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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

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Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. Grand Ridge National Bank.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The KSB Lends a Hand program took anniversary funds totaling $20,000 and distributed them to more than 100 local organizations. “We

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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. It also conducts mortgage banking from 12 offices in Illinois, Kansas, Nebraska, Missouri, Minnesota, Arizona, and North Dakota.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2014 Edition

Jeff For Banks

capital appreciation and dividends. The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. through its subsidiary BNC National Bank, offers community banking and wealth management services in Arizona, Minnesota, and North Dakota from 14 locations. Well done! #3.

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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

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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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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Brazos National Bank. Douglas National Bank. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. FSNB, National Association. Pioneer Trust Bank, National Association. Capital Community Bank.