Fiserv nets special banking charter in Georgia
Payments Dive
OCTOBER 4, 2024
The payments processor is only the second company to win the special bank charter since Georgia made it available.
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Rivals may chase Fiserv special bank charter lead
Payments Dive
JANUARY 25, 2024
If the payments giant receives a special Georgia charter and gains access to the card networks, it could open the floodgates for other merchant acquirers, attorneys said.
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Bitcoin ATMs Sprout in Georgia
Bank Innovation
DECEMBER 1, 2017
Bitcoin ATM network Coinsource on Thursday installed 20 new bitcoin ATMs in the Peach State. Of the 20 machines, 18 are in Atlanta and the other two are in Athens. The ATMs come as demand for the cryptocurrency in the region is on a rise, the company said. In a statement to Atlanta Business Chronicle, […].
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Esports Venue Coming To Mall of Georgia
PYMNTS
JANUARY 13, 2020
Allied Esports and Simon announced that the Mall of Georgia, located in Buford, Georgia, will host the companies’ initial esports venue, according to a press release. As the largest shopping destination in the southeastern United States, the Mall of Georgia includes more than 200 stores.
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Georgia Looks At Reopening Some Businesses This Week
PYMNTS
APRIL 20, 2020
Georgia Gov. But Kemp’s ideas for reopening are aligned fairly well with the government’s proposed rules , including 14 days of declining virus cases, of which Georgia will have had 10 on Friday if that continues. Kemp said he wants to reopen hair salons, bowling alleys, tattoo parlors and gyms by Friday.
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How will fintech fare in Georgia's Senate runoff?
Payments Source
JANUARY 3, 2021
5 in Georgia, with the balance of power in the Senate at stake, as well as at least two years of financial services and technology policy. The final outcome of the November election will be decided on Jan.
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Top 5 Emerging Fintech Hubs in The U.S.
Bank Innovation
AUGUST 17, 2017
Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […]. 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. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge.
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Georgia Tech Data Breach Leaves 1.3M Exposed
PYMNTS
APRIL 3, 2019
The Georgia Institute of Technology confirmed that it suffered a data breach that has exposed the personal information of 1.3 “A central Georgia Tech database was accessed by an unknown outside entity. Department of Education and the University System of Georgia have both been notified.
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Georgia's Own Credit Union CDs Remain Competitive
BankDeals
JULY 3, 2020
Georgia's Own Credit Union's CDs remain competitive: the 2-, 3-, 4-, and 5-year CD APYs rank near or at the top of their respective term-length categories.
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How TBC Bank Created a Neobank Called ‘Space’ in Just 8 Months
Bank Innovation
JULY 9, 2018
For Lasha Gurgenidze at Tbilisi, Georgia-based TBC Bank, this mandate combined with low operational costs were the two fundamentals he and his team followed in launching TBC’s digital-first Space Neobank. “We For a digital bank, time to market is one of the most important innovation mandates.
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US DOJ Charges 14 With $28M In PPP Fraud
PYMNTS
AUGUST 7, 2020
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia with fraudulently obtaining more than $4 million in PPP loans. The accused include Darrell Thomas, 34, of Johns Creek, Georgia; Andre Lee Gaines, 66, of Dallas, Georgia; Kahlil Gibran Green Sr., Rabbitt of the Justice Department’s Criminal Division. Justice Department.
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Georgia’s Push To Reopen Falls Flat As Consumers Stay Home
PYMNTS
MAY 3, 2020
began to get its early actual data (as opposed to theoretical predictions) as Alaska, Georgia, North Dakota, South Carolina, Tennessee and Texas and all began lifting some of the stricter parts of the social distancing regulations to allow slightly more social mobility, according to CNN. But starting last weekend, the U.S.
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Ripple becomes technology partner of National Bank of Georgia
The Paypers
NOVEMBER 6, 2023
US-based crypto solutions company Ripple has become the technology partner for National Bank of Georgia ’s (NBG) digital GEL pilot project.
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96 P2P Payments Platform Square Adds Bitcoin
Bank Innovation
FEBRUARY 1, 2018
The option is not open to several states, including New York, Georgia, Hawaii […]. Square began testing the bitcoin option in November, and yesterday announced that users can now use the bitcoin buy/sell option.
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Military Lending Act violations alleged against title lender in Georgia class action
CFPB Monitor
FEBRUARY 26, 2024
District Court for the Northern District of Georgia on February 21, 2024 against TitleMax of Georgia, Inc. A proposed class action lawsuit filed in the U.S.
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Paysera expands to Georgia
The Paypers
NOVEMBER 25, 2022
The Paysera network of financial technology companies has announced it is expanding to Georgia, where the first Paysera bank will open its doors.
