RIDGELAND — Metropolitan Bank has launched a MasterCard-branded payroll card program with Chattanooga, Tenn.-based TransCard. Terms were not disclosed. “Metropolitan is excited about our new TransCard relationship, as their prepaid payroll cards fill an important gap for our commercial clients, offering them a simple, convenient alternative for their employees’ payroll,” said Brad Miller, treasury services [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 28,2012
Tags: audit, auditing, auditors, clinic, credit card, entertainment, investigation, law enforcement, mayor, misappropriations, misdemeanor, municipal government, scam, SCANDAL, school bus, sex shop, taxes, taxpayers, traffic violation, treatment
SOUTHAVEN — Southaven Mayor Greg Davis has surrendered to authorities after he was charged with passing a school bus in a private vehicle that displayed blue police-type lights. The Commercial Appeal reports the misdemeanor charge, stemming from an incident last week. The embattled mayor was already the target of state auditors and the FBI investigating [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 27,2012
Tags: alderman, aldermen, audit, board of aldermen, Cars, clinic, credit card, entertainment, investigation, mayor, meeting, misappropriations, municipal government, SCANDAL, sex, treatment
SOUTHAVEN — The Southaven Board of Aldermen unanimously voted to take action on the state auditor’s request that they review Mayor Greg Davis’ city-issued credit card. But only the dozen or so people in a two-hour closed-door meeting know exactly what that action was because city officials refused to release any information on the matter. [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 26,2012
Tags: alderman, aldermen, audit, board of alderman, credit card, entertainment, mayor, misappropriations, municipal government, review, SCANDAL, sex shop, state government, taxes, taxpayers
SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi auditor’s office warned Southaven aldermen in a March 16 letter that they were running the risk of being held liable for charges made by Mayor Greg Davis if they did not immediately review the items in question. The Commercial Appeal reports Special Asst. Atty. Gen. Melissa C. Patterson chastised board members [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: March 22,2012
Tags: alderman, aldermen, audit, auditors, board of aldermen, chambers of commerce, credit card, entertainment, executive, investigation, mayor, misappropriation, restaurants, review, scam, scheme, sex
SOUTHAVEN — A Southaven alderman says he and fellow aldermen spent nearly six hours in a closed-door session Tuesday reviewing thousands of dollars in charges to Mayor Greg Davis’ since-canceled city credit card. Alderman Ronnie Hale said the state auditor’s office, which has already ordered Davis to repay more than $170,000 in personal charges, requested [...] [...]
by Associated Press Published: February 29,2012
Tags: alderman, aldermen, audit, auditing, auditors, credit card, entertainment, investigation, mayor, misappropriations, municipal government, SCANDAL, sex shops, stipends, utilities
SOUTHAVEN — The Mississippi Auditor’s Office is investigating the $35,000 utility fund stipend that Southaven Mayor Greg Davis until recently received as part of his salary. The Commercial Appeal reports auditors also plan to ask city officials for a second review of charges by Davis on his city-issued credit card. Davis started receiving the $35,000 [...] [...]
Now that the new credit card law has gone into effect, some are seeing the legislation as a mixed blessing. The CARD Act of 2009, which was signed into law last May, became effective Feb. 22. On one hand, the new law places more restrictions on credit card companies, but the CARD Act also has [...] [...]
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