Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. Photo by Dennis Burnett. Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. By Mindy Charski.

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PYMNTS

MAY 19, 2020

A Texas man is facing charges of filing fraudulent loan applications seeking more than $5 million in forgivable loans from the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), according to the U.S. Brown of the Eastern District of Texas, in a statement. “We Department of Justice. Attorney Joseph D.

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Payments Dive

APRIL 21, 2022

The grocery chain added Amazon One technology, which lets users pay with their palm prints, to a newly opened store in Austin, Texas, this week and plans to bring it to six other area locations in the coming weeks.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 17, 2017

Cities in Georgia, Texas, Florida, and […]. Silicon Valley, New York City, and Boston all have thriving fintech communities, and are definitely worth a trip for the invested fintech entrepreneur, but the U.S. is already seeing a cluster of other fintech hubs emerge.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 17, 2022

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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PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2020

Texas hospitality group Ashford Inc. is buckling under pressure and will return $70 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan money it received due to the coronavirus pandemic, according to The New York Times. The network of hotels run by Texan Monty Bennett had dozens of PPP applications in the works totaling $126 million.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2021

judge in Texas for a change of venue regarding an antitrust lawsuit filed by 10 attorneys general, Reuters reported Wednesday (Jan. Texas and nine other states filed a lawsuit in Sherman, Texas, alleging that Google unfairly collaborated with Facebook to advance its digital ad business. Google has asked a U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 23, 2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton is leading a multi-state probe against Apple Inc. Axios reported the investigation is examining Apple’s possible use of deceptive trade practices that may have broken consumer protection laws. While details of the inquiry are unclear, the probe may lead to the latest lawsuit against Apple.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

Last week, three farm credit trade associations filed the latest in a series of unopposed emergency motions for leave to intervene in the Texas case challenging the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (“CFPB”) final small business lending rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Rule).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

Additional states could bring more antitrust lawsuits against Google , Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said during a Tuesday (Dec. 8) panel discussion with global competition officials, Bloomberg reported.

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CFPB Monitor

JULY 31, 2023

The Texas federal district court hearing the lawsuit challenging the validity of the CFPB’s final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Rule) has issued an order that preliminarily enjoins the CFPB from implementing and enforcing the Rule “pending the Supreme Court’s reversal of [ Community Financial Services Association of America (..)

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2020

As of Friday afternoon, the Amarillo, Texas-based bank had received more than 1,250 […]. The technological upgrades Happy State Bank made prior to the COVID-19 crisis has helped the lender service and onboard customers digitally and deploy its own SBA Paycheck Protection Program platform in a matter of days, CEO J.

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 6, 2019

The Mount Pleasant, Texas-based bank has added eight new locations over the past year in locations like Fort Worth and Dallas. Guaranty Bank and Trust is using new technology to make it easier for potential new customers to switch bank accounts as it expands its branch network.

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Bank Innovation

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

The six startups were selected for participation after a rigorous review process by INV Fintech and its partners, which include Fiserv, TIAA, BB&T, Standard Bank of Africa, and Texas Capital Bank. […].

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American Banker

MAY 9, 2025

While Vista Bank is focusing on organic growth in Florida, it's positioning itself as a Texas buyer.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 13, 2020

11) it was moving to Austin, Texas from Redwood City, California. And just weeks earlier, Hewlett Packard Enterprise announced it was moving its headquarters to Houston, Texas from Silicon Valley. Texas has no income tax. Database giant Oracle Inc. announced Friday (Dec. percent on income in excess of $1 million.

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TheGuardian

AUGUST 15, 2024

The high street banking group is the latest company to be targeted by the Texas comptroller, Glenn Hegar, who has been naming companies that restrict their business dealings with climate-harming fossil fuel firms.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

16), Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton filed an antitrust federal lawsuit in Texas. In addition to Texas, states involved in the Paxton suit include other Republican attorneys general from Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah. On Wednesday (Dec.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 30, 2023

The Texas federal district court hearing the lawsuit challenging the validity of the CFPB’s final rule implementing Section 1071 of the Dodd-Frank Act (Rule) has issued an order that preliminarily enjoins the CFPB from implementing and enforcing the Rule on a nationwide basis against all entities covered by the Rule.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton 's office announced on Twitter that it would be pursuing such legal action. In addition to Texas, states involved in the suit include Arkansas, Idaho, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota and Utah, WSJ reported. 16), according to WSJ.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

In other news, a digital currency mining firm is vowing to double the funds of investors in one year and saying it is giving funds to a charitable organization to fight COVID-19, per an emergency action that the Texas State Securities Board took Wednesday, according to a press release from the state body.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 23, 2018

Citi Ventures‘s recent investment in Anaconda, an Austin, Texas-based AI and machine learning (ML) software company, shows the industry’s commitment to staying at the forefront of this growing and developing field.

