar Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL) is buying the 23-story SunTrust Tower in Downtown Jacksonville and will rename the building VyStar Tower. VyStar expects to close on the purchase of the almost 400,000 square-foot building in the next 30 to 45 days. It will take a period of 12 to 18 months for $7.6 billion Vystar to relocate its headquarters. The price tag of the transaction was not disclosed. Read the story. HQ Spending Big

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry is proposing a change in the name of Jacksonville Veteran Memorial Arena to Vystar Veterans Memorial Arena, according to The Florida Times-Union. Under the proposed agreement, VyStar Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL) would pay $9.76 The city would put 10 percent of those annual payments into a trust fund that would support veterans programs in Jacksonville.

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Filene

MAY 19, 2016

10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Local Host: Jax Federal Credit Union. Filene Host: Tansley Stearns. Click the arrow below to REGISTER for this event: WHAT IS AN IMPACT ROADSHOW?

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

JANUARY 4, 2017

The Florida Times-Union is reporting that Community First Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL) has agreed to become the Florida Theatre’s first season-long sponsor and partner for all its programs and events. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed but both Numa Saisselin, president of the Florida Theatre, and John Hirabayashi, CEO and president of the credit union, said the commitment is substantial. The $1.4

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 2, 2018

Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Hit A Payments Home Run. The Jumbo Shrimp — a Jacksonville, Florida-based minor league baseball team — has a new, speedier employee payment solution in play.

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

OCTOBER 15, 2014

Community First Credit Union has agreed to be a title sponsor of Jacksonville''s Light Boat Parade for at least the next three years. Organizers hope to have at least 100 boats participate in the parade. After the boat parade, there will be a fireworks show. Community First and Gator Bowl Sports declined to disclose the dollar amount for the credit union’s sponsorship. But is sponsoring a boat parade consistent with the tax-exempt purpose of a credit union? Read more.

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ABA Community Banking

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

Six people were arrested last week of bank fraud in Jacksonville, Florida Feature Risk Management AML & Fraud Customers Operational Risk Cyberfraud/ID Theft Feature3. 1Risk Management

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

AUGUST 5, 2018

On June 7th , I reported on the purchase of a downtown Jacksonville office tower by VyStar Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL). The Jacksonville Daily Record is reporting that VyStar paid $59 million for the 23-story office tower. The purchase also includes a 612-space parking garage. The credit union will occupy 11 floors of the 358,278-square-foot tower. Read the story. HQ Spending Big

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2019

The Jacksonville, Fla.-based Fintech provider FIS aims to help financial institutions lacking the in-house firepower to launch their own direct-to-consumer digital-only banks to do so in just 90 days.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

EverBank Financial's biggest investor is cashing out ahead of the Jacksonville, Fla., company's sale to TIAA. dealmaking-strategy breaking_news capital strategic-alternatives fl national-regional

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BankThink

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

billion purchase of Jacksonville, Fla.-based Fresh off helping lead TIAA's $2.5 based EverBank, Kathie Andrade took on another ambitious project this year. Women in Banking Asset management Kathie Andrade TIAA

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American Banker

JULY 26, 2016

EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., confirmed that it is in talks to sell itself. breaking_news community-banking fl m-a earnings-community-banks performance dealmaking-strategy

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American Banker

AUGUST 8, 2016

TIAA in New York has agreed to buy EverBank in Jacksonville, Fla. breaking_news community-banking m-a ny fl dealmaking-strategy

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BankThink

JUNE 4, 2018

Jacksonville, Fla., football fans had a strong clue that TIAA was about to rebrand its new banking unit when the signs at EverBank Field began to change. Consumer banking Marketing TIAA Florida New York

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American Banker

MARCH 10, 2016

EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla., plans to raise $90 million through a public offering of subordinated debt. breaking_news national-regional capital fl dealmaking-strategy

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

TIAA will promote one of its own to chair its expanded bank after it buys EverBank Financial in Jacksonville, Fla. breaking_news dealmaking-strategy m-a people fl ny national-regional

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

APRIL 18, 2014

billion in assets credit union headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida. Vystar Credit Union is a $4.9 The credit union reported net income (profits) of almost $50.2 million and paid NO corporate income taxes

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Lake City, a community of about 12,000 people west of Jacksonville, forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars after a ransomware attack crippled its systems. One small Florida city has had to pay cybercriminals thousands of dollars in ransomware.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

The new cities are Memphis, Tennessee; New York City, New York; Jacksonville, Florida; Dallas, Texas; St.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 19, 2019

In an effort that could bring delivery opportunities, Panera Bread has been experimenting with a menu for dinner at a Jacksonville, Florida restaurant.

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

MARCH 24, 2017

The game will feature Jacksonville State against Tennessee-Chattanooga. Guardian Credit Union will be the titled sponsor of a college football game starting the 2017 season in Montgomery, Alabama. The game will be called "Guardian Credit Union FCS Kickoff." The price tag of the sponsorship was not disclosed. Read the story. Naming Rights Sponsorships

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

JANUARY 15, 2019

VyStar Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL) announced it has signed an Agreement and Plan of Merger to acquire Citizens State Bank (Perry, FL). Citizens State Bank has four branches and over $280 million in assets. Vystar Credit Union has more than $8.2 billion in assets and serves 49 counties in Central and North Florida and 4 counties in Georgia.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

The combined companies will be located in FIS’ headquarters in Jacksonville, Florida.

