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The power of a CDFI

Independent Banker

La Plata County commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton champions First Southwest Bank’s innovative lending. It’s one reason why she’s a customer of the bank. Photo courtesy First United Bank & Trust Company. First Southwest Bank isn’t one to borrow a page from another bank’s playbook.

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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. Our lending strongly supports our tourist economy.

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Dodd-Frank Pullback To Benefit SMEs, Says Donald Trump?

PYMNTS

Trump, speaking at a meeting Thursday (March 9) with community bankers, along with National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn and Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin, said community banks are critical to the economic health of their communities and to providing small businesses with access to capital.