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Rebeca Romero Rainey: The spirit of service

Independent Banker

This month’s Independent Banker focuses on budgeting issues with a special emphasis on the ICBA National Community Bank Service Awards. Just look at this year’s National Community Bank Service Award recipients. American Savings Bank in Honolulu runs the Kahiau Giving Campaign to benefit local nonprofits. Photo by Chris Williams.

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Offering advisory services: Piecemeal or holistic approach?

Abrigo

“The challenge with the piecemeal approach right now is that every project becomes a new and different project,” says Donny Shimamoto, CPA.CITP, CGMA, founder of advisory-focused CPA firm IntrapriseTechKnowlogies LLC in Honolulu and a nationally recognized accounting technology thought leader. “If

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Travel Industry Fights Infection With Steep Discounts

PYMNTS

As an example, say you want to go from New York City to Honolulu. “When I say ‘protect,’ I mean right now,” Dr. Anthony Fauci , director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, told NBC’s “Meet the Press” on Sunday. The round trip on United is $458, which is $200 off the pre-virus price.

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FinCEN Steps up Efforts to Protect Against the Six Biggest Threats to the U.S. Financial System

Abrigo

Blanco discussed the organization’s active approach toward addressing the top financial threats to our financial system, our national security, and our communities and families. FinCEN is committed to addressing compliance failures that put our financial system and national security at risk. The 12 major U.S.

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Buying into AML risks in real estate

Abrigo

According to the National Association of Realtors, there were more than 106,000 real estate brokerage firms in the United States. Including rental and leasing licensees, as of 2021, the industry comprises approximately 16.7% of the United States GDP, with estimates exceeding $3.9 In 2017, over 5.51

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Techy Turkey Day: How Technology Has Changed America’s Trademark Holiday

PYMNTS

National Geographic says that the first Thanksgiving was not a thanksgiving at all, but simply a celebration of the pilgrims’ first successful harvest. It was not until the Civil War that President Abraham Lincoln declared Thanksgiving a national holiday. Making It a Holiday at All.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S., I got a job with First National Bank of Griffin, and I’ve been a community banker ever since.” now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga., But that’s not fazing him in the slightest.

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