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Virginia-based bank provides Bitcoin access at ATMs

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Virginia-based Blue Ridge Bank is partnering with ATM operator BluePoint ATM Solutions and Bitcoin ATM software provider LibertyX to facilitate access to the cryptocurrency.

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Virginia Man Pleads Guilty To $2.5 Million PPP Swindle

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A Leesburg, Virginia, man pleaded guilty to a federal bank fraud charge that he stole $2.5 District Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of Virginia stated in the release. attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia, in the release.

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NAFCU lobbyist taking reins of Virginia Credit Union League

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Virginia Credit unions Hiring Women in Banking

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M&A News: TowneBank expands in Virginia

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TowneBank in Suffolk, Virginia, has agreed to buy Farmers Bankshares in Windsor, Virginia. The post M&A News: TowneBank expands in Virginia appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. The $16.9

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West Virginia University On Transitioning New Student Onboarding To An Online Future

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Digital Onboarding Coronavirus Digital Consumer Onboarding Tracker Education Generation Z Identity Verificiation Melissa News schools West Virginia UniversityUniversities across the U.S. got off to a shaky start as students began arriving for the beginning of the fall semester.

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1st Advantage FCU in Virginia set for merger growth

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Virginia Credit unions M&A Growth strategiesRiverside Health System Employees Credit Union has announced plans to merge into the Yorktown-based credit union, which is roughly 100 times its size.

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CEOs of Virginia, Missouri credit unions to retire

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C-suite Virginia Credit unions Succession planning Hiring Missouri

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W Virginia Withholds Payment To Tax Delinquent Vendors

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The West Virginia State Auditor’ s office has announced a new tax program aimed at vendors who owe the state money. The vendor will not be able to resume business in West Virginia until it has corrected its delinquency. B2B Payments auditor B2B delinquent intercept News payment tax taxes vendors West Virginia What's Hot In B2BThe program will prevent vendors who owe the state money from being payed.

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Chipotle Subpoenaed In Virginia Norovirus Outbreak

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The latest blow to the burrito chain has been a supoena sent to its corporate offices following the recent norovirus outbreak in one of its Virginia locations. Retail California chipotle contamination federal investigation food safety food-borne illness Health News norovirus QSR quick-service restaurant Restaurants Safety subpoena VirginiaThe ast few years have not been kind to the Chipotle Mexican Grill restaurant chain.

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WorldRemit Launches Its Service In Virginia

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23) it has launched its services in Virginia. WorldRemit provides a secure way for Virginia residents to send money to their loved ones around the world. Residents of Virginia now have the power to share money with friends and relatives abroad, 24/7,” commented Brion Nazzaro, director at WorldRemit, in the press release. WorldRemit said residents of Virginia can send money via instant bank transfer, mobile money transfer, cash pickup and mobile airtime top-up.

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NCUA conserves two West Virginia credit unions

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Southern National in Virginia hires Dennis Zember as its next leader

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Virginia Community banking Succession planning RecruitingZember abruptly resigned as CEO of Ameris Bancorp last summer.

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West Virginia bank is first to fail since onset of coronavirus

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FDIC West Virginia Failures CoronavirusFirst State Bank, which the FDIC sold to MVB Financial, had struggled with profitability and capital levels for several years.

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Virginia's oldest bank enters a new market

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Virginia banks announce plans to merge

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Virginia National and Fauquier Bankshares are planning to create a $1.6 Virginia Community banking M&A Growth strategiesbillion-asset company focused on the middle part of the state.

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Virginia community bank cuts 12% of its staff

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Layoffs Virginia Revenue and expenses CoronavirusNew Peoples Bankshares said the layoffs were necessary because of the coronavirus pandemic and "a changing financial services industry.".

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Virginia Enacts Law Requiring Licensure of Student Loan Servicers

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One Wednesday, Virginia enacted a law that requires student loan servicers to be licensed. While Virginia opened its “Office of the Qualified Education Loan Ombudsman” in 2019, efforts to require licensure of student loan servicers had previously failed.

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Utah and Virginia enact registration and disclosure requirements for providers of merchant cash advances

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Utah and Virginia recently became the first two states to require the registration of providers of merchant cash advances. Virginia. Small Business State regulation merchant cash advance utah virginia

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West Virginia bank buys fraud prevention firm

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West Virginia Fintech Fraud detection Community banking M&AMVB Financial plans to use Paladin Group to advise its bank and a number of its fintech clients.

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Virginia company tricked immigrants into paying illegal fees, CFPB says

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Commonwealth of Massachusetts Commonwealth of Virginia Enforcement New York Attorney General CFPBLibre by Nexus deceived detainees into believing they owed a monthly charge related to their proceedings before U.S.

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Skyla Credit Union expanding to California, Virginia through merger

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Community banks in Ohio, West Virginia strike merger deal

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Activist investor pressures Virginia bank to sell

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Community banking M&A Activist Investors VirginiaDriver Management wants shareholders of Community Bankers Trust to push the Richmond company to find a buyer.

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Village Bank in Virginia selects insider as next CEO

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Virginia Growth strategies Succession planning Community banksJay Hendricks, the company's chief operating officer, will succeed William Foster in August.

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TowneBank strikes $56 million deal to buy Virginia rival

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Blue Ridge Bankshares, Bay Banks of Virginia to merge

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The proposed combination would create a bank with $3 billion in assets in central Virginia. Virginia Community banking M&A Growth strategies

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Virginia creates new protections for active service members, veterans, and their family members

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On July 1, Virginia Governor Northam signed Senate Bill 1410 which amended several Virginia anti-discrimination statutes to prohibit discrimination based on “military status.” Military Issues service member veteran virginia

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Virginia Sues Online Lender Over Consumer Loans

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Virginia is suing one of the largest online lenders in the U.S. after reportedly charging Virginians millions in interest and fees. In a lawsuit, the state alleges that NetCredit lent more than $47 million in illegal high-interest loans, The Daily Press reported. According to the lawsuit, NetCredit provided loans to over 47,000 Virginians going back to 2012. The suit also alleges that NetCredit ran afoul of the state’s usury cap of 12 percent.

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Pinnacle Bankshares in southern Virginia to buy rival lender

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The company will pay $29 million for Virginia Bank Bankshares. Community banking M&A Capital Growth strategies Virginia

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Virginia Community Bank Eyes Listing

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John Marshall Bank has reported record earnings for nine quarters in a row Feature Feature3 Community Banking. 1Community Banking

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Virginia bank merger delayed over OCC flags

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Virginia federal district court denies motion to dismiss CFPB lawsuit against company providing services to immigrants held in federal detention

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The first enforcement action filed by the CFPB under the Biden Administration was a lawsuit filed in a Virginia federal district court jointly with the Attorneys General of Virginia, Massachusetts, and New York against Libre by Nexus, Inc.

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Virginia House of Delegates passes bill to establish 36% rate cap for “short-term” and other loans

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On January 31, 2020, by a vote of 65 to 33 , the Virginia House of Delegates passed a bill that would establish a 36% rate cap on certain consumer loans. Since Democrats also hold a majority in the Virginia Senate, the Senate is expected to also pass the bill.

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NCUA liquidates Portsmouth Schools Federal Credit Union in Virginia

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Organizers apply to form bank in eastern Virginia

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Capital Virginia Community banking De novo institutionsIntegrity Bank for Business is being pursued by a group with ties to Heritage Bankshares, which was sold in 2016.