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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. After looking at the consolidation in our market, we concluded that the lack of community banks was the reason.”. Keith Costello, Locality Bank.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Grand Ridge National Bank.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? Nationally, the picture is a fine one. However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

PYMNTS

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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With rates soaring, Florida community bank bails on national mortgage lending

American Banker

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New condo safety laws: Three things community associations should consider

PopularBank

Recently, Florida passed SB 4-D, a new safety regulation for condominium and cooperative association buildings. Florida’s new condo safety laws at-a-glance. Building inspections are required for community buildings in all 67 counties in Florida that are three or more stories in height. Mandatory building inspections.

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SBA Turns Attention To Credit Unions To Revive Small Biz Lending

PYMNTS

In fact, according to the SBA’s latest report , corporate finance has largely bounced back in the nation — but small businesses aren’t seeing much of that recovery. There’s been a big rebound in lending to big businesses, but there’s been a very small recovery in lending to small businesses,” said Rebel Cole, Ph.D.,

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