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Good morning, and welcome to another Friday. There are no votes scheduled in the House today, but the Senate is in session. Here is what’s happening today:

 Three Capital Region credit unions—Hudson River Community CU, CAP COM FCU and Sunmark FCU—were named among the best places to work by the Albany Business Review – The Point

 Deadline approaching: Online registration closes next Friday, Nov. 3, for the Young Professionals Commission’s 2017 Fall Educational Summit in Buffalo – NYCUA

 Credit unions are reminded to maintain up-to-date information about branch locations and fields of membership on the asmarterchoice.org website – The Point

 House Republicans—without the support of many New York Republicans—narrowly adopted the Senate’s version of the 2018 budget resolution, overcoming a key hurdle for the party’s tax-reform plan – New York Times

 Financial institutions around the world have spent the past few years preparing for competition from technology startups, but it turns out the real threat may be Amazon – CU Times

 NEFCU is believed to be the first financial institution to launch on Google Home and the Google Assistant app – CU Journal

 New vehicle sales continued to slide in October and are on pace to fall 4 percent from 2016 – Reuters

 After several weeks of speculation, Uber officially announced its entry into the payments market, teaming with Barclays to offer a rewards driven credit card – The Verge

 Deciding what technologies credit unions should avoid investing in is just as important as choosing those that are investment worthy – New York’s State of Mind