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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Tencent Says Big Tech Needs Greater Oversight; Group Seeks To Block Maryland Online Ad Tax

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Group Seeks to Block Maryland Online Advertising Tax. Marylanders for Tax Fairness is preparing for a battle in January over the state’s attempt to make a digital advertising tax, the Baltimore Sun reported. Maryland legislators ratified the tax earlier in 2020, but Gov. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy. Larry Hogan vetoed the levy.

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Facebook Embroiled In New Data Scandal, Prompting Fresh Calls For Regulation

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Late last week in a blog post, Facebook revealed the incident hours ahead of the release of media reports that Cambridge Analytica, which is conservative leaning and worked for the Trump 2016 presidential campaign, got access to data and did not delete the information. It’s clear these platforms can’t police themselves,” Democratic U.S.

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Capitalize on social payments

Independent Banker

Even after some slow starts from products like Facebook’s Libra, social payments, which constitute any transaction that occurs on a big tech or social platform, have taken hold. These findings point to security as a key differentiator for community banks in the realm of social payments.

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Slight Uptick Reported In Retail Rent Payments

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The numbers were similar for Rockville, Maryland-based Federal Realty Trust , which owns and operates 104 mid-Atlantic retail properties. Openings are expected to continue over the next few weeks as many of our markets begin and continue phased re-openings in June,” the company said.

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Grocery Tracker: Discount Games

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Whole Foods’ market cap was estimated at over $9.7 Costco stock was up as well for the week, hitting a high over $176 on Friday morning, with a market cap over $77 billion. and a market cap over €26 billion (over $27.6 Distribution centers are currently under construction in Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

If you want to develop trust on social media, you need to be there when your customers need you.”. Use social media to build trust. Claire Hill, marketing director of $208 million-asset Heritage Bank & Trust in Columbia, Tenn., Here are her tips for building trust on social media: 1. Be authentic.

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Stupid Bank Names

Jeff For Banks

In the mid to late 1990''s, my employer, First National Bank of Maryland based in Baltimore, bought Harrisburg, Pennsylvania based Dauphin Deposit Bank. They didn''t even include bank in their marketing materials, leaving customers and potential customers wondering, who ? Common sense trumps a marketing study.