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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Whether it’s products and services, technology strategies or employee benefits, independent community banks decide on their own terms what’s best for their business and their customers. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. Ultima Bank Minnesota. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. Philadelphia.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

and CEO and chairman, Minnesota Lakes Bank, Delano, Minn. We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. For instance, ICBA is calling for congressional hearings on the credit union tax exemption. Grand Rapids, Minn.;

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

I’m not sure how we would have processed all of the PPP loans and everything else in the last 18 months without some of the technology that we have implemented,” says Chris Jundt, senior vice president and chief lending officer at First State Bank & Trust. Beth Mattson-Teig is a writer in Minnesota.

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Fintech Fundings: 26 Companies Raised $530 Million Third Week of July

Fintech Labs Insights

Guideline Technologies. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tax filing portal. Tags: Consumer, tax prep, payments. Total raised: $29.75 HQ: London, England, UK. Source: Crunchbase. 401(k) investment account provider. Latest round: $7 million. Total raised: $9 million. HQ: Burlingame, California. Total raised: $26.6

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

Emailage raised an undisclosed sum for its fraud prevention technology keyed off email address. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Consumers, tax prep, personal financial management. Cachet Financial Solutions raised $500,000 for its remote deposit platform. Alt-lender to students.

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Fintech Fundings: 35 Companies Raise $470 Million the Third Week of June

Fintech Labs Insights

Shanghai Suntime Information Technology. ClearTax (ClearSharp Technology). Income tax prep. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Tags: Consumer, tax preparation. Total raised: $71.56 HQ: Costa Mesa, California. Source: Crunchbase. Financial data provider. Total raised: $35 million.

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Fintech Fundings: 186 Companies Raised $1.6 Billion in June

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Blockchain technology. HQ: Minneapolis, Minnesota. Income tax preparation app. Tags: Consumer, tax prep. Source: Crunchbase. Trade finance & payments platform. Latest round: $3.1 million Series A. Total raised: $3.5 Source: Crunchbase. ProducePay. Latest round: $2.5 million Seed.

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