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SEC Halts Texas Financial Firm’s ‘Illegal’ ICO

PYMNTS

In an effort to stop an “illegal offering of securities,” the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has filed a complaint against a Dallas-based financial firm seeking to launch what might be the largest initial coin offering (ICO) in history. must comply with federal securities laws.

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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. Security Bank Midwest. Security Bank. Two years ago, Lead Bank and Self expanded the program to include a secured credit card. More than 500,000 customers have received secured cards through the program. By Ed Avis.

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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 serve our local geographic market which is the Dallas - Fort Worth metropolitan area. In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Cumberland Security Bank, Inc. First Security Bank of Deer Lodge. Using FDIC data, we took into account pre-tax return-on-assets (ROA) figures from the past three years, with the most recent year weighted at 3x, second most recent year at 2x and third most recent year at 1x. Allied First Bank, SB. Nebraska State Bank.