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Metro Bank Links With ezbob For Same-Day SMB Loans

PYMNTS

To provide a digital lending offering for small business clients, Metro Bank has collaborated with banking software provider ezbob. Metro Bank Chief Commercial Officer Paul Riseborough said, according to reports, “We know quick, reliable access to finance is crucial for small businesses to seize opportunities to grow.

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Consumer Lending: Should Banks Do It?

Jeff For Banks

When I first read Standards Needed for Safe, Small Installment Loans from Banks, Credit Unions by the Pew Charitable Trusts that encouraged financial institutions to get back into small ticket consumer lending, I thought “what are they nuts!” So why would banks expand small-ticket, unsecured personal lending? Real estate secured.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

The 2020 Census quantified the growth many residents were already sensing: Austin grew by 33% between 2010 and 2020, earning it the rank of fastest-growing large metro. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3% increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Deepening roots.

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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%. In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. Less than $300 million.

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Goes to the always-sharp Mitch Feiger and the team at MB Financial for the bank’s sale to Fifth Third at a 24% premium to market price in May.

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Lending Club, Amex, Airbnb And PayPal: Why Payments Never Bores

PYMNTS

The world stock markets have bottomed and bounced back twice, China has become the international economy’s most expensive riddle, England quit the E.U. And perhaps even more impressive is that, while the top-of-the-fold news has been a neverending carnival of wonders, flipping through the metro and financial pages almost never disappoints.

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