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Fed Names New Payments Security Leader

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Federal Reserve System has appointed its Payments Security Strategy leader, the agency announced Friday (Dec. He will lead the Fed’s initiative to address payments fraud risk and boost the security of payments in the U.S. Montgomery will also retain his position at the Boston Fed, where he focuses on services for the U.S.

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Movie Chain AMC Says It Could Go Broke By Year’s End

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13) with the federal Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC): ".given The August reopening of one of those theaters – the location in Kansas City -- included some extra flair. The parent of AMC Theatres says it's on track to run out of cash by early 2021 at the latest. AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc.

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New Wire Fraud Scam Reroutes Direct Deposit Paychecks

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KVC Health Systems, a child welfare nonprofit based out of Kansas City, has been hit with the scam. Adrien Gendre, chief solutions architect with email security company Vade Secure, said the scam has only appeared in the last month. Once the changes are made, a paycheck will go directly into a criminal’s account.

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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. Her role will include legal and compliance oversight including the company affiliate, Brex Treasury LLC, a Securities and Exchange-registered broker-dealer. Brex also announced Katie Biber has been named chief legal officer.

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Fed Names Leader For FedNow Faster Payments Service

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“Ken brings deep financial services insights and technical expertise to his new role,” said Esther George, president and chief executive officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City, who is also the sponsor of the Fed’s payments improvement initiative. “He

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Health Care Companies Data At Risk Of Being Compromised

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Social Security numbers, medical information, bank account numbers and claims information were not part of the hack. John Huff, director of the Missouri Department of Insurance, said in a statement in the report that information on 411,786 members of Blue Cross Blue Shield of Kansas City was potentially taken.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

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According to the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City , community banks’ deposit market share dropped to 15% in 2022 from 22% in 2013. At the same time, asset-based liquidity options at some community banks have been constrained by large unrealized losses in available-for-sale securities.