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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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PPP Funding Out But Not Necessarily Over; Lenders Preparing

Abrigo

Abrigo customer Western States Bank in Laramie, Wyoming, which has already received SBA approval for 318 loans totaling $26.7 million, told customers on its website that it continues to take applications from eligible customers in Colorado, Nebraska, and Wyoming, even though the PPP funds had run out. “We Lending & Credit Risk.

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Crowdfunding, Deferred Loan Payments Jumpstart SMB Relief

PYMNTS

Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. SMBs in supplement to separate measures, like the British Business Bank Coronavirus Business Interruption lending Scheme.

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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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All Pain, No Gain

Independent Banker

Community bankers offer real-world reasons for more Basel III relief. Nearly one year after the Basel III capital rules went into effect, community bankers say that now recognize just how much more complex and how much more difficult this new set of capital rules will make life and business for them if they remain in place.

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

His collection of shot glasses, each bearing a particular state’s name or emblem as tangible evidence of his visits to those states, is complete after a recent trip through the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and then, lastly, Alaska. In rural communities like ours, the consumer has a lot of needs,” he explains.

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How the OCC is building Crypto America

Lex Sokolin

This is why the OCC has spent so many calories on defining special purpose fintech charters , and why the local community bodies hate it. is New York better than Wyoming ?), A state like Wyoming has set precedent?—?almost Second, Fintechs (e.g., They default to seeking federal charters as well. Now, let’s say you are the OCC.

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