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Unrolling The Mystery Of The Great Toilet Paper Shortage
PYMNTS
APRIL 13, 2020
A team of a half-dozen P&G engineers from other plants were sent to the Albany, Georgia, plant to help the company get the idled machine up and producing in about two weeks. Afterward, those engineers were left stranded in Georgia as their return flights were canceled due to the airline shutdown.
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Ripple partners with the National Bank of Georgia
The Paypers
JUNE 12, 2024
Ripple has partnered with the National Bank of Georgia to explore ways to digitise the country’s local economy.
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Alabama Reopens And COVID-19 Cases Soar 300 Pct Month Over Month
PYMNTS
MAY 31, 2020
In Georgia , which caught headlines in April when Gov. Kay Ivey on the possibility of a more regional style of reopening, allowing those parts of the state which have not seen many increases to stay open, while slowing down on the parts of the state that are more strained.
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Japanese Cryptocurrency Exchange BitFlyer Launches in the U.S.
Bank Innovation
NOVEMBER 29, 2017
Texas, New Jersey and Georgia, among others (see the full list here). Based in Tokyo bitFlyer announced Tuesday afternoon that it has gained approval to operate in 41 U.S. These states include New York, Washington D.C., To put that into context, only three other cryptocurrency […].
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Last Labor Report Before Election Shows Drop In US Jobless Claims
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 29, 2020
17 were in Massachusetts (+5,442), Kansas (+3,010), Virginia (+2,255), Texas (+616) and Minnesota (+493), while the largest decreases were in California (-16,207), New York (-11,495), Georgia (-9,274), Florida (-7,834) and Michigan (-7,774). During the week ending Oct. The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct.
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US Jobless Claims Remain Historically High At 840,000
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 8, 2020
26 were in Maryland (3,619), Illinois (3,414) where layoffs in retail and healthcare fueled the number of applications, New Jersey (2,504), Michigan (2,358) and Massachusetts (1,886), while the largest decreases were in Texas (7,075), Florida (6,655), Georgia (5,895), New York (5,112) and Oregon (2,317).
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Five Star Credit Union is buying a third Georgia bank
American Banker
AUGUST 28, 2023
The Alabama-based credit union has agreed to purchase the $215 million-asset OneSouth Bank in Macon; it also purchased Georgia banks in 2014 and 2015.
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Bar Owner Supports Staff By Removing $3K From The Walls
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2020
After officials had implemented stay-at-home mandates and restricted restaurants to eateries providing just takeout and delivery amid the COVID-19 pandemic, The Sand Bar in the Georgia resort destination of Tybee Island was forced to close.
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Bank acquisitions announced in North Dakota, Georgia
ABA Community Banking
OCTOBER 15, 2024
Georgia Banking in Atlanta to buy Primary Bancshares. The post Bank acquisitions announced in North Dakota, Georgia appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. Bravera Holdings in Dickinson, North Dakota, to buy VISIONBank in Fargo.
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Jobless Claims Rise To 1.4M After 15 Straight Weeks Of Declines
PYMNTS
JULY 23, 2020
The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending July 4 were in Florida (65,890), Georgia (33,292), California (20,123), Washington (16,116) and Indiana (6,258). Recent media reports have covered anecdotes of people being laid off after being rehired,” BofA Global Research said in an investors note.
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SCAD Team Mentored by Director of Experience Design Wins STARTUP Competition
Perficient
MARCH 3, 2021
STARTUP is typically a one-track competition where teams create a viable start-up business with a design strategy, but this year’s competition included two tracks, the second track pairing teams with a small, minority-owned, Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC), or LGBTQIA+ business in Atlanta or Savannah, Georgia.
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Marketplace Lender Avant Debuts Auto Refinance Loans
Bank Innovation
MARCH 22, 2016
The new auto loan product will initially launch in California, and is expected to be live in Illinois and Georgia by early in the second quarter, with a national rollout expected by the third quarter, according to Avant. Online marketplace lender Avant Inc. will now offer direct-to-consumer auto refinance loans, the company announced today.
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JPMorgan: GDP Could Drop 40 Percent, Unemployment Could Reach 20 Percent
PYMNTS
APRIL 9, 2020
The biggest increases for the week ending March 28 were in California, up 871,992; New York, up 286,596; Michigan, up 176,329; Florida, up 154,171; Georgia, up 121,680; Texas, up 120,759; and New Jersey, up 90,438. The number of those unemployed now surpasses the high from the 2009 recession, which maxed out at 6.64
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Walmart Expands Healthcare Services
PYMNTS
OCTOBER 1, 2020
Walmart 's partnership with insurance startup Clover Health to aid Georgia seniors marks the retail giant's foray into privately-managed Medicare Advantage plans, Bloomberg reported. Walmart has been making moves in the healthcare field for some time, including opening clinics in Georgia, Texas, South Carolina, Florida and Arkansas.
