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AltFin Shines As Investor Interest In B2B FinTech Continues

PYMNTS

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 For markets like the U.K.,

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

When the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors was introduced at ICBA LIVE in San Antonio, Texas, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the air. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. By Molly Bennett.

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State And Local Governments Wrestle With Faster Payments

PYMNTS

A crowd of FinTechs and challenger banks entering the disbursements space isn’t accelerating adoption to the extent needed, because it’s hard to differentiate them. Texas shares that view, with Comptroller of Public Accounts spokesman Kevin Lyons saying Texas will stick to checks and ACH for the time being.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker. Less than $300 million.

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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

PYMNTS

You know what they say, everything is bigger in Texas. In Austin the cost of living is relatively affordable and taxes are low, especially compared with other major tech hubs, while also offering resources to budding entrepreneurs and tech industry talent. Though Austin may fall in the shadows of bigger U.S.

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FinCEN announces $8 Million BSA Enforcement Action: The Resurrection of AML Penalties

Abrigo

Whether that is the case or not, the reprieve is now over. On December 16, 2021, FinCEN announced an $8 million civil money penalty against CommunityBank of Texas (CBOT) for willful Bank Secrecy Act (BSA) violations and failing to maintain an effective anti-money laundering (AML) program. CommunityBank of Texas' citations.

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The future of workplace flexibility

Independent Banker

Those roles include talent acquisition specialist; administrator for a commercial loan operating system and customer relationship management platform; and a few positions on the team that manages the bank’s banking as a service (BaaS) fintech relationships. Mindy Charski is a writer in Texas. Consistency amid disruption.

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