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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Ensure your community bank is inclusive

Independent Banker

We had plenty of women in leadership roles; we had a couple of women on our board. Last August, for example, it became the first financial institution in its region to take part in the Eighth of August Parade, a festival celebrating the emancipation of enslaved people in Paducah, Ky. “[We] Roshan McArthur is a writer in California.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Zenefits skirts compliance regulations. Under California state law, insurance brokers must complete a mandatory 52-hour pre-certification course to legally sell insurance in the state. Table of contents. Theranos and the revolutionary blood tests that never existed. Total Funding: $584M.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

This was a terrific combination of two education-focused cooperatives across both Southern and Northern California markets. And Partners CEO John Janclaes helped put Kony on the market map in mid-size shops, even keynoting Kony’s conference with a leadership book in tow. Credit Union Merger of the Year.

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Autopsy Report: 9 Startup Failure Stories And What We Can Learn From Them

CB Insights

Theranos built itself in stealth mode while raising hundreds of millions of dollars and inking deals to put its wellness centers in Walgreens stores in California and Arizona. To some, Silicon Valley startup culture was as much to blame for Theranos’ failure as the company’s leadership. Takeaways & lessons. Takeaways & lessons.

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