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Varo Achieves Milestone As First Consumer FinTech To Get National Charter

PYMNTS

On Friday (July 31), the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) announced Varo Bank has been granted its full-service national bank charter. As a new national bank, Varo joins the world’s most respected system of financial institutions and has the opportunity to become a household name as many other national banks have become.”.

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Name: Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. By Aileen McDonough. Assets: $9 billion.

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Zooming In On SMEs’ Financial Weak Spots

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Whatever the outcome, with strong fundamentals and capital availability, small businesses are in a good position to respond.” The report concluded this was a positive sign that SMEs have access to plenty of working capital should they need it. SMEs are in for a fight to prove their resiliency through Q4. percent. . —

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Accounting About-Face

Independent Banker

She explained why lawmakers should exempt community banks from Basel III capital rule. Instead of requiring complex modeling systems for institutions of all sizes, it now explicitly allows community banks to continue using their personal understanding of local markets to determine loan-loss reserves. Connecticut headquarters.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. table of contents.

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From China With Love: AI, Robotics, AR/VR Are Hot Areas For Chinese Investment In US

CB Insights

We define Chinese investment as participation in private financing rounds by investors (corporate, venture capital, angel, private equity, etc.) Robotics — China is home to the fastest-growing robotics market in the world, and its economic planners have made robotics a national priority, with a five-year robot plan launched last April. (We

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