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Banks turn employees into social media envoys

American Banker

Truist, First National Bank of Omaha and Peoples Bank in Washington state are finding creative ways for loan officers, financial advisers and others to become ambassadors on platforms including Facebook and Instagram.

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TikTok’s Head To Connect With Legislators In Washington

PYMNTS

As suspicions surrounding the app’s ties to China continue to increase, TikTok chief Alex Zhu will meet with legislators in Washington, D.C. Blackburn told Zhu in a letter in November that she worries the social media app “is paving the way for the Chinese government to gain unfettered and unsupervised access to our children’s lives.”

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Amazon Takes Aim at Counterfeiters, Collaborators In Federal Lawsuit

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Luxury product rip-off artists and their social media accomplices beware: Amazon is coming after you. District Court for the Western District of Washington. The pair then used social media sites like TikTok and Instagram to promote the counterfeit products. Amazon on Thursday (Nov. Amazon on Thursday (Nov.

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Zuckerberg Visits DC To Talk Tech Laws With Senators  

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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg had dinner with several senators in Washington D.C. 18) that he “helped organize” a dinner meeting in Washington for Zuckerberg and a group of senators “at Facebook’s request,” the aide told CNBC. “The The social media giant has been under scrutiny via multiple antitrust investigations.

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FB Shelves Houseparty Deal Amid Antitrust Fears

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Facebook reportedly dropped a deal to buy competitor Houseparty, the video-focused social media chat app, due to anticipated additional antitrust scrutiny, The New York Times reported on Monday (Aug. The social media giant was supposedly in talks with Houseparty but in the end decided the acquisition would be too risky.

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Spreading the word about data privacy

Independent Banker

In April, ICBA won an Association Trends 2022 TRENDY Award for a social media initiative opposing plans that would require community banks to report additional customer account information to the Internal Revenue Service.

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Is #donate The First Step To #buy?

PYMNTS

In fact, the company, which launched in 2014 and is based in Washington, D.C., is the only social fundraising platform with hashtag-to-donate technology on both Facebook and Twitter. Think about it: A person who makes a donation in the public sphere of social media might encourage others to do the same. Portable Hashtag.