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Growing a new branch

Independent Banker

Ted Whitehurst, Providence Bank president and CEO, led the charge to open a new brick-and-mortar location of the Raleigh, N.C., Providence Bank chose to open a new brick-and-mortar site during the pandemic, when many other businesses were ceasing operations or shutting down altogether. Location: Raleigh, N.C. By Ed Avis.

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Abrigo CEO Wayne Roberts announces retirement

Abrigo

He built a strong leadership team and an employee base that has been recognized consistently as one of the best places to work in Austin, Texas, and Raleigh, N.C., He was named an Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 Central Texas Award Winner. and in bank technology nationally.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. The first bank to crack the Top 5 over $50 billion did so in 2020.

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Grocery Roundup: Ahold Delhaize Acquisition, Another Toilet Paper Rush And A SNAP Explosion

PYMNTS

The biggest grocery shopping weekend of the year is upon us, as it will be the last weekend before the Thanksgiving holiday. Under the terms of the deal, FreshDirect will keep its brand name, be supervised by a seven-member board and continue its independent operations in New York City.

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COVID-19: Real Trends and Stories From the Front Line

Gonzobanker

At Cornerstone, we had a novel idea: instead of people like us droning on about what’s happening at financial institutions, why not hear what bankers who are living this every day at the front line have to say? Last week we asked 14 clients to complete a quick survey to let us know what they are seeing. billion, Raleigh, N.C.

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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. You tell us. It may have started with the hackers and moved to the Robinhood amateur traders, but now crypto is squarely on the plate of us old fart bankers. This year changed us all. Has to be M-O-E.

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Are Consumers Ready To Buy And Sell Homes Online?

PYMNTS

In a new PYMNTS interview, Sean Black, CEO of home trade-in platform Knock , talked about the role that digital can play in residential real estate sales — and how the company intends to use the $400 million it recent raised in a Series B funding round led by the Foundry Group. Knock operates in such U.S Home Marketplaces.

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