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Venmo, Girl Scouts And Bitcoin: The Week In Unexpected Upsides

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The magic that makes it happen is the social media part of the Venmo platform, which allows users to list a live feed of their transactions in an easily digestible, scrollable, emoji-filled form. One anonymous San Diego scout sold more than 300 boxes of Girl Scout cookies in less than six hours.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. For more than 20 years, John has helped City National grow its niched commercial and private banking businesses with strategic technologies. Chris’ public posts including his playbook for dealing with COVID-19 were gobbled up on social media.

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Fraud Ideas from FICO World 2022 – and Excitement for 2023!

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It’s summer, and for most of San Diego, this year that means visiting “Top Gun” film locations or heading to one of our city’s amazing beaches. The welcome reception saw a performance by Gipsy Nation a la Gipsy Kings, a French band that had the crowd swaying with virtuoso guitar playing and infectious rhythms. by TJ Horan.

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They Grow Up So Fast: Gen Z Starts Taking Consumer Power

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The consumer power of Gen Z also extends to influence: A report by IBM and the National Retail Federation said that 70 percent of the average family’s spending is influenced by these post-millennial consumers. That said, risk is unlikely to come as easy to Gen Z as it may have come to older people.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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No one has been more successful at using social media to generate awareness and a positive image for their bank than Jill (@JillCastilla, @CitizensEdmond). Jill’s use of Twitter is a model for any bank CEO looking to engage on social media. Jill Castilla, CEO of Citizens Bank of Edmond, Okla. Freudian Slip Award.

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Amid Regulators’ Gaze, Trump Administration ‘Taking A Look’ At Google?

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In the latest salvo, the Kudlow remarks, according to The Post , put Google “squarely in the White House’s crosshairs” about how search results and social media may or may not be skewed against conservatives. 96 percent of results on ‘Trump News’ are from National Left-Wing Media, very dangerous.

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