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MiLB’s Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Hits A Payroll Homerun

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During the 2018 Minor League Baseball season, the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp drew an average of 5,000 fans to each of its games, and serving that crowd meant rallying Bragan Field at the Baseball Grounds’ army of ticket takers, ushers, concessions staff, merchandise vendors and more.

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FIS, FICO Take Aim At Dirty Money With New AML Product

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The Jacksonville-based FIS said in a press release that its new AML system will draw upon “machine learning and artificial intelligence (AI)” to detect suspicious transactions, alert financial institutions (FIs) and arm “bank investigators with detailed, transparent intelligence.”. Department of the Treasury.

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FIS, The Clearing House Partner To Connect Small, Mid-Sized Lenders To RTP

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The Jacksonville, Florida-based financial software company provides a managed platform service for banks to quickly and cost-effectively connect to the Real-time Transport Protocol (RTP). The real-time payments managed service from FIS allowed us to connect to the RTP network much faster than before,” he said in a statement.

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TRENDING: Minor League Baseball, Jumbo Shrimp And A Payments Payroll Changeup

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Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp Hit A Payments Home Run. The Jumbo Shrimp — a Jacksonville, Florida-based minor league baseball team — has a new, speedier employee payment solution in play. Previously, explained Harold Craw, general manager of the Jumbo Shrimp, employees had to pick up paper checks in-person.

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Lowe’s Now Offers Prepaid Credit Cards For Construction Crews

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PaymentsSource reported that while Lowe’s has long offered financing through its private-label credit card programs, this option is a poor fit for construction crews that need to manage ongoing expenses. Lowe’s new service is built on the BizNow platform, which Jacksonville, Fla.-based

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Florida City Pays Hundreds Of Thousands To Hackers

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Lake City, a community of about 12,000 people west of Jacksonville, forked over hundreds of thousands of dollars after a ransomware attack crippled its systems. I thought we had a backup, but obviously we didn’t have a good enough backup for this kind of attack,” said Joe Helfenberger, city manager in Lake City.

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This Time, We Want You To Drink The Kool-Aid

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We have a significant level of awareness,” said Andrew Louie, brand manager of refreshment beverages at Kool-Aid’s modern corporate parent company, Kraft. Louis, Missouri; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Jacksonville, Florida. The brand continues to be extremely popular, even though it’s over 50 years old.”.

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