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Veteran CEO retiring from Great Western in South Dakota

American Banker

Ken Karels will be succeeded by Mark Borrecco, who had been CEO of Rabobank's U.S.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. Online lending .

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Meta Financial gains national lending platform with Crestmark deal

Payments Source

The payments company will pay $321 million for Crestmark Bank, a commercial lender that focuses on asset-based lending, equipment finance and government-guaranteed loans.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

Last month the NCUA’s sweeping, 167-page proposal to hand federal credit unions virtually unlimited freedom to serve almost any person of any means anywhere rightly drew an avalanche of letters from infuriated community bankers. Basically, all air-breathing mammals in the United States would qualify to be credit union members.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. is the parent company of First Harrison Bank, a community bank headquartered in Corydon, Indiana. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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Fintech Fundings: 20 Companies Raise $175 Million Week Ending Nov 6

Fintech Labs Insights

P2P lending. HQ: Sioux Falls, South Dakota. Bitcoin trading community. Tags: Consumer, lending, lead gen, loans, small business loans, mortgage. Here are the rounds by size from Oct 31 through Nov 6: Meili Jinrong. Latest round: $65 million Series A. Total raised: $65 million. Source: FT Partners. FactorTrust.

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