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

South State Correspondent

Because many banks are now producing below their cost of capital, growth further exacerbates their issues and drives them out of business (likely through a sale) faster. In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. Improving efficiency is like “losing weight” and “working out more.”

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Car Vending Machine Company Carvana Goes Up Against Wall Street

PYMNTS

The analyst community balked at longer-term questions about the company’s liquidity even though 2019 was the company’s sixth straight year of triple-digit revenue growth with over 177,000 cars delivered and just shy of $4 billion in revenue. The Miami vending machine has a new design and is definitely an attention-getter in new markets.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Name: Locality Bank. Assets: $55 million. Built on a solid foundation.

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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Tech Center: Orlando Dips Its Toes Into Tech Startup Water

PYMNTS

The latest pieces of tech news to hit the Orlando tech scene are Lockheed Martin ‘s $100 million missile deal and Elon Musk’s Hyperloop One transit system that promises to get people from Miami to Orlando in 26 minutes. ND: I’ve been involved in the Orlando tech community for 10+ years.

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FI Highlight: TotalBank

NCR

We recently spoke with Lyan Fernandez, EVP and Chief Operating & Risk Officer at TotalBank , to discuss how they’re leading the way and working to keep their customers’ financial information secure. TotalBank has proudly served the Miami community for more than 40 years. First off, can you tell us a bit about TotalBank?

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Killing The I-Bank: The Disruption Of Investment Banking

CB Insights

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Table of contents. STAYING PRIVATE.