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Amazon Plans Whole Foods Expansions In Closed Sears Stores

PYMNTS

Right now, Whole Foods has about 470 stores around the nation – which isn’t much considering the proliferation of Walmart and Kroger stores, but it now has the capital to expand into previously unreachable areas, like Montana. The store shut down in the middle of last year, and there haven’t been any new tenants since.

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Opendoor, Zillow Rival Perch Raises $220M

PYMNTS

The funding, which is a combination of equity to fund operations and debt to fund home purchases, was led by FirstMark Capital , with participation from Accomplice and Juxtapose. After launching in San Antonio in early 2018, Perch has expanded to Dallas-Fort Worth, with more markets planned.

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Macy’s Spotlights Women-Owned Businesses With SoGifted

PYMNTS

Macy’s is partnering with the female-led millennial venture capital fund SoGal Ventures to launch an in-store initiative focused on women-owned businesses, Macy’s said in a press release on Thursday (Dec. The retailer is opening SoGifted shops in its flagship Manhattan store and six other locations. Lauderdale.

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Cash Flow and Quality of Earnings

Abrigo

The auditors who conduct these reviews look for possible events that will require further commitment of capital from the investors, which would logically reduce the ROI. Even if you aren't borrowing for working capital, that is money that could be more efficiently used elsewhere. He lives in San Antonio, Texas.

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How CFIs Can Remain Relationship-Focused in a Digital World

Abrigo

Capitalizing on PPP innovations for a better experience. Technology is vital for an expanding institution, Andrew Reid, Executive Vice President and Chief Credit Officer of The Bank of San Antonio, told Abrigo in a recent whitepaper. “If If you want to grow, you’d better have it,” Reid said.

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CFPB Settles With VA Lender Regarding Claims of Deception

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB recently filed a complaint and a proposed stipulated final judgment and order to address claims that Village Capital & Investments LLC (Village) engaged in deceptive acts and practices in the solicitation of veterans for mortgage refinance loans to be guaranteed by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA).

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Those in south central Texas, which includes San Antonio, supported an estimated 211,000 jobs and contributed nearly $25.2 By Mindy Charski.

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