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A Whale of a Tale: Enloe State Bank

Jeff For Banks

According to the Office of Inspector General (OIG) In-Depth Review (IDR) of the incident: "Enloe State Bank failed because the President and the senior-level Vice President perpetrated fraud by originating and concealing a large number of fraudulent loans over many years. For over a decade. True story.

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Governments Sending Mixed Signals On Blockchain

PYMNTS

We’re contemplating adding ‘Blockchain’ to our name so we’ll increase our followers by 70,000 percent,” the official Fort Worth SEC Twitter handle stated. The remarks followed a tongue-in-cheek tweet sent out by the agency earlier this month. It also follows a more serious initiative by the U.S. Sullivan last year.