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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

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. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive.

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FEMA Looks At Blockchain To Aid Disaster Payouts

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These steps would allow much more rapid liquidation of an insurance policy, including a ‘disaster dividend,’ or a ‘harm’s way’ claim, which could be used to pay for evacuation-related expenses,” the agency stated in its latest National Advisory Draft Report to the FEMA Administrator.

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Texas federal court grants credit union motion for leave to intervene in lawsuit challenging CFPB final small business lending rule; new lawsuit challenging rule filed in Kentucky federal court

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A Texas credit union and two credit union trade associations have been granted leave to intervene in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule) that is pending in a Texas federal district court. Continue Reading

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Grocery Tracker: Instacart’s National Push

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markets and is slated to roll out to four more this week in Detroit, Columbus, Ohio, Las Vegas and the Rio Grande Valley region of Texas. This expansion, along with free membership offers to Instacart Express in Texas and the Midwestern markets above, will mean that the startup will look to hire at least 1,000 new employees.

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SMBs Use New Bankruptcy Law To Save Businesses

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June was the top month this year for such filings, with 131 overall, and many were filed in the hardest-hit states like Florida, Texas, California, New York and Illinois. Boso might put another six of his locations into bankruptcy soon, which he calculates could help to save him money and cut down on liabilities, WSJ reports.

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15 Minutes With … Jimmy Rasmussen

Independent Banker

in Galveston, Texas. Rasmussen: Yes, it is an honor to serve the Group 3 Banks in Texas, southern New Mexico and northern Louisiana for three more years. IB: How is Texas’s economy holding up with the severe drop in oil prices? In fact, huge expansion projects are now underway across our region. Photo by Robert Seale.

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What To Make Of The Gradual Return Of The In-Office Workforce

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But not every city is San Francisco, and when one looks at a place like Dallas-Fort Worth, which has led the nation for the last two months in the number of workers returning to their offices, the story is a bit different. Nationally, however, the reality seems to be somewhere between San Francisco and Dallas.