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Bank downplays ties to FTX sister company in latest fallout from crypto exchange failure

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A bank in rural Washington state sought to distance itself from FTX on Tuesday following a report last week detailing its connections to the failed cryptocurrency exchange. The New York Times reported Nov. 23 that FBH, the parent company of Farmington State Bank, received $11.5 Moonstone Bank’s reputation as well.”

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‘Boomerang’ CIOs: IT leaders level up by coming back

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When Matt Postulka left Arbella Insurance Group as deputy CIO at the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, he didn’t intend to look back. Postulka aspired to become a CIO — and he achieved it, landing a job as CIO and senior vice president of technology and operations at the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston.

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Transforming IT culture for business success

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Abrahamson also changed some of his hiring criteria, bringing on people with product management and human-centered design experience. Dundas felt it was important to establish the IT organization’s specific DNA and culture before the hiring surge. That became part of the interviewing process as we hired dozens of people.

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New CIO appointments in India, 2022

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Amit Goel joins Blox as CTO. Web Werks India hires Kamal Goel as director of IT. Publicis Groupe India names Roopesh Pujari as CTO. Roopesh Pujari has been promoted to CTO at marketing and advertising firm Publicis Groupe India. Gaurav Sharma becomes group CTO of Poonawalla Fincorp. February 2022. January 2022.

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Meet the Seattle-area startups that just graduated from Y Combinator

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Gleam, a platform for insurance brokers to implement self-funded health plans for SMBs and startups. Watto AI From left: Watto AI founder and CEO Rishabh Panwar, co-founder Ishita Bhandari, and CTO and founder Suryansh Soni. Watto AI, an AI program that generates consulting reports. What’s your secret sauce?

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AI meets M&A: How these former management consultants are upending due diligence

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The idea is to reduce the grunt work of M&A due diligence, creating more time for high-level analysis and human expertise. Wokelo CEO Masson and CTO Nanda experienced both ends of this spectrum in their prior roles. In the meantime, Nanda went to work for Tata AIG, the insurance giant, where he was also immersed in NLP.

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Oracle to boost cloud investments after a strong quarter

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In the financial services sector, the company is working with major banks and leading logistics companies to automate B2B commerce from directly within the Oracle ERP Cloud, Ellison said in the earnings call. In addition, Ellison said that the company will focus on healthcare and the financial services sector to increase cloud revenue. .

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