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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

PYMNTS

While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Blockchain and a bank charter might do much to boost financial inclusion.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Using FDIC data for 2021, we calculated a lender score out of 100 for each community bank. Rowland; and EVP and chief technology officer Mike Beattie. Ed Avis is a writer in Illinois. Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending.