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African FinTech Payment Startup Chipper Cash Woos Investors, Including Joe Montana

PYMNTS

The funding round was led by Deciens Capital and joined by 500 Startups and Liquid 2 Ventures, which was co-founded by legendary former 49ers quarterback Joe Montana. Chipper Cash Chief Executive Ham Serunjogi went to Montana directly to pitch the company to him. “He He said having Montana as an investor adds value.

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First Interstate Bank's acquisitive CEO to step down

American Banker

During nine years Kevin Riley led the Billings, Montana-based institution, it quadrupled its size, largely through deals. New leadership could mean that the company focuses less on M&A and more on integration.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana. When a community bank’s employees refer to it as “a second family,” it speaks volumes, and that’s exactly what we heard from the team at Bank of Montana in Missoula, Mont. Missoula, Mont.

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Mitek’s Board Rejects ASG Offer As ‘Not In The Best Interest’ Of Shareholders

PYMNTS

CFO Davison will depart at the end of November to join a firm near his home in Bozeman, Montana. His resignation is unrelated to DeBello stepping down.

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CFPB announces proposed consent order with companies alleged to have collected loans void under state law

CFPB Monitor

The relevant states are Arizona, Arkansas, Colorado, Connecticut, Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Montana, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, and South Dakota (“Subject States”). The loans in question were made by companies owned by Native American tribes.

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Bankers: Just Do It!

Jeff For Banks

"That's all fine and good, but if your bank doesn't do it or the reporting doesn't get to the front line, how can we improve?" ~ Montana Bankers' Association Executive Development Program Student Sing from the same sheet of music. Row in the same direction. Everyone should be on the same page. Do we really want this?

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. His collection of shot glasses, each bearing a particular state’s name or emblem as tangible evidence of his visits to those states, is complete after a recent trip through the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and then, lastly, Alaska. In Arkansas, Jim S. Jim Gowen Sr.

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