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Equifax Names Ex-Mastercard CEO To Its Board

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At Mastercard, he created and structured a business where he served as president of Mastercard’s Europe, Middle East, Africa and Canada regions until his appointment as president and CEO. The jump in cost suggests the breach could turn out to be the most expensive hack of a corporation ever.

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Bankrupt Aeropostale Wants To Pay Its Execs Their Bonus — They Just Need A Judge To Approve

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“These voluntary resignations included members of the [retailer’s] leadership team and other employees that performed critical functions, including [its] director of tax, director of strategy and customer insights, senior director of social media, senior director of operations procurement, and various regional managers.”.

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Data Dive, The Bad, The Worse And The Ugly Edition: Store Closures, Coronavirus And Bitcoin

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Morgan Stanley Research Analyst Kimberly Greenberger said the second half of 2020 is expected to be especially challenging with the looming election — as shift and change in national leadership have some tendency to slow commercial activity because spenders get a bit spooked. The Coronavirus Continues to Cut Down the Chinese Economy .

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Our time is now

Independent Banker

ICBA’s incredible members, staff, state and regional partners, leadership bankers and, of course, the inimitable Cam Fine have given strength and momentum to our association and to the community banking industry more broadly. Now, the future is ours for the taking.

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Bank Brand Value: Calculated!

Jeff For Banks

And we can measure this by looking at a financial institution's cost of interest bearing deposits, and yield on loans, compared to other regional players that have similar balance sheets. The first step is to select regional financial institutions with a similar size, in the below case $1 billion - $10 billion in total assets.

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CFOs Take A Macro View Of The Future

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The concerns may be surprising, considering how many CFOs in these regions are cash-rich. According to the report, regulatory and tax risks were cited as the second top macro-concern for treasurers in the year ahead, cited by a quarter of survey respondents.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. Has to be M-O-E. Bank Merger of the Year. So which merger was the best in 2021?

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