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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. The diverse board, staff and leadership team aim to implement a plan of “doing well for investors by doing good for the community.” “We

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Finastra Acquires Mobile Banking Provider Malauzai

PYMNTS

Together, our two companies deliver a fully integrated open core platform for payments, lending and digital, across Finastra’s 4,500-strong U.S.-based We value Malauzai’s market leadership and its open approach, which is in perfect alignment with our open platform vision.”. based community market customers and Malauzai’s non-core U.S.-based

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities. His passion for innovation, community, culture, and clients provides a leadership template for all future GonzoBankers.

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. The ICBA Leadership Development Conference will take place Sept. Consumer Lending Institute. Commercial Lending Institute. 23–28 in Phoenix, Ariz. Lead FWD Summit.

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Don’t Be a Cold Fish

Gonzobanker

Conservative lending risk. However, there is a big difference in the senior leadership team. Warm Pulse’s chief executive officer has 300+ connections and the chief lending officer has 500+ connections. The words “loans” or “lending” are nowhere to be found in the CLO’s profile. Situated in slow growth markets.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Under Stuart’s leadership over the past 17 years, OnPoint has gone from under $2 billion in assets to knocking on the door of $10 billion, all while becoming the most recognized financial brand in the Portland market and achieving some of the industry’s best profitability in 2023. Sounds like a cool strategy to build a smarter bank.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models

Gonzobanker

Nothing seems to put a bounce in a banker’s step more than a tax break and regulatory relief, and this bountiful energy was radiating at Bank Director’s annual “mecca” for bank M&A in Phoenix last week – Acquire or be Acquired. For those in the know – simply AOBA. Source: SNL.

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