KISSIMMEE, Fla. - (07/20/05) -- An armored-truck guard was arrestedand charged Tuesday with staging a fake robbery of $250,000 cash ashe was making a delivery to Central Florida Educators' FCU Monday.The guard, identified as Luis Ramos, 44, hit himself in the head,then told police an unidentified assailant had ambushed him when hearrived at the credit union, and stole the cash. Police later foundthe cash in Ramos' car, after the guard confessed to therobbery.
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As AI and digital assets become mainstream, banks are spotting new opportunities to integrate payments with other activities.
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House Republicans overcame internal divisions to narrowly pass President Trump's tax and spending package Thursday afternoon. The measure would cut the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's funding level, among other provisions.
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A new partnership with Google Cloud will let the Spanish bank offer Gemini to all staff after a successful ChatGPT deployment.
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Atlanta-based CoastalSouth's initial public offering prices at $21.50 a share; Valley National Bancorp announces Lyndsey Sloan will succeed Gary Michael as general counsel; Webster Financial Corporation taps a new chief risk officer and appoints a new board member; and more in this week's banking news roundup.
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Capital One closed the deal to buy the credit card provider in May and as part of the review process, decided to exit its home equity lending business.
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In a rare move for a credit union, the Seattle institution has snapped up the 13-member team that created EarnUp's AI Advisor product.
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