WELLSBORO, Pa., Oct. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — (Citizens & Northern Corporation, NASDAQ: CZNC) – C&N has partnered with Clover®, a leader in point of sale (POS) technology aimed at providing local businesses with powerful, integrated POS solutions. This collaboration helps businesses streamline everyday operations, improve customer service, and deliver better overall efficiency.

“Because we know the challenges that local businesses face, C&N adopts the best tools available to help them operate more efficiently,” said Chrissi Hume, SVP & Director of Retail & Business Banking at C&N. “Our partnership with Clover offers a flexible, reliable POS system that simplifies day-to-day management while giving businesses valuable insights to guide their growth. This collaboration is an extension of C&N’s commitment to fostering local business success and supporting our community.”

With Clover’s advanced technology, small- and medium-sized businesses have an all-in-one solution to manage payments, inventory, and customer interactions. Designed to be user-friendly and adaptable, Clover’s POS systems are suitable for a wide range of industries, including retail, restaurants, and service-based businesses, making it easier for local entrepreneurs to focus on what they do best—caring for their customers.

Key Features of Clover POS Systems:

Multi-Payment Processing Capabilities: Accept all major credit cards, contactless payments, and mobile wallets with ease.Real-Time Inventory Management: Track stock levels, set reorder alerts, and prevent shortages or overstocking.Employee Management Tools: Streamline scheduling, track hours, pay employees, submit payroll taxes, and monitor employee performance.Customer Engagement Features: Build loyalty programs, offer targeted promotions, and gather valuable customer insights.Data-Driven Business Insights: Access real-time sales data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.

How Clover Benefits Local Businesses
Spotlighting this partnership is part of C&N’s ongoing efforts to offer innovative, practical solutions for local businesses. With Clover’s advanced technology, businesses can improve their operations while maintaining the personalized customer service that sets them apart.

Retailers: Improve inventory management, streamline checkout processes, and offer personalized customer experiences.Restaurants: Enhance table service, manage orders efficiently, and track sales data for informed decision-making.Service Providers: Simplify invoicing, scheduling, and payment processing for a more professional experience.

Ready to Learn More?
Connect with your local C&N expert today at 888.322.2193 or visit cnbankpa.com to discover how C&N and Clover can transform your business.

About Clover: Clover is a leading provider of innovative point of sale systems, offering customizable hardware and software solutions that empower businesses to streamline operations and improve customer experiences. Clover’s platform integrates payment processing, inventory tracking, customer loyalty programs, and more, giving business owners the tools they need to manage and grow their businesses efficiently.

About C&N: C&N is an independent community financial services company providing complete banking, financial, investment and insurance services with 30 full-service offices located throughout Bradford, Bucks, Cameron, Chester, Lycoming, McKean, Potter, Sullivan and Tioga, counties in Pennsylvania and Steuben County in NY. C&N also operates one loan production office in Elmira, NY, which offers commercial, residential and consumer lending services. C&N can be found on the worldwide web at www.cnbankpa.com. The Company’s stock is listed on NASDAQ Capital Market Securities under the symbol CZNC.

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Joint customers can now conduct data quality validation activities using Ataccama within Snowflake

BOSTON, Oct. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Ataccama today announced the launch of Ataccama Data Quality as a Snowflake Native App, using the Snowflake Native App Framework.  The Ataccama Data Quality App  elevates the data quality capabilities by enabling users to maintain high data standards effortlessly within their existing workflows. The app is available to joint customers natively via Snowflake Marketplace, providing a set of pre-defined rules that allow users to quickly and easily validate the quality of their data prior to using it.

Jay Limburn, Chief Product Officer at Ataccama, said, “The real value of data lies in being able to trust it and be able to apply it to business use cases confidently. Managing the increasingly complex enterprise data landscape to deliver high-quality data, data engineers and data scientists can provide accurate, trustworthy data to business teams to support better decision-making.  Offering native data quality capabilities  to Snowflake customers within their data environment provides simple access to our best-in-class data quality engine and  will help them transform their data to deliver immediate insights to support business outcomes such as improved marketing, reduced risk and product innovations.”

Ataccama and Snowflake are working together to mobilize the world’s data with Snowflake’s AI Data Cloud, helping joint customers to tackle data quality issues that undermine the value of the data and prevent trustworthy insights from being extracted and applied across the business. Data experts using the Ataccama Data Quality App in Snowflake benefit from improved efficiency and accuracy, and can deliver trusted data to business users to apply to business initiatives such as customer experience, compliance, marketing and business development.

“Data quality is key to maximizing the value of the Snowflake AI Data Cloud, enabling businesses to trust their data for better insights and innovation,” said Tarik Dwiek, Head of Technology Alliances at Snowflake. “This collaboration aims to deliver greater choice to our joint customers by giving them the ability to integrate Ataccama’s capabilities directly within Snowflake to enable seamless, high-quality data management and empowering users to make data-driven decisions with confidence.”

