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Fast-growing Texas bank buying branches in Austin, San Antonio

American Banker

Spirit of Texas Bancshares is acquiring four branches and a loan production office from Simmons First National Corp. as part of an aggressive expansion in its home state.

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5 Reasons Your Financial Institution Should Attend ThinkBIG 2021

Abrigo

The FinCrime track will focus on BSA/AML and fraud detection topics, while the Credit + Lending track will cover topics on managing credit risk and making smarter loans, faster. The resort is a stone’s throw away from Texas Hill Country wineries, downtown San Antonio, the famous River Walk, and the city’s shopping and dining scene.

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Credit unions continue to see growth in auto lending

Abrigo

Overall auto lending at credit unions is up more than 30 percent in recent years, a positive sign that CUs remain competitive in an evolving banking landscape. Utilizing the Sageworks Bank Information platform, Sageworks recently examined how steadily auto lending at credit unions – specifically for new vehicles – grew in 2014.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. increase, while the San Antonio metro, up 19.4%, ranked 12th. Those in south central Texas, which includes San Antonio, supported an estimated 211,000 jobs and contributed nearly $25.2 By Mindy Charski.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

According to the CFPB, the new members “include experts in consumer protection, financial services, community development, fair lending, civil rights, consumer financial products or services, representatives of community banks and credit unions, and scholars with relevant methodological and subject matter experience.”

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

When the 2022/23 ICBA board of directors was introduced at ICBA LIVE in San Antonio, Texas, there was a palpable sense of excitement in the air. Policy Development chair Quentin Leighty, President and CFO, First National Bank of Monument, Las Animas, Colo. By Molly Bennett. Bank Operations and Payments chair Alice P.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

Williams (second from left) with ICBA’s 2022/23 executive committee, including outgoing chairman Brad Bolton, at ICBA LIVE 2022 in San Antonio. So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S.,

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