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Banker Quotes: As Told To Me v6

Jeff For Banks

And by the way, if Dodd-Frank tried to weed out bad actors in this market and put bankers back in the business, think again. Maybe social media is happening outside of the Marketing Department. NJ Banker and West Pointer Norm Beatty quotes Stonewall Jackson: "Never take counsel of your fear." This banker does.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Between 1995 and its peak in March 2000, the Nasdaq Composite stock market index rose 800%, only to fall 740% from its peak by October 2002, giving up all its gains during the bubble. We knew there was tremendous hubris in the subprime market. 01 percent on my money market account when the Fed Funds rate rose to five, I was angry.

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Fintech Fundings: 15 Companies Raise $125 Million Week Ending May 1

Fintech Labs Insights

Payments via social media. HQ: Chatham, NJ. Tags: Payments, mobile, social, Facebook, Startup Chile (investor). Payroll and payment solutions for the underbanked. HQ: London, UK. Latest round: $2 million Seed. Total raised: $3.4 Source: TechCrunch. Blockchain derivatives. HQ: San Mateo, California. Latest round: $1.2

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Congress Asks Mark Zuckerberg To Testify About Cambridge Analytica

PYMNTS

Frank Pallone (D-NJ), along with other lawmakers, said in a letter. Needless to say, whether Cambridge Analytica actually did this — whether their claims are simply marketing puffery and/or whether their tactics were as effective as they claim — controversy swirls around the issue. Greg Walden (R-OR) and Rep.

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