Built using the Snowflake Native App Framework, the Ataccama Data Quality App will give Snowflake customers access to a predefined set of DQ rules and documentation explaining which rules are available and how they work. Data Engineers can use these rules while writing SQL code in Snowflake and execute data quality checks  as part of the output of the SQL statement. Customers can download the app from the Snowflake Marketplace and start using it within minutes, delivering seamless integration with just a few clicks.

The Snowflake Native App Framework enables developers to build applications using Snowflake’s core functionalities, distribute them globally on Snowflake Marketplace, and deploy them within a customer’s Snowflake account. To learn more about the Snowflake Native App Framework and how to become a Snowflake partner, click here.

About Ataccama

Ataccama enables organizations to accelerate business initiatives with high quality data they trust using Ataccama ONE, a unified data trust platform. Combining data quality, lineage, observability, governance and master data management in a single solution, Ataccama supports hundreds of organizations around the world to increase revenue, decrease costs and mitigate risk. Ataccama was one of only three software companies to be recognized by Gartner as a Market Leader for Augmented Data Quality in 2024. Learn more at www.ataccama.com.

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SAN DIEGO, Oct. 25, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — College Contact, a fast-growing edtech startup based in Austin Texas, won first place in the highly competitive “Navigating Career Pathways” category at the 2024 EDTECH WEEK Shark Tanks last week. The category focused on sourcing innovative tools and tech platforms that help K-12 & higher education learners explore and succeed in their college & career journeys through mentorship, pathfinding, and skills alignment. The judges, composed of global EdTech investors from WGU Labs, JFF Ventures and EduLabs Capital Partners, selected College Contact from a pool of hundreds of promising startups in the space.

The Shark Tanks @ EDTECH WEEK event is a prestigious competition for startups and Series A companies in the EdTech space. Finalists in the 2024 category included REACH Pathways, (gamified content for HiPURS), Hellohive (talent building for companies), Prentus (AI-powered data analytics for tracking job outcomes), and GoPursue (career access platform).

College Contact’s win underscores the importance of its near-peer mentorship model, which matches high school students with upskilled undergraduate mentors for postsecondary pathway advising, offering real-time support on everything from essay writing to navigating financial aid. The platform’s ability to provide personalized, relatable, and authentic advising at scale stood out to the panel of investors, considering the startup has had extremely high student engagement and adoption metrics since its organic inception from a TikTok video.

Founded in 2019 in Sophie Smith’s college dorm room, College Contact was born out of universal frustration with the current postsecondary advising landscape. High schoolers and their parents found Sophie’s authentic content on TikTok, and joined a waitlist for support from the then 19-year old. The onslaught of original demand was driven by exorbitant costs of private college counselors and the lack of 1:1 time students receive in school due to high counselor caseloads. In an effort to democratize access to higher education for these families, Sophie threw together a duct-tape and glue solution – matching students on the waitlist to competent undergraduate students in her network.

After Sophie and her cofounder Leah Guesman graduated from the University of Virginia in 2023, the pair began exploring if their solution could be sold directly to public school counseling departments. As they entered the K-12 market, their solution caught fire for a second time.

Kyle Seipp, the Director of Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness at E3 Alliance remarked, “There are 5.5 million students in Texas, which means there are 5.5 million different college & career pathways to success in this state alone. College Contact can bring personalized 1:1 support to every student. This is a revolutionary idea to support overwhelmed counseling departments with high caseloads.”

“We are thrilled to have won this competition,” said Sophie Smith, CEO of College Contact. “It’s a powerful validation of our near-peer model and our mission to provide accessible college & career advising for every student, regardless of their background. We are especially excited about the inbound demand we have received from counseling departments, who see our solution as a valuable resource for their large student bodies.”

Leah Guesman, COO of College Contact, added, “This win is a testament to the power of mentorship. By connecting students with peers who have recently gone through critical college and career decisions, we give them both the support and confidence they need to make informed decisions about their futures. This recognition from the broader EdTech community is already helping us expand our reach and continue to scale our impact.”

Since its founding, College Contact has helped over 5,000 students gain admission to more than 150 universities, with 86% of them securing a spot at their top-choice school. Beyond their growing partnerships with districts in California, Texas and Florida, the platform is gaining attention for its affordability from individual families, offering near-peer mentorship services for as little as $60 per month—a fraction of what traditional private college counselors charge.

College Contact’s focus on providing accessible, tailored guidance to students of all backgrounds aligns with the broader movement to make higher education more equitable and attainable. Learn more at College Contact’s website here.

About College Contact

College Contact is a Texas-based, female-founded college and career readiness platform that connects high school students with near-peer mentors. With a historical 100% university acceptance rate and an 86% placement rate into students’ first-choice universities, College Contact has helped thousands of students nationwide. The platform’s innovative model, combined with comprehensive resources and personalized support, empowers students to achieve their academic and career goals, while simultaneously helping school districts scale 1:1, personalized postsecondary advising.

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Grayson Turley
info@yourcollegecontact.com

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