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Lessons Learned From the Fourth United States Bank Failure of 2023

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Heartland Tri-State began operations in 1985 under the name First National Bank of Elkhart. In 2017, the bank was converted from its National Charter to a Kansas state-chartered bank and renamed Heartland Tri-State Bank. In 2019, it expanded by buying its fourth branch from a competitor.

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NRF On The Case For Revising eCommerce Sales Tax Laws

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Kansas’ economic nexus tax recently came under fire from its own government. The attorney general said that Kansas’ economic nexus policy conflicted with the model established in the Wayfair ruling. Small retailers may be struggling with Kansas’ law, but large retailers are meanwhile coming under fire in South Carolina.

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Seven US States Seek To Simplify FinTech Licensing

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Reuters reported news on Tuesday that banking regulators from seven states across the United States are working to, as the newswire reported, “streamline” the FinTech reporting process, with an eye on those tech firms having an easier road toward offering their products and services across the nation.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ripple Goes To College To Research Blockchain; Bitcoin Value Drops To Lowest Level In 7.5 Weeks

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Carnegie Mellon, Cornell, Duke, Georgetown, Morgan State, Kansas, Michigan and Northeastern universities in the U.S., as well as the National University of Singapore and the University of Sao Paulo, have now joined the Institute for FinTech Research at Tsinghua University (THUIFR) in Beijing under the UBRI. “In

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In B2B, FinTech And Banks Eye (And Serve) SMB Capital Needs

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In one example, OurCrowd , which operates in the equity crowdfunding space, has struck up a partnership in Thailand with Bangkok Bank , boosting OurCrowd’s reach in Asia. In a statement from Brian Unruh, CEO of NBKC, the executive said that “our strategy has been to leverage technology and innovation to expand nationally. ”

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36 State Attorneys General settle with CarMax over non-disclosure of open safety recalls

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Joe Wilson, Chief Operating Officer, stated: CarMax led the industry in recall transparency by sharing vehicle specific recall information in-store and online to ensure our customers know about open recalls prior to purchase.

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

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This belief is based on “the Company’s operating plan, that current working capital and expected continued inventory and capital expenditure financing is sufficient to fund operations and satisfy the Company’s obligations.”. Ontario (L.A.), Oklahoma City, and Memphis. It is only part of a stepped-up marketing effort.

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