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Figure CEO: Figure Pay, National Bank Charter Will Boost Financial Inclusion

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While many digital-first companies springboard from payments into lending, Figure Technologies , a FinTech focused on home improvement, debt consolidation and retirement products that leverage blockchain protocols, is branching out from lending into payments. Looking Toward The Blockchain . The Charter Advantage .

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

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Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana. Tom Swenson, Bank of Montana. On Thanksgiving 2007, he founded Bank of Montana, which now has one branch and 13 employees. “We Grand Ridge National Bank.

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From Farce to Menace

Independent Banker

It’s yet another disturbing proposal from the National Credit Union Administration to bureaucratically finagle its way around Congress and federal law. Talk about your captive regulator! By Camden R. Fine, President and CEO of ICBA. So here we go again. When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.