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Abrigo CEO Wayne Roberts announces retirement

Abrigo

He built a strong leadership team and an employee base that has been recognized consistently as one of the best places to work in Austin, Texas, and Raleigh, N.C., Roberts has led Abrigo through a tremendous growth period as well as through the pandemic and the related transition to a largely remote work environment.

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Walmart Amazon Whole Paycheck Tracker: New Expansions, Partnerships And Reorganizations

PYMNTS

According to reports out earlier this week, Goldman Sachs and Amazon are in discussions about possibly partnering for small and medium-sized (SMB) business lending in the U.S. The partnership would apply Goldman’s lending technology to SMB loans on Amazon’s underwriting platform, according to unnamed sources.

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

When two executives at Woodforest National Bank noticed a dearth of affordable housing options in southeast Texas, they decided to do something about it, partnering with several housing and community groups to launch an innovative mortgage lending product aimed at underserved clients. By Aileen McDonough. Name: Woodforest National Bank.

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SXSW Accelerator Fintech Finalists for 2017 Announced

Bank Innovation

More fintech is coming to Austin. Austin is known for having a thriving Read More. The massive South by Southwest conference and festival features startups in a number of categories — transportation, augmented/virtual reality, and of course fintech — plus several others.

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

South State Correspondent

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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Logistics FinTech Leads Quiet Week In B2B Funding

PYMNTS

Hammock plans to use the investment to expand its financial services offerings to include lending and current accounts for its landlord customers. As a cybersecurity company focused on anti-fraud solutions, Austin-based SpyCloud aims to prevent account takeovers to protect consumer and corporate employee accounts.

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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. prepaid services, P2P lending, etc.). The figures below outline the decline of banks in the US, going from 11,462 at the end of 1992 to 5,809 in 2014.