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Podcast: How a Latin American banking franchise is growing in South Florida

ABA Community Banking

Miami is often described as the northernmost city in Latin America, or sometimes as Latin America's business capital. Banesco USA Cali Garcia-Velez discusses how he and his team are growing a Latino banking franchise in South Florida.

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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Banking veteran Keith Costello cofounded Locality Bank, where he serves as president and CEO, to champion for south Florida small businesses financially affected by the pandemic. Costello has also held senior roles at Bank of Florida, City National Bank and Nations Bank during his 30-year banking career. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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City National Bank of Florida's new biz, Orrstown Financial downsizes

American Banker

City National Bank of Florida is starting a national capital markets division, Orrstown Financial will close branches in Pennsylvania and Maryland, JPMorgan Chase announces in-store biometric payments and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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Regulators close Florida bank in third failure of 2020

American Banker

First City Bank of Florida had suffered “longstanding capital and asset quality issues” that were unrelated to the pandemic, the FDIC said.

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Small Business Resiliency in South Florida

PopularBank

With South Florida Region Executive Israel Velasco. Nonessential businesses were forced to close their doors and unemployment in South Florida has outpaced much of the United States. As restrictions ease throughout South Florida, businesses are reopening their doors with enthusiasm, while others prepare to follow suit.

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B2B Venture Capital Spans SMB Banking, V-Cards, Global Payments And More

PYMNTS

In total, more than $68 million in venture capital was announced — but that’s not counting the $130 million round for one U.K. Below, find the latest in B2B venture capital funding. million in seed funding, Back Office, based in Florida, plans to enhance the technology behind its small business accounting automation tool.

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Mastercard and Florida Capital Bank deliver real-time disbursements

The Paypers

(The Paypers) Mastercard has teamed up with Florida Capital Bank to facilitate real-time disbursements of funds to branded debit cards in the US.

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