FDIC Illinois Lending Operations 
Independent Banker
JUNE 30, 2022
“We were looking at ways to increase our deposit base and impact the communities we serve,” says Tom Kientz, chief operating officer. One of the very quick things we turned to were HOAs … and we quickly learned we could earn more of their business if we had a lending solution. Two bank charters (which doubles FDIC coverage).
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 23, 2020
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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Independent Banker
APRIL 30, 2022
In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. The community bank uses the Entrepreneurial Operating System, commonly known as EOS Traction, to keep departmental efforts aligned. Ed Avis is a writer in Illinois.
Independent Banker
JUNE 30, 2022
Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. Using FDIC data for 2021, we calculated a lender score out of 100 for each community bank. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter. It also indirectly benefits our lending business.
PYMNTS
FEBRUARY 21, 2017
This has the potential to decimate an entire industry,” one payday lending executive told PYMNTS shortly after the rules dropped. “By And if one were to ask their Magic 8-Ball about the fate of those payday lending regs, the answer one would most likely get at this point is “Ask again later.”.
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