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5 payments trends you should know about

Independent Banker

billion-asset Bank of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. According to a Lending Tree survey, 43% of Americans have used BNPL, up from 31% year-over-year. Post-purchase is more responsible to offer to cardholders,” says Rebecca Kruse, executive vice president and chief operating officer at ICBA Bancard. “It

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

billion-asset The Bank of Tampa in Tampa, Fla., and William West , president and CEO of its holding company, the Tampa Bay Banking Company. So we’re careful when we lend out commercial real estate loans. The ICBA view on… Lending. The personal lending environment carries potential as well.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Alvarez, Executive Director, Housing & Education Alliance, Tampa, Fla. Kukla, Senior Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, N.C. O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Lending and Operations, Community America Credit Union, Shawnee Mission, Kan. Kathleen C. Christopher G.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”. Its Tampa Bay, Fla., Reasons to stay. We’re not scared of that.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. This is the age of digital lending.

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