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Federal Home Loan Bank of Dallas Awards $18.5m for Affordable Housing

Banking Exchange

Subsidies will create or rehabilitate more than 2,100 housing units Community Banking Feature3 Feature Fair Lending Mortgage Credit Mortgage Mortgage/CRE Human Rights Inclusion Diversity.

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Lower taxes, more M&A: Behind a California bank’s move to Texas

American Banker

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

With mortgage rates down in the US , many homebuyers are looking locally to their community banks to finance their new, potentially life-changing purchase. In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Building out the ever-important treasury management suite, targeting deposit-rich customer segments, and creating new savings products are all examples of how banks can build deposit balances at low cost, low-rate sensitivity, and high deposit convexity. Lending Focus – Interest Rate Sensitivity and Credit Accuracy. Conclusion.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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A Rising Texas Star

Independent Banker

After a career of nearly three decades as a banker serving various community and regional institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, C. He became a full-fledged community bank owner by purchasing a Dallas community bank, which was renamed Veritex Community Bank.

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

IB: You were recently reelected to serve a second term on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors. Rasmussen: Yes, it is an honor to serve the Group 3 Banks in Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Louisiana for three more years. Group 3 includes the smallest banks in the state with the majority in rural areas.

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