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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. 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.

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Bitcoin Daily: SEC Charges Florida Crypto Trader In $6.8M Fraud Case; Salt Lending To Pay $250,000 Fine, Refund ICO Investors; SEC Alleges Swedish National Bilked Crypto Investors Of $1.5M

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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) claims that a Florida digital currency trader purportedly bilked customers out of $6.8 The individual was charged with different contraventions of securities laws in a U.S. SALT Blockchain is the firm behind SALT Lending , a loan offering supported by digital currency.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

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And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. But a standstill in the credit markets created a vacuum for a bit, at least along traditional lending conduits. It should be noted that almost all mortgage security finance (i.e.,

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Can a Mobile Lending App Save Millennial Credit Ratings?

Bank Innovation

It will reach Texas, Florida and New York in the next 10 to 12 months, according to the company, which claims that, in less than three Read More. Millennials hate credit — but a new service called Lenny is out to change that. Lenny is meant for mobile (of course) and launched today in California.

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Bitcoin Daily: Ex-SoFi Head Pairs Blockchain With Lending; Fidelity Trials Bitcoin ‘Lightning’ Payments

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In Wednesday’s tweets, Cryptopia said it is “securing each wallet individually” for trading resumes. According to Bloomberg , Cagney’s new company, Figure , uses blockchain technology to supply home equity lending online in as little as five days. Randall Crater, the principal operator of My Big Coin Pay, Inc.,

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 SMB Lending, Automation In B2B VC Focus

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FinTech investments targeting B2B and corporate services spanned the globe, with particular concentration this past week in SMB lending across India and Europe. Based in Florida, the company is a FinTech payment as a service provider and offers services across a B2B focused hub, spanning accounts payable and receivables. million tally.

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Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018 Introduced in the U.S. Senate

CFPB Monitor

Bill Nelson (D-Florida) introduced S. 3334 captioned “ The Military Lending Improvement Act of 2018” in the United States Senate to “expand and improve” credit protections afforded to service members by the Military Lending Act (MLA) and the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA). On August 1, 2018, Sen.

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