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$175M Acquisition Turns Community Bank Into Fintech Player

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Community banks can also play the fintech game. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. We are an independent bank,” said Luvleen Sidhu, BankMobile’s co-founder, regarding the acquisition. “We

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Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hubs in The U.S.

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Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. These cities boast strong tech communities, talent pools, good coffee, and cheaper rents. Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […].

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LPGA Golf Pro Morgan Pressel Meets with Perficient’s Women in Technology Group

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Her proudest achievement is the Kathryn Krickstein Pressel MammoVan, a mobile van that provides early breast cancer detection services and breast health education to women throughout South Florida. See open jobs or join our talent community for career tips, job openings, company updates, and more!

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Florida Officials Soft-Pedal Notion Of Vaccine Tourism

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Scuttlebutt is circulating that Florida — among the first states to open COVID-19 vaccines to anyone over 65 — is getting a rush of medical tourists seeking vaccinations, the Associated Press reported on Thursday (Jan. They get medical care in Florida. We are seeing lines all across the state of Florida. The state has seen 1.5

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Fauci: Florida Could Be At Risk After Lifting Restaurant Restrictions

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Anthony Fauci , the government's top expert on infectious diseases, isn't a fan of Florida's recent lifting of nearly all remaining coronavirus restrictions. According to Forbes , Fauci said that Gov. Overall, the state has seen at least 700,556 cases of the coronavirus and 14,031 deaths since the pandemic began.

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Florida Man Sentenced For Processing More Than $10 Million In Illegal Bitcoin Transactions

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A Florida man was sentenced to 5 1/2 years in prison for helping criminals process millions of dollars in illegal bitcoin transactions. Nathan in Manhattan sentenced Murgio for his “pyramid of lies,” and noted that his victims included a federal credit union that served a low-income community in Lakewood, N.J. District Judge Alison J.

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Starbucks Delivery Lands In South Florida Thanks To Uber Eats

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South Florida residents will be able to get Starbucks food and drinks delivered thanks to a new partnership with Uber Eats. According to a report in the South Florida Business Journal , the partnership between Starbucks and Uber Eats in South Florida kicked off earlier this week, enabling people to order from 100 stores.

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