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Open Letter to the OCC: Make Real Innovation Possible

Bank Innovation

A trifling blogger on banking innovation writes to the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, despite its historically apathetic view on such matters.

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Fintech Fundings: 22 Companies Raise $300 Million Plus 2 IPOs Raise $5.9 Billion

Fintech Labs Insights

Secure messaging for financial services. HQ: Oklahoma City. Bitcoin compliance solutions. Tags: Enterprise, IDology (investor), security, risk management, payments, Finovate alum. HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Latest round: $135 million at $1 billion valuation. Total raised: $600 million. Source: Finovate. Source: FT Partners.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Security Bank Midwest. Security Bank. Self Financial handles the technology, including access to online accounts and an app, as well as marketing aspects of the program, and Lead Bank provides the compliance and access to the banking system. Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

GonzoBanker of the Year – The Gonzo team would like to salute the career of David Rainbolt of BancFirst in Oklahoma. Biggest Branch ITM User Award : The Security Guard. And then invest in at least one nap per day as you glide through the no-work last week of December! THE BANKING AWARDS. Award : Amazon’s acquisition of Whole Foods.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). We are primarily a secured lender, with our greatest concentration of loans in Texas. In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s.

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Entering the cannabis banking market

Independent Banker

When Oklahoma legalized the sales of cannabis for medicinal purposes in 2018, executives of $550 million-asset Blue Sky Bank in Tulsa, Okla., Our compliance program, based on elevated risk, is very robust. However, the ambiguous legal landscape complicates compliance; 47 states, the District of Columbia and four U.S.

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