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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Those in south central Texas, which includes San Antonio, supported an estimated 211,000 jobs and contributed nearly $25.2 By Mindy Charski.

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Fast-growing Texas bank buying branches in Austin, San Antonio

American Banker

Spirit of Texas Bancshares is acquiring four branches and a loan production office from Simmons First National Corp. as part of an aggressive expansion in its home state.

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5 Reasons Your Financial Institution Should Attend ThinkBIG 2021

Abrigo

Enjoy La Cantera Resort & Spa Those interested in participating in-person will have the opportunity to enjoy the AAA® Four Diamond La Cantera Resort and Spa in San Antonio, TX. The resort is a stone’s throw away from Texas Hill Country wineries, downtown San Antonio, the famous River Walk, and the city’s shopping and dining scene.

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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

PYMNTS

Right now, Whole Foods has about 470 stores around the nation – which isn’t much considering the proliferation of Walmart and Kroger stores, but it now has the capital to expand into previously unreachable areas, like Montana. For example, Whole Foods managers went to a site in Utah that used to be a Kmart.

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Human smuggling: New FinCEN alert puts financial institutions on guard

Abrigo

national priorities. . Human smuggling is the facilitation, for financial or other material gains, of irregular entry into a country where the migrant is not a national or resident, according to the United Nations. Takeaway 1 The southwest border is a hotbed for human smuggling. More than 2.3 citizens exploited.

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Navigating the U.S.-Mexico border: Understanding the surge in criminal activity

Abrigo

According to the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), deaths involving synthetic opioids, primarily fentanyl, continued to rise, with 70,601 overdose deaths reported in 2021. The advisory describes several typologies and red flags to assist in suspicious activity monitoring.

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eScooter Startup Lime Exits 12 Markets, Fires 14 Pct. Of Staff

PYMNTS

Lime is shuttering operations in Atlanta, Phoenix, San Diego, and San Antonio in the US; Linz, Austria in Europe; and Bogotá, Buenos Aires, Montevideo, Lima, Puerto Vallarta, Rio de Janeiro, and São Paulo in Latin America. LimePass will be released in cities across the nation, as well as in New Zealand and Australia.