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Time Tried, Panic Tested. The Forgotten Story of the First National Bank of Keystone

Jeff For Banks

September 1st, 1999, regulators from the Federal Deposit Insurance Corp, at the behest of the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency, descended on a small coal mining town in Keystone, West Virginia. billion in assets, had 87 full-time equivalent employees, and accounted for two-thirds of the town's tax revenue. Nationwide lending!

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

From nowhere, sizable regional players are being created. 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. Performance and multiples continue to be solid, outperforming most regional banks. Has to be M-O-E.

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17 Of The Biggest Startup Frauds Of All Time

CB Insights

LendingClub was one of many online lending services founded in the mid-2000s as entrepreneurs eyed the Byzantine financial sector as an area ripe for disruption. Four years later in 2005, Hu claimed he needed to relocate Asenqua to Singapore, citing vague tax and privacy reasons for doing so. Total Funding: $263M. The Outcome.

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