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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

In partnership with Nymbus, the bank’s custom digital platform is built on a secure cloud-native core banking system with an open API architecture. Serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Locality Bank is focusing on serving small businesses and others in the restaurant and hospitality sectors. The road to a charter.

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Kachkar Charged With $140 Million Fraud

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million Miami Beach home. The civil suit by the FDIC describes accounting scams by Inyx, such as opening credit lines from Westernbank, false invoicing and instructing customers to deposit payments in secret bank accounts. Kachkar used his pharmaceutical company, Inyx Inc., The money was spent on a private jet and a $6.5

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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.