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AUGUST 21, 2020

Facebook ’s Chief Marketing Officer Antonio Lucio is leaving the social media behemoth after just two years on the job to actively promote diversity in the technology sector. He wrote on his LinkedIn page : “After two meaningful years, I have decided to step down as chief marketing officer of Facebook.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Card issuers are fielding new technologies and utilizing next-gen identity verification technology to expose the fakers and make social media — and the wider digital domain — safe for kitten vids and funny memes again. Within four years there will be 800 million smartphones in-market with facial recognition scanning capabilities.

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MARCH 2, 2018

One driver behind the shifting reputation of merchant cash advances is the industry’s participation in technology adoption and innovation. PIRS Capital recently launched its proprietary credit scoring technology via the PIRScore, a technology that uses machine learning to underwrite loans based on a slew of data points.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. is facing increased competition in its home market from other banks, nonbanks and even credit unions that are aggressively pricing loans to businesses, says president and CEO Steve Dehnert.

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JULY 17, 2019

Louisiana Sen. Thom Tillis noted that for good or ill, cryptocurrency is here, and a potential important force in the market that ought to be reckoned with. to lead it its construction and regulation, lest the technology form factor be led by others from places “out of reach of our national security apparatus.”.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 23, 2013

And yes, some are beyond our control such as population mobility, technology, and the need for some scale to invest enough to remain relevant. Banking is an industry that is particularly susceptible to external forces such as interest rates, business and consumer confidence, and the economy (both local and national). But I digress.

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APRIL 11, 2017

The sale includes the Stripes brand, a food-focused convenience store chain popular in Texas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Oklahoma. This acquisition, one of the largest in the company’s history, will bring the convenience chain’s locations to 9,815 in those markets. The deal, worth $3.3 and Canada. units saw 3.2

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