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Amazon, JPMorgan Donate Money To Ease Coronavirus Crisis

PYMNTS

The bank plans to donate $2 million to the COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund run by the United Nations and the World Health Organization (WHO). that are fighting the coronavirus: ACT for Alexandria , Arlington Community Foundation , Community Foundation for Northern Virginia and the Greater Washington Community Foundation.

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Restaurant Business Serves Up Mixed Plate For 2020

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The 2020 outlook report from the National Restaurant Association was released today and it paints a picture of an industry dealing with the countercurrents of solid consumer spending and disruptive technology. In fact, by 2030, the National Restaurant Association expects that technology could completely change the face of dining.

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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. The bank, First National Bank of Keystone, was $1.1 And so went the birth of First National Bank of Keystone's meteoric rise.

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Easy Ways BSA Officers Can Get Their Required Training

Abrigo

One option that makes it easy for BSA officers to complete required training is to attend regional meetings. These are usually less expensive, shorter, and involve less extensive travel than the larger national conferences. For example, Abrigo is hosting regional seminars in six cities across the U.S. Ready to Attend?

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AmazonFresh Continues To Expand

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26) that its grocery delivery platform, AmazonFresh, is continuing its march toward national domination with the addition of two new cities : Chicago and Dallas. We continue to expand AmazonFresh into new regions so that more and more customers can take advantage of the service,” said Ben Hartman, VP of AmazonFresh.

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Rising Interest Rates Have Hurt Smaller Banks

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The Federal Reserve began raising interest rates about three years ago from almost zero, and after the financial crisis, many small and regional banks ramped up their lending with long-term and low-rate loans. The Southern National Bancorp of Virginia is now shelling out 2.25

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Power Appointments At TNS

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John Tait will assume the position of Managing Director of TNS’ Payments Division for the Asia Pacific region. Zirkel will be based in Reston, Virginia and Tait will be based in Sydney, Australia. George Zirkel will join TNS as Senior Vice President and Head of Global Payments Strategy.

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