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Today In Digital-First Banking: FIS Fuels Rollout Of Quontic Bank Crypto Rewards Account; Aeldra Selects i2c To Power Private Banking Services

PYMNTS

The rollout makes Quontic “the first FDIC insured financial institution in the U.S. Aeldra, the California challenger bank, has selected i2c Inc. resident and non-resident global customers can open a FDIC-insured U.S. FIS Powers Launch Of Quontic Bank’s Bitcoin Rewards Account. Aeldra Taps i2c To Enable Global Banking Services.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends.

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As SVB tanks, banks look to deposit diversification, data, tech

BankInovation

Silicon Valley Bank was taken over by regulators today following a week of abnormality that included a sale of securities on Wednesday, capital raising efforts on Thursday and a stock plummet of nearly 70% this morning.

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FDIC signs off on Southern California de novo

American Banker

Organizers of the proposed Legacy Bank must raise $25 million before opening.

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U.S. Farming Has A Banking Problem

PYMNTS

“As the economy’s picked up in construction and other areas, fewer people are willing to do farm work,” explained Dan Sumner, an agricultural economist at University of California, Davis, in an interview with Marketplace in May. percent: the growth rate of FDIC-insured bank loans to farm borrowers as of March 2019.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

The next month, Locality Bank received final approval for a state charter and FDIC-secured deposit insurance. In December, the founders completed a capital raise, netting a total of $38 million after increasing the maximum amount from $23 million in subscriptions for stock. Katie Kuehner-Heber t is a writer in California.

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Food for Thought: A Policy on Credit Exceptions

Abrigo

Path to removal – Sometimes an exception is like the Hotel California – you can check out anytime you like, but you can never leave. As the FDIC said recently: Exceptions to policy should be few in number and properly justified, approved, and tracked. It just stays on forever. Get details in "A guide to implementing credit policy."

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