Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. Through all this, First Farmers has remained disciplined in performance and squarely focused on customers and community.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Anyone who follows the industry knows this focused institution led by Findlay is all about executing the timeless principles of capital management, credit quality, efficiency and customer service. They should have been investing in fintech growth businesses and they had the capital to do it.” Grab some popcorn and watch.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

So we’re careful when we lend out commercial real estate loans. Going into a recession can sometimes be a good time to gain new customers, because you’re seeing them through good and bad times.”. It is top of mind in terms of what we’re doing, because it is critical to get people with the right talent and the right experience.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. Leadership and board members.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. Yet the Gonzo team has to give a shout out to the late entry of Texas Capital and Independent Bank. Its Baldrige-winning tenacity on customer experience is legendary and consistent.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

I look forward to getting back in front of our regulators, senators and representatives for face-to-face visits to rebuild personal connections and gain their support during this year’s ICBA Capital Summit. We are also challenged with ever-increasing cybersecurity threats and CFPB overreach that need to be assessed and addressed.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Big announcements like JP Morgan Chase’s to hike the pay of 22,000 workers and build 400 new branches certainly had bankers inspired to show some level of investment and even civic leadership from the tax break. Many banks are at or past the regulatory “suggested” 300% of total capital and can’t pull this revenue lever any more.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. By providing unprecedented loan relief and loan counseling/assistance for millions of their customers impacted by the pandemic. ” – MX’s Kara Parkey.

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Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Brian Mooney, CEO of Merchant Customer Exchange (MCX), also used his stage time to talk about the pilot under way in Columbus, Ohio, with many merchants. Lots of talk about innovation and customer experience. There is currently more than $1 billion in venture capital investments into blockchain/bitcoin technology.

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Social Assurance

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

By having CFOs and CEOs in attendance, content would lend itself to position bank marketers as a critical function within any organization. In this conversation, significant recognition was paid toward the impact of human capital and acknowledgment that we are, in fact, human. Subscribe to our blog and stay connected!

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