American Banker

JUNE 28, 2024

Bloom Credit Union and West Michigan Credit Union aim to join forces; Long Island-based New York Community Bancorp plans a reverse stock split; Providence, Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial hires longtime California banker to lead its middle-market team; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 17, 2019

Customers download the app through the Apple App Store or Google Play and sign up for the service and choose the market that suits them. At the same time, Tortora noted the technology has been adopted by farmers markets nationally (the company white labels its product as well). The Products and Vendors.

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American Banker

MAY 24, 2024

First Federal Bank of Kansas City finalized a plan to reorganize its corporate structure; Regions Bank in Birmingham, Alabama, was one of 10 to win the "President's 'E' Award for Export Service"; Rhode Island-based Citizens Financial Group named Jim Weiss as Florida market president; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island) ended the hearing by saying the companies “have monopoly power.” The four tech giants defended their massive sizes and various purchases as competitive and not indicative of a squaring-off of parts of the market.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 13, 2020

PYMNTS reported that Rhode Island Congressman David Cicilline ended the hearing by saying they all “have monopoly power.” ” All four tech giants defended their massive sizes and various purchases as competitive and not indicative of a squaring-off of parts of the market.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2020

He said the sales for the iPhone XS and XS Max had been “really great” and said China had seen stronger sales than other markets, Reuters reporter. The complaint is led by the Employees’ Retirement System of the State of Rhode Island. It announced plans to reopen around 100 U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 26, 2020

The hearing’s official subject is: “Online Platforms and Market Power, Part 6: Examining the Dominance of Amazon, Apple, Facebook, and Google.” The apparent, though unstated, reason is Monday’s memorial at the Capitol for the late U.S. John Lewis of Georgia.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

David Cicilline (D-Rhode Island), chairman of the House Antitrust Subcommittee, has asked each of the company’s executives to testify before completing its investigation and crafting reforms that would regulate the digital market. The panel has pressed for tougher antitrust rules and enforcement.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 26, 2019

The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has granted the first “banking and securities licenses” to two blockchain companies: SEBA Crypto AG and Sygnum AG. states: Indiana, Massachusetts, Nevada, New Jersey, Rhode Island, Arizona and Montana. The exchange is already live in California, Washington and Illinois.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Demand for digital solutions continues to accelerate, making innovation an imperative for community banks looking to excel in today’s evolving market. Rockland Trust Company, with $20 billion in assets and branches in Massachusetts and Rhode Island, also partnered with one of the companies that came through our Accelerator program: Agent IQ.

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PYMNTS

JULY 28, 2020

Many individuals received the cards in unmarked envelopes and threw them out because the recipients believed they were scams or marketing offers. The cards are expected to reach 4 million consumers and offer them a low-cost method to quickly tap into the funds, but initial rollouts have hit hurdles.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

Mobile sports betting is quickly growing to a point where New Jersey is close to topping Las Vegas as the country’s biggest market, The Wall Street Journal reported Monday (Sept. Legislators in Rhode Island, for example, debated allowing mobile sports betting after extending it to casinos.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2019

Apple is particularly vulnerable to the trade war because the Chinese market, which includes Hong Kong and Taiwan, is its third largest. The plaintiffs, who live in Michigan and Rhode Island, are trying to get class-action status for the lawsuit. If they win, Apple would be compelled to pay damages to the plaintiffs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2019

The plaintiffs, who live in Michigan and Rhode Island, are trying to get class-action status for the lawsuit. One of the allegations in the suit says the iPhone maker sold the plaintiff’s data to data brokers, who combined the information with other available data and then repackaged and resold it to marketing companies.

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Abrigo

MAY 15, 2020

The Department of Justice (DOJ) recently charged two businessmen in Rhode Island with fraudulently seeking PPP loans, the first in the country linked to the loan program. In the case of the two men in Rhode Island, there were several red flags pointing to fraud. Industry officials warn it won’t be the last.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 12, 2016

Under Armour has announced that Andy Donkin, who served as Amazon’s head of worldwide and mass brand marketing for the past four years, will serve as the sports apparel retailer’s new chief marketing officer. He will now oversee Under Armour ’s global marketing campaigns. Donkin will start on Aug. 22, according to Forbes.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 3, 2016

2) that they are running a contest to reward shoppers who pay with Mastercard credit, debit or prepaid cards at BJ’s locations in Rhode Island, New Hampshire, Maine and Massachusetts. The credit card company and retail wholesaler announced on Tuesday (Aug. The prize? Maripi Jalandoni, EVP of U.S. ”

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

That growth will be driven by a generally healthy consumer spend and tight labor market. Matthew Britt, a chef and culinary instructor at Johnson & Wales University in Providence, Rhode Island told FSR that he was concerned about the long-term impact of restaurant outsourcing.

