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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. Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Samsung plans to build a $17 billion chip plant in town about 30 miles away from its existing facility in Austin. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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Netspend CEO On Making The B2B Pivot

PYMNTS

Knutson said they’re not interested in managing risk and they “really, really don’t want to deal with a lot of the regulatory and compliance issues” that go hand in hand with the provision of financial services. Netspend’s latest deal is with Austin FC , the new Major League Soccer team coming to Austin, Texas.

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Why By-The-Book Compliance Could Be Homesharing’s Next Innovation

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“We are really good at regulatory compliance,” Lyric Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Kitchell said in an interview with Bloomberg. When they travel they don’t just want a place to sleep, but they want to be connected to the local community. The startup is fully compliant in all 13 cities it operates in, he said. “We

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FinCEN AML/CTF Priorities Part 8: Drug Trafficking Organizations

Abrigo

Danielle Austin-Rios , CAMS also contributed to this article From drug cartels to street gangs, the illegal drug market has been a consistent moneymaker for drug trafficking organizations (DTOs), and there is no end or slowdown in sight. Start with Part 1: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Trade-Based Money Laundering.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Moving all customers to digital statements, restructuring compliance reviews and employee onboarding are just some of the more popular efforts that banks are undertaking in 2023. Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, New York, Austin, Denver, Orlando, Miami, and Nashville, many banks have not adjusted pricing or their credit appetite.

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Upcoming Celent discussion at the American Banker Retail Banking conference

Celent Banking

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks.

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Texas Court Rules Against CFPB’s Payday Lending Act Delay

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A Texas court ruled on Tuesday (June 12) against delaying the compliance date for the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau ’s rule on payday loans. A lawsuit had aimed to block the new federal rules that would limit these short-term loans that some critics say can force people into serious debt.

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