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Kentucky banks stand tall

Independent Banker

Chris Vogt of the Wisconsin Badgers NCAA basketball team presents an anonymous donation to First Kentucky Bank officials. We’re not thought of as ‘tornado alley’ around here, at least not before this,” says Stacy Overby, senior vice president of $535 million-asset First Kentucky Bank in Mayfield, Ky. Stacy Overby, First Kentucky Bank.

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NCR Widens Regional Service With Purchase Of Midwest POS

PYMNTS

announced the acquisition of Midwest POS Solutions to expand its presence in Kentucky and Indiana, as detailed in a press release on Monday (Oct. The acquisition will expand NCR’s service to 1,000 restaurants in the region. Midwest POS is among the first NCR Aloha dealers. NCR is committed to the customer first, and so are we.

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LatAm’s RobinFood Says It’s A Tech Company That Sells Food … And It’s Working

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But he said that since the region’s average monthly income is less than $400, “we knew if we wanted to go massive, we would have to go downscale.”. Despite low average incomes, Latin America offers a huge overall market size and growth potential. Even so, Vega said that when it comes to ordering food, the masses are underserved.

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Why eCommerce Will Create More Jobs Than It Kills

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That has become an increasingly certain part of the conventional wisdom – as real-world retailers are shutting locations down and laying off staff, and oceans of low-skilled service-sector workers are likely to end up on the market with fewer option available to them for gainful employment. I’m just looking at the numbers.”.

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Verizon 5G Network Launch Foreshadows Mobile Commerce Changes

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The upcoming launches in the Midwest – in one city that is considered the capital of the region, and in another that is a growing destination for young, digitally-minded professionals, including those priced out of the Chicago housing market – represent more significant progress for the new mobile network technology. 5G Potential.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region. The OCC on Oct. It measures 1-5, with 1 being the best score an institution can receive and 5 the worst). • Traditional control processes (such as audit, loan review, internal controls and due diligence).

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Belk Works On Building Its New Legacy

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Small and regional — outside of the Southeastern United States, most people haven’t heard of it. In Kentucky right now, Belk is building out a location in what was a Macy’s. There can only be one in the modern, southern style game, and Belk more or less owns that market. Most brands can’t do exactly what Belk has done.