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Another 870K Americans File Jobless Claims
PYMNTS
SEPTEMBER 24, 2020
Among the largest decreases were seen in California (-17,400), where fewer layoffs were reported in the service industry; Texas (-15,905); Louisiana (-8,384); Georgia (-8,235); and Washington (-3,291). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Sept.
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Coinbase Offers Bitcoin Cash Loans Of Up To $20K In 17 US States
PYMNTS
AUGUST 14, 2020
Initially, the loans are available in the following states via the waitlist: Alaska, Arkansas, Connecticut, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, North Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Virginia, Nebraska, Utah, Wisconsin and Wyoming.
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Outrider Boasts $53M Funding Round For Self-Driving Freight Trucks
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 20, 2020
Outrider is also conducting pilot tests with four Fortune 200 companies, as well as Georgia-Pacific, one of the world’s largest manufacturers and distributors of tissue, pulp, paper and more. The $53 million in Seed funding, announced on Wednesday (Feb. 19), comes from NEA, with Series A funding by 8VC.
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Walmart Plans More Health Clinics In Atlanta Area
PYMNTS
JULY 23, 2020
There are already four such clinics, with three in Georgia and one in Arkansas. In Georgia, there aren’t many primary care options, and access to care is low; while in Chicago there is a bountiful wealth of healthcare options. But Walmart is looking to open more, CNBC reported, as it attempts to get into the health market.
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The Home Depot Ramps Up Distribution To Meet Demand From Remodelers
PYMNTS
AUGUST 5, 2020
4) that it is moving quickly to open three new distribution centers in Georgia over the next 18 months. The largest of the three new Georgia operations, according to Home Depot, is a 657,000-square-foot distribution center in Locust Grove. The Home Depot announced in 2017 that it would spend $1.2 population.
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Bottomline Helps Small Businesses Apply For COVID-19 Relief Funding
PYMNTS
APRIL 2, 2020
In February, Bottomline released its 2020 Treasury Fraud and Controls Survey in partnership with Strategic Treasurer, a Georgia-based financial processing company. It will help them deliver digital access to the critically needed SBA guaranteed funding programs, Bottomline said.
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ERC for Banks – Told You Are Not Eligible? Find Out
South State Correspondent
MAY 30, 2024
Due to varying government mandates, some of the more successful states include Alabama, California, Georgia, New Jersey, New York, and Texas. Thus, if you are a bank in Georgia, you have a little better than a 50% chance of qualifying if we have no further information on you. We have also helped banks in other states.
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Ripple Partners With Five European And Asian Payment Providers
PYMNTS
APRIL 30, 2018
UniPAY (Georgia), and MoneyMatch (Malaysia). Ripple has announced that five new customers across Europe and Asia will use xVia to power payments over RippleNet, its blockchain network. The companies partnering with Ripple are FairFX (U.K.), RationalFX (U.K.), Exchange4Free (U.K.),
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SMBs Say US Tariffs On Chinese Goods Are Limiting Imports Of Hand Sanitizer, Disinfectant
PYMNTS
APRIL 12, 2020
Fabric for hospital bedsheets made by Standard Textile in South Carolina and Georgia can only be found in China, and is subjected to tariffs. . It specifically asked for relief for its anesthesia machines with built-in ventilators, which are manufactured in China and can treat coronavirus patients.
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New Unemployment Claims Down 48K To 709K
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 12, 2020
24 were in Hawaii (9.9), California (8.9), New Mexico (8.5), Nevada (8.2), the Virgin Islands (7.1), Massachusetts (7.0), Puerto Rico (6.9), Georgia (6.8), District of Columbia (6.5) The highest insured unemployment rates in the week ending Oct. and Alaska (6.1). The largest increases in initial claims for the week ending Oct.
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FLEETCOR: FTC Allegations ‘Without Merit’
PYMNTS
JANUARY 20, 2020
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has filed a suit against Georgia fuel card firm FLEETCOR , alleging that it bilked customers out of millions of dollars in hidden fees, a charge the company denies, according to reports on Monday (Jan. District Court for the Northern District of Georgia.
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Holiday Shopping Could Take Hit As Presidential Election Results Drag Out
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 4, 2020
Sizable blocks of absentee or mail-in ballots remain to be counted in such key states as Pennsylvania, Georgia and Arizona as of Wednesday afternoon, with the count in the Keystone State not expected to be done until Friday, if not later.
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Walmart Forms Company To Sell Insurance Amid Healthcare Push
PYMNTS
JULY 8, 2020
The retailer has slowly been entering the healthcare services arena, running approximately 24 low-cost clinics in Texas, Georgia and South Carolina. Walmart opened clinics in Springdale, Arkansas and Loganville, Georgia in June. In addition, the retailer reportedly paid approximately $200 million to purchase key assets from CareZone.
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