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

MARCH 1, 2019

Arkansas Federal Credit Union (Jacksonville, AR) is rewarding large balance money market accounts (MMAs) with higher interest rates than accounts with lower balances.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 18, 2019

The combined company will retain the FIS name and be headquartered in Jacksonville, Florida.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 26, 2017

In Jacksonville, Fla., Rent for higher-end office space located in Jacksonville is roughly $22 per square foot, 25 percent of similar rent per square foot in New York. The global financial industry is setting its sights on real estate south of Wall Street — way down south.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 11, 2018

In September , Amazon and Whole Foods Market brought the service to Ann Arbor, Detroit, Jacksonville, Milwaukee, Madison, Omaha, St.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Verizon will be bringing its 5G technology to 30 U.S. cities by the end of the year, according to reports. The wireless giant didn’t specify the cities or the method of deployment, but it did say it would include extremely fast millimeter wave radios. “It’s

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

MAY 2, 2019

The Florida Office of Financial Regulation on April 18 approved the application to merge Citizens State Bank (Gainesville, FL) into Vystar Credit Union (Jacksonville, FL). The shareholders of Citizens State Bank have approved the transaction. Both applicants state that the transaction will not result in Vystar engaging in any nonconforming or impermissible activities.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2018

Dallas, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Fla., AT&T has announced that it will be offering a 5G smartphone from Samsung in the first half of 2019. “5G 5G is going to be about more than just a network. Customers will eventually be able to connect in near real-time to unforeseen possibilities,” David Christopher, president of AT&T Mobility and Entertainment, said in a press release. Together with Samsung, we plan to bring the best in technology and innovation to our customers.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Late in the first quarter Ameris completed its acquisition of the $502 million-asset Jacksonville Bancorp in Florida, and it finished the systems and data conversion in the second quarter. … Ameris Bancorp in Moultrie, Ga., reported a double-digit increase in profits thanks to an acquisition, organic loan growth and other factors. The $6.5 billion-asset company said Monday that its third-quarter net income climbed 38% to $21.6 million compared with the same period last year.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 12, 2015

HQ: Jacksonville, Florida. This post is part of our live coverage of FinovateSpring 2015. FIS is up next with its Cardless Cash innovation for mobile banking.

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

JULY 9, 2017

Arkansas Federal Credit Union (Jacksonville, AR) is looking to buy a bank that is deposit rich but does not have a ton of loans. According to www.Arkansasonline.com, the $1.1 billion asset credit union has already spoken to two banks about a possible merger. The immediate focus is on banks located near Little Rock; but not with branches near the credit union's branches. The credit union intends to be the first Arkansas credit union to acquire a bank. Read the story.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2018

Jacksonville (Fla.), Carvana , the eCommerce platform for buying and selling used cars , announced Wednesday (June 20) that it has launched its largest Car Vending Machine to date, located in the company’s hometown of Tempe, Arizona. In a press release , Carvana said the machine stands nine stories high, is all glass and holds as many as 34 vehicles. It’s the third Car Vending Machine launch in June, with Tempe the 12th location for the vending machines.

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Money Crashers

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

EverBank is a Jacksonville, Florida-based bank that serves Florida customers through its network of physical branches and national customers through its online bank. The company offered its first product, the Yield Pledge Checking Account, in 1999.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 20, 2019

Panera Bread , for instance, has been experimenting with a menu for dinner at a Jacksonville, Florida restaurant in an effort that could present new delivery opportunities.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

To that end, TSYS said Thursday that it has bought iMobile3 , based in Jacksonville, Fla., Three months ago, the “build vs. buy” debate got a fair amount of digital ink in these digital pages, focused on merchant services. You go big, or you go home,” Philip McHugh, senior executive vice president and president, Merchant Solutions, TSYS , told PYMNTS about the competitive mindset within that space.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 21, 2019

And Panera Bread has been piloting a menu for dinner at a Jacksonville, Florida restaurant in an effort that could bring delivery opportunities.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2019

South Korea is taking an early lead in deployment of 5G , with three of the country’s telecoms recently deploying the service.

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Keith Leggett's Credit Union Watch

MAY 12, 2015

Space Coast Credit Union of Melbourne had the highest incidence of complaints, followed by MidFlorida Credit Union of Lakeland, Suncoast Credit Union of Tampa and VyStar Credit Union of Jacksonville. A study by a banking analyst once again finds that Florida depositors lodge more complaints against credit unions than banks after controlling for complaint market share versus deposit market share for the institution.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Score one for the Midwest: Verizon said this week (March 13) it will launch its 5G network in Chicago and Minneapolis on April 11.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 9, 2016

John’s Town Center in Jacksonville, Florida; and International Plaza in Tampa, Florida. Home décor cataloger and eStore Ballard Designs announced it will expand its brick-and-mortar prototype stores to four new locations in 2017, reported Chain Store Age. Three locations have already been chosen — Natick Mall in Natick, MA; Roosevelt Field in Garden City, NY; and South Park in Charlotte, NC — while the fourth is still being determined.

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