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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Big Tech Compliance Tracker: Apple, Google, Amazon Boost UK Fees To Cover New Digital Tax; Amazon Gets FAA’s OK For Drone Delivery 

PYMNTS

Big Tech Updates Fees to Reflect UK Digital Services Tax. Apple announced upcoming tax changes for apps and in-app purchases to include tax law changes in the U.K. digital services tax on to consumers in addition to an existing 20 percent value-added tax. customer charges to cover the new tax.

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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

PopularBank

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico – October 28, 2020 – Popular, Inc. Popular is committed to meeting the needs of our customers and communities, guided by our 127-year legacy. This realignment aims to better leverage resources to support small businesses, meet changing customer needs and reinvest in communities. million, of which $23.1

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Tracking The Trends That Shaped 2020’s The Digital-First Economy

PYMNTS

The year-over-year increase in cross-border online sales was even more dramatic in other regions. The pandemic-induced challenges have also been taxing for community financial institutions (FIs) and credit unions (CUs), as many were not designed to operate remotely. Credit Union.

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Location, location, location? How UK housing preferences shifted during the pandemic

BankUnderground

Yet between March 2020 and December 2021 (‘the pandemic’), housing prices grew in the UK, reaching at the time their highest growth rate in a decade. First, housing prices continued to grow across all UK regions through the pandemic. Martina Fazio and Gary Harper During recessions, and indeed pandemics, housing prices usually fall.

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Remembering 9/11 – A Pivotal Day for BSA/AML Professionals

Abrigo

BSA was intended to detect illicit activity through cash and monetary instruments to catch tax evaders using secret foreign bank accounts. See Part I: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Stay up-to-date on the latest FinCEN Priorities. Criminalizing Terroism Financing. USA PATRIOT Act enacted.

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