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PYMNTS

JULY 15, 2016

According to the CFPB, the telemarketing vendor Santander contracted with deceptively marketed the overdraft service to consumers and signed them up without getting their consent. We will put a stop to any such unlawful practices that harm consumers.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

To that end, at a House Judiciary Committee “field” hearing in Colorado, titled “Online Platforms and Market Power: Competitors in the Digital Economy” a number of smaller tech firms called out Big Tech giants such as Amazon and Google for what they said were unfair business practices. The Internet’s ‘Front Door’.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 13, 2019

13) to Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google to get documents that might shed light on market dominance. Apple market cap: Who says there are no second acts in life? The debut of the latest iPhone iteration, new Apple Watch and new iPads, helps push the company’s market cap past the $1 trillion mark — for the second time.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Until the market matures, cryptocurrency price manipulation is “unavoidable,” according to NEM President Lon Wong. “You see it in mainstream markets as well. Coinsource , the world’s largest bitcoin ATM network, has rolled out 10 new machines in Rhode Island, New Hampshire and Massachusetts.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2019

Stroopwafels were available on every corner in his home city of Amsterdam, but were more or less unheard of in Providence, Rhode Island — which meant no matter how many he brought back with him, they were always devoured in short order by his American friends.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Additionally, CarMax is prohibited from directly or indirectly stating in marketing, advertising, or during sale (including vehicle labeling) that a vehicle is “safe” or has been repaired for “safety issues.” . This information must also be displayed on the window sticker for vehicles sold in stores.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 23, 2018

The company quickly grew from a Rhode Island-based startup in 2004 to an accessories giant, bringing in more than $500 million every year on the back of a wide range of sales channels, including online warehouses like Amazon, department stores like Nordstrom and jewelry stores in malls across the country.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

Late last year, DraftKings reported $213 million in 2019 revenue and control of about 60 percent of the market, indicating that the industry as a whole had revenue north of $350 million – and that’s only counting the direct revenue brought in by wagers. The firm entered the public markets with a valuation of $3.3

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

David Cicilline of Rhode Island, who serves as subcommittee chairman. This is the third hearing in a series focused on larger tech firms and economic power that has been held by Rep. Thus far, the other hearings and testimony have focused on the impact that marquee names, such as Google and Facebook , have had on the media industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2020

When COVID-19 was declared a pandemic in March, Casely teamed up with Westerly, Rhode Island-based Ivory Ella , an online for-profit retail company that donates a percentage of profits to organizations, including Save the Elephants. But like the market, and like the country, we are changing as well,” Smith said. “We

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2020

Even school sports uniforms have been dragged into the digital age, courtesy of a Rhode Island DTC company called SquadLocker. In addition, I’ve spent some time in the sporting goods arena during my career so I had some general market sense. Hopkins brings 30 years of experience to the company.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 29, 2014

The OCC on Oct. While the target audience of the OCC release is somewhat narrow in scope (banks regulated by the OCC in the Northeastern District), other banks may benefit from reflecting upon their own processes and results to ensure they are sound in areas which may soon receive additional attention.

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PYMNTS

JULY 30, 2020

Well, subcommittee Chairman David Cicilline of Rhode Island ended the hearing by saying that all firms “have monopoly power.”. But the hearing did highlight how the firms view their own positions in the market and what they think the future of oversight will look like. How did Big Tech do in defending itself?

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 28, 2018

And, while larger lenders forecasted that larger enterprises may shy away from borrowing for the time being, middle market firms — the bread and butter of regional banks — were looking like incredibly strong candidates for an uptick in borrowing. It is not what Wall Street was hoping to see out of the market.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

We look at startups going after the retirement savings market here (some of whom have received backing from insurer CVCs). As of now, HiRoad is only available in Rhode Island, where State Farm does not have any captive agents. This can be the result of high costs and administrative challenges.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

The European Union is examining the creation of a single data market that would reportedly challenge tech firms such as Google and Facebook, as Reuters reported. The creation of a “single European data space, a genuine single market for data” would include new rules governing cross-border use and data interoperability, among other tenets.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

California, New Jersey, Connecticut, Delaware, Oregon, Illinois, and Rhode Island have announced plans to lift their statewide mask mandates or school mask mandates, and more states have indicated they will revisit mask requirements in the near future. Mask mandates are being lifted across the country.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 7, 2016

Marketing insights startup Swipely has rebranded to Upserve and launched some major additions to its product line. The Rhode Island-based company was founded in 2009 to “provide marketing tools to main street merchants,” and has since narrowed its focus to offer analytics tools exclusively to restaurants.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 6, 2017

Cava has around 30 restaurants in the DC, LA, and NYC markets, and its packaged dips and spreads are sold in more than 200 Whole Foods Market stores. MiniLuxe is a nail and beauty lifestyle lounge with locations in Dallas, Rhode Island, Los Angeles, and Boston. sweetgreen. Total Disclosed Funding: $122M. Treebo Hotels.

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