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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

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. Serving Miami-Dade, Broward and Palm Beach counties, Locality Bank is focusing on serving small businesses and others in the restaurant and hospitality sectors. The road to a charter.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.

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10 Lessons We Learned at the Nacha Smarter Faster Payment Conference

South State Correspondent

Last week, Nacha held its Smarter Faster Payments Conference in Miami, a significant event for over 1,800 bankers and vendors. The rule would require disclosure of interest rates and fees on overdraft loans, thus closing the current loophole in overdraft loans from the Truth in Lending Act.

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Kachkar Charged With $140 Million Fraud

PYMNTS

million Miami Beach home. Westernbank continued to lend to Inyx, believing that financing would come from Goldman Sachs, Credit Suisse Group AG and Moammar Qaddaffi’s son. Kachkar used his pharmaceutical company, Inyx Inc., to borrow tens of millions of dollars in credit from Westernbank Puerto Rico.

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FI Highlight: TotalBank

NCR

With innovation on the rise at financial institutions both big and small, security has become a hot topic in the financial services industry. We recently spoke with Lyan Fernandez, EVP and Chief Operating & Risk Officer at TotalBank , to discuss how they’re leading the way and working to keep their customers’ financial information secure.

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Fintech Fundings: 113 Companies Raised $1.7 Billion in May

Fintech Labs Insights

P2P lending platform. Password management & secure digital wallet. Online investment platform for secured loans. HQ: Miami, Florida. Tags: SMB, credit cards, expense management, bookkeeping, controls, security. Source: FT Partners. Latest round: $153 million Series C. Total raised: $177 million. Invest.com.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raise $280 Million in 4th Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

Alt-lending marketplace for consumers. HQ: Miami, Florida. Tags: Consumer, lending, underwriting, alt-lending, loans, personal financial management, P2P, person-to-person. Total raised: $30+ million. HQ: Surry Hills, Australia. Source: Crunchbase. Pearl Capital. Alt-lender to small businesses. Latest round: $20 million.