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FEMA Looks At Blockchain To Aid Disaster Payouts

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The United States Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has revealed that it might look into using blockchain technology to streamline disaster insurance payouts, as well as speed up its response to disasters.

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Youths Participate in Banking Basics Webinar with Popular Bank and NPRDP

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90 Recipients of the 2021 National Puerto Rican Day Parade Scholarship Program Learn How to Manage Their Finances. Popular Bank proudly supported the National Puerto Rican Day Parade (NPRDP) and made a $25,000 gift toward the 2021 NPRDP National Scholarship Program. Building financial confidence.

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NEN Widens USAT Partnership For Cashless Payments Growth

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Cashless payments firm USA Technologies (USAT) is expanding its partnership with amusement kiosk operator National Entertainment Network (NEN) to bring expanded cashless payment options to more vending machines and devices, the companies announced in a press release on Friday (Nov. and Puerto Rico.

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Facebook CMO Leaving To Focus On Promoting Diversity In Tech

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It is a time for reckoning for our nation and industry, and it is time for me to play a more active part in accelerating change. His Facebook corporate profile states that he was born in Spain and grew up in Puerto Rico. “In leaving Facebook, I am nothing but grateful,” he wrote.

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SBA Chief: Writing YOUR Success Story

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As he developed our product and expanded our markets , I managed the books. The SBA has 68 district offices and an extensive network of resource partners across America, including Puerto Rico, the U.S. How were we to know that our own hard work, skill and determination could be far more effective? Then another.

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Hispanic Federation Names Popular Bank Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea New Board Chairman

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For more than two decades, Chinea has been an active member of several marketing, credit, treasury management and not-for-profit organizations. The organization additionally advocates nationally on vital issues, including education, health, immigration, economic empowerment, civic engagement, Puerto Rico, and the environment.

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Morning Scan: BofA's Stress Test Team; Hedge Funds Sue Puerto Rico GDB

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BofA has fallen short on the test three of the past five years, and the bank has opted this year to employ a manager, not a numbers cruncher, to lead the team working to satisfy the complicated and controversial post-crisis regulation. The Charlotte, N.C., firm was the…