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Landlord Services Firm Zibo Nets $10.5M, Launches Banking And Payments Features

PYMNTS

The Zibo tools are meant to help save time and implement new tools like Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC)-insured business checking accounts, automated rent collection, online bill pay and expense management to help streamline tax preparation. Right now, less than 20 percent of U.S.

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Three Wishes for Bankers

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , seven percent of US households were unbanked, meaning they had no account at an insured financial institution, and 19% were underbanked, meaning they used non-traditional financial providers like pre-paid cards and/or payday lenders. But the tax thing.

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What's With Regulator Agita Over Bank Commercial Real Estate Lending?

Jeff For Banks

To remind readers, in 2006 the OCC, Federal Reserve, and FDIC issued joint interagency Guidance on Concentrations in Commercial Real Estate Lending. The Great Recession lasted from the fourth quarter 2007 through the second quarter 2009, according to the National Bureau of Economic Research. Maybe sub out an economist or two.

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Building Financially Empowered Youth; Our Future Depends on Them

Filene

A 2013 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households showed that more than 30% of household members under the age of 24 are unbanked—significantly higher than older generations. They produced a “Don’t Tax My Credit Union” video for Congress in support of credit unions.

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Advocacy: Election Returns

Independent Banker

With congressional candidates and incumbents across the nation in full campaign mode this summer, this is an excellent opportunity to share how ICBA is affecting what is already a dramatic election season. Advocacy Resources. FDIC Assessment Rules. Keeping community banking interests front and center. By Courtney Schoenborn.

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What’s in it for Me? Real Estate Investment Technology

Fintech Labs Insights

The company sells debt securities called Limited Resource Obligations (LROs) to investors with a minimum investment of $10. Investor funds are held in an Investors Trust Account with City National Bank and in the event of default, the funds are FDIC insured up to $250,000. Groundfloor. The minimum investment is $1,000.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

PYMNTS

For those not used to thinking about electricity by the gigawatt, the estimates mean this: Even at the low end, bitcoin mining uses as much power as a nation state. The debate is whether that nation state is small (Lithuania-sized), medium (Morocco-sized) or medium-large (Israel-sized). Use of power is not very evenly distributed.

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