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New Year Wishes from AFEX
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New Year Wishes from AFEX

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On behalf of the American Financial Exchange, I wish all the NIBA members a happy, healthy and prosperous New Year. I know 2020 has been challenging, but I want to start on an uplifting note to remind us all that how we face our difficulties can make a big difference in the levels of success we achieve moving forward. Here’s to 2021, and learning lessons from this past year that will catapult us into a brighter future. I want to share with you a link to a story that ran in BankDirector.com where I talk about the end of Libor—the most important number in finance—and where we go from here… https://bit.ly/2ITC9CA Richard L. Sandor, Chairman and CEO, The American Financial Exchange  

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