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Perficient

JULY 7, 2021

Citizens National Bank of Texas. Texas National Bank. Intermediate Small Bank. The First National Bank of Middle Tennessee. McMinnville. Satisfactory. Intermediate Small Bank. Waxahachie. Satisfactory. Intermediate Small Bank. Community Development Bank FSB. Outstanding. Small Bank. First National Bank of Brookfield. Satisfactory.

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Bank Innovation

OCTOBER 1, 2019

It confirmed on Monday that it received conditional approval from the Texas Department of Banking and the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation. Gulf Capital Bank, Houston’s first new bank to launch since 2009, will open its doors by early next year.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 31, 2020

expansion; and Why a digital bank in Texas is awarding miles instead of interest. In this episode, editors discuss the following news developments: Venmo’s path to profitability; Berlin-based digital bank N26’s U.S. Listen to the Weekly […].

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 14, 2017

AUSTIN, Texas — The long-awaited launch of P2P service Zelle has finally arrived, presumably granting more connectivity and openness to consumers who might be hunting for an alternative to Venmo. But what does Zelle’s launch mean for those consumers who haven’t even heard of P2P?

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Wild Life Center of Texas. All Paws Matter Rescue. Smoky Acres Cat Sanctuary. Matthew Turknett, lead technical consultant. Huron Valley Humane Society. 4 Luv of Dog Rescue. Best Friend Animal Society. 16 Hands of Love. Canine Companions for Independence. Rocky Mountain Raptor Program. Now, how will you make a December Difference?

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American Banker

DECEMBER 4, 2024

A federal judge in Texas has blocked the enforcement of the Corporate Transparency Act, a key U.S. anti-money-laundering law that would require companies to report ownership details by January.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 28, 2020

Last week, Texas walked back its reopening plans. Last week, there were 4,389 COVID-19 patients hospitalized in Texas state, up from 2,793 for the prior week. California is not the only state to reconsider its reopening as cases surge.

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Abrigo

MARCH 21, 2025

Find out how Abrigo Fraud Detection stops check fraud in its tracks.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

This blog was written with the assistance of ChatGPT, an AI large language model, and was reviewed and revised by the subject-matter expert.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission filed a complaint in a Texas U.S. Three individuals from Texas and one individual from Florida were named as defendants.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 20, 2024

Liberty Capital Bancshares in Texas agreed to acquire in-state peer Southwestern Bancorp; BNY announced it will buy managed-account software company Archer; Louisiana is supporting crypto but pushing back on CBDCs; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 31, 2020

On August 28, 2020, the industry trade groups challenging the CFPB’s final Rule on Payday, Vehicle Title, and Certain High-Cost Installment Loans (the Rule) filed their Amended Complaint in accordance with the briefing schedule recently entered by the court.

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Perficient

JANUARY 14, 2021

North Texas Food Bank. Capuchin Soup Kitchen. Greater Chicago Food Depository. Minnie’s Food Pantry. Hunger Task Force. Feeding India. Second Harvest Food Bank. The Open Door Pantry. Hunger Relief Fund. Feeding America. Louis Area Foodbank. We Don’t Waste. Chattanooga Community Kitchen. Atlanta Food Bank. Acton Food Pantry.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

As we predicted long ago, on Friday, September 8, 2023, the Federal District Court for the Eastern District of Texas vacated the changes made in March 2022 to the CFPB’s Exam Manual.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2019

There has been some good news for the rideshare giant: Last week Texas Gov. Uber CEO Dara Khosrowshahi noted that “Dallas became the first city in Texas where the Uber app was available in 2012, and since then Texas has been a hub of innovation for our platform. General and Administrative Hub in Dallas.

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