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FDIC Approves Square For Banking License

PYMNTS

The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation ( FDIC ) gave the green light to an application from the FinTech firm Square to create a de novo industrial bank in Utah, the agency said on Wednesday (March 18). The headquarters will be in Salt Lake City, Utah. Square launched its campaign to open a bank more than two years ago.

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Utah bank acquires in-state mortgage lender

American Banker

Capital Community Bank of Provo has purchased Security Home Mortgage, headquartered in nearby Orem.

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Japanese FinTech Rakuten Applying For US Banking Charter 

PYMNTS

FDIC) and the state of Utah for an industrial loan company (ILC) charter. The bank would be headquartered in Utah and could handle users’ deposits, according to Lee Carter, Rakuten head of banking and potential ILC CEO. We’ll have specific goals for community service and investments back into the community.”.

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Banking Strategies: Should We Look to Utah?

Jeff For Banks

Just this month I taught Bank Profitability at the Utah Bankers'' Association Executive Development Program. Utah, home of the Industrial Bank, is the epicenter of niche banking. Many community bankers would roll their eyes at such banks. And yes, why can''t we learn from the 31 active Industrial Banks from Utah?

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FDIC's unusual order against tiny Utah bank: Sell yourself or liquidate

American Banker

One of the smallest banks in the country hasn't consistently made a profit since 2007 and has been the subject of enforcement actions. The FDIC's public rebuke against it indicates a last-ditch effort to figure out a less messy solution than receivership.

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Black investors unveil first-of-its-kind deal for Utah community bank

American Banker

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A Utah bank is gone after 16 years of losses. Why did it survive so long?

American Banker

Liberty Bank in Salt Lake City had been "structurally unprofitable" since 2008, according to its regulators. Experts criticized the FDIC for allowing the bank's demise to play out in slow motion.

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