Florida Banking November 2023

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Florida Panthers Announce Arena Naming Rights Agreement with Amerant Bank T he Florida Panthers and Amerant Bank announced that the new home for Panthers hockey and premier entertainment in Broward

County will be Amerant Bank Arena. “After a comprehensive search with WME Sports over the past year, we felt expanding our experienced and successful partnership with Amerant Bank would be the best business decision to align with both our goals of delivering first-class customer service and serving our local South Florida community,” said Panthers President & CEO Matt Caldwell. “We are grateful to Jerry Plush and the entire Amerant Bank leadership for their investment and shared commitment to South Florida and to the Florida Panthers, as well as the governments of Broward County and the City of Sunrise who worked with us to ensure a premier partnership.” Both the Panthers and Amerant Bank, as the community bank of Broward, Miami Dade and Palm Beach counties, are committed to working together to give back to South Florida. Amerant Bank currently has four Broward County branches with another opening soon in Downtown Ft. Lauderdale, an operations center in Miramar, and recently

announced a Broward County Regional Headquarters in Plantation. Amerant Bank will continue its entitlement of the premium center-ice seating area ‘Amerant Vault’ and remain a supporting partner of the Panthers Kids Club and youth hockey initiatives.

TD Lab launches free accessibility tool to drive inclusive online experiences A t the opening night of the 2023 Elevate Festival, TD Bank Group announced the Canadian and American launch of its

When the TD Accessibility Adapter was initially developed by TD Lab, an innovation group at TD that collaborates with businesses across the bank, it was designed to help increase the accessibility options available to TD colleagues, whether they identify as having a disability or not. Its initial pilot started with more than 6,000 retail colleagues from TD Bank in the United States, and in June, the tool launched to more than 95,000 TD colleagues around the world. The internal launch of the TD Accessibility Adapter provided all TD colleagues — regardless of their disability self-identification — a tool to help customize their online accessibility preferences. “Providing an accessible online experience means prioritizing inclusion for users in an increasingly digital world,” said Ravi Acharya, head of consumer distribution program delivery, TD Bank. “Throughout the initial AMCB pilot, our team was proud to offer this tool to colleagues first — so that anyone who works at the bank could have their accessibility preferences met while they engaged in meeting the financial needs of our customers.”

accessibility browser plug-in, TD Accessibility Adapter, to the public at no cost. The tool, which enables users to personalize their online experience tied to individual accessibility preferences, includes accessibility features such as reading guides, adjustable font size, dark mode, a dyslexia-friendly font and monochrome mode. It is also explicitly designed without using overlays and to co-exist with other assistive technologies, such as standalone screen magnification software. “At TD, inclusion is part of our DNA – it’s infused in how we work, how we support our customers and it's fundamental in how we innovate,” said Rizwan Khalfan, chief digital and payments officer, TD Bank Group. “We hope that by offering this tool in the public domain, we can support communities and organizations outside of the bank to drive further inclusion in their online experiences.”

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