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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. Philadelphia.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. And quite frankly, I did not know there were so many tranches to mortgage-backed securities. Let those numbers sink in a bit. Good times.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

in Coldwater, Ohio, and ICBA’s incoming chairman, held fast to his community bank’s conservative lending practices. What concerned me most wasn’t that the customer was upset with me,” recalls Hartings of the homebuyers who ignored his community bank’s cautiously pragmatic approach. “I Jack got us through that just fine.

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Denver, Colorado. Community platform for investors. HQ: Denver, Colorado. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Financial institutions, enterprises, security, fraud prevention, Wipro (strategic investor), Finovate alum. Latest round: $31 million ($6 mil Equity, $25 mil Debt). Total raised: $31.85 Source: Pymnts.

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Fintech Fundings: 30 Companies Raised $330 Million First Week of August

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Denver, Colorado. Self-employment tax payments. Distributed ledgers for financial community. Tags: SMB, payments, tax prep, accounting. Source: Crunchbase. Online payment service. Latest round: $15 million Series B. Total raised: $15 million. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile insurance broker. Latest round: $14.75

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242 Startup Failure Post-Mortems

CB Insights

Fresco’s head of community marketing, Johnathan Hamiter, began sending employees private Slack messages saying funding seemed “pretty bleak” and encouraging them to look for other jobs. Imzy was created by former Reddit employees Dan McComas and Jessica Moreno as a safer, friendlier version of the popular community site. Around 4 p.m.,

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