Independent Bank Earns SBA Preferred Lender Designation

Independent Bank Earns SBA Preferred Lender Designation

McKINNEY, Texas, Dec. 01, 2017 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Independent Bank Group, Inc. (NASDAQ:IBTX), the holding company for Independent Bank, today announced that Independent Bank has been designated as an “SBA Preferred Lender” by the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA). To earn
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Kenyan Multi-Millionaire Narendra Raval Pledges Half His Fortune To Charity

Kenyan multi-millionaire businessman Narendra Raval, popularly referred to as 'Guru', has pledged to donate at least half of his fortune to charity. In a conversation with this reporter in Nairobi on Wednesday in his offices in Ruiru, Nairobi, Raval, 55, promised to donate half of his net worth to causes in
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Lending Director Fired for Alleged $825000 Embezzlement

The embezzlement was uncovered after FSUCU learned of a member