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The Russian Connection (To Alt Lending Globally)

PYMNTS

-educated entrepreneurs met while working abroad at Renaissance Capital and Deutsche Bank. such as Zopa and Lending Club, they saw an opportunity in emerging markets that had been ignored by the big banks, such as Russia, Georgia and Kazakhstan. Observing the rise of disruptive companies in Europe and the U.S.,

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S.,

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

Last week , Walmart Pay rolled out in Alabama and Georgia. Online lending . The venture capital backers are no doubt smiling. . Slam dunk sizzle. Is payment enabling those storefronts next? . Walmart Pay. It’s been a busy seven-day stretch for Walmart Pay. Remember there is one within 15 minutes of 90 percent of Americans. .

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State Regulation, Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Financial Services, FinTech, Charles Clark, Washington State Department of Financial Institutions, License, Regulation, Bank of Indonesia, FinTech, Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, News

PYMNTS

Through the Conference of State Bank Supervisors, Georgia, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Texas, Tennessee and Washington are looking to standardize the ways firms across traditional financial services and FinTech upstarts apply for, and are granted, licenses. Can the states make licensing – of the money movement kind – any easier?

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2015 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. OTCQX: CBCO) Coastal is the $439 million in assets holding company of CBC National Bank, headquartered in Fernandina Beach, Florida.

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Fintech Fundings: 13 Companies Raise $900 Million Week Ending Nov 12

Fintech Labs Insights

Other than Blackstone’s $820 million bet on what is likely the oldest financial technology company on the planet, NCR founded in 1884 as National Cash Register, just $82 million flowed to the under-100-year-old crowd. HQ: Duluth, Georgia. Lending marketplace targeting Hispanic-owned small businesses. million this week.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2021 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) Here we are again. Silvergate had $150 million in total revenue over the past twelve months, and has a market capitalization of $4.7 Live Oak Bancshares, Inc.

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