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Fast Action: Tennessee Sportsbook Bets Service Quality On Instant Payments

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Hodges, known as the “Rookie Bookie” on social media, made her comments less than three months after Tennessee became the 20th state to launch sports betting on Nov. We’re growing a market of people who have never bet before in Tennessee.”. We’re bringing sports gambling out of the shadows,” she said. Next Steps.

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Tennessee bank's sale a cautionary tale on out-of-market lending

American Banker

Franklin Financial agreed to be sold less than a year after issues surfaced in its portfolio of shared national credits.

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DOJ announces major new initiative targeting redlining; DOJ/CFPB/OCC settle redlining lawsuit against Mississippi-based national bank

CFPB Monitor

The Biden Administration’s prioritization of fair lending as a law enforcement focus took center stage last week with the announcement that the U.S. Attorneys’ Offices “as force multipliers to ensure that fair lending enforcement is informed by local expertise on housing markets and the credit needs of local communities of color.”.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

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But Facebook got the jump on the news cycle this week with the big news that it was opening up Facebook Canvas for retailers and other marketers on the site, as opposed to just advertis e rs. Online lending . Yesterday’s “real” action resulted in a market cap of around $2 billion. Twilio’s Excellent IPO Adventure .

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending. • Nashville, Tennessee – Pinnacle Bank ($432 million). Another home lending specialist, about 61 percent of the bank’s total assets ($1.56

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Pinnacle Financial affiliate tries its hand at asset securitization

American Banker

Bankers Healthcare Group, which is minority owned by the Tennessee company, is moving beyond its primary strategy of selling health care originations to community banks and will start marketing pools of loans to investors.

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House Hearing Signals Fireworks On Big Tech Antitrust Issues

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8), the AGs focused on Facebook include Colorado, Florida, Nebraska, North Carolina, Tennessee, Florida, Iowa and the District of Columbia. Take the tech sector: You have seen a lot of innovation, but you also have platforms with network effects that lend themselves to scale.”. At this writing (Sunday, Sept. The Hearing.