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Popular Bank Implements Branch Realignment in the New York Metro Region to Enhance Focus on Communities and Small Business Support

PopularBank

Popular”) (NASDAQ: BPOP), bank holding company of Popular Bank, today announced Popular Bank’s strategic realignment of its New York Metro branch network. This realignment in our New York Metro market is consistent with our small business and retail services model in South Florida,” said Popular, Inc. New York Metro.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3%

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Tencent Invests In Argentinian Mobile Banking Startup

PYMNTS

There has been a lot of interest from China toward the Latin American region, with companies like Didi Chuxing , Huawei and Baidu all looking for investments in the area. Uala offers users prepaid Mastercards, metro card refills, digital payments and bill payment services. The investment, he noted, will help to speed up Uala’s plans.

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High-Profile — But Secretive — Funding For B2B FinTechs

PYMNTS

For startups, 2016 wasn’t the best year in venture capital. VCs used 2016 to manage costs, set priorities and valuations,” explained Rahul Khanna, managing partner at Trifecta Capital, in an interview with Business Standard published Wednesday (Dec. The Asia-Pacific region scored again with Tjaara’s funding worth $1.2

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Peace Coffee Perfectly Times Its Pandemic-Fueled Growth

PYMNTS

Before the pandemic, it was a strong regional brand that combined conscious capitalism with direct-to-consumer (DTC) capabilities, with four popular retail locations, a rabid fan base and solid retail distribution for its whole-bean blends. But sometimes the pre-pandemic plans work out just fine.

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LA Tech Map: The Most Well-Funded Tech Startups By City In Greater LA

CB Insights

This briefing dives into Seed and Series A venture capital trends in the United States and highlights states that have seen substantial activity as well as the verticals within tech driving investment. Both of those unicorns, and two more, are on our map of the most well-funded tech startups in each of the LA Metro area’s major cities.

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The community banks standing by hospitality customers

Independent Banker

We are hoping that when things return to normal that the regulators will allow us to capitalize the interest that has been deferred, because some of these guys might have difficulty catching up and paying that,” Duffy says. Industry data clearly shows that recovery is underway, although some segments and regions are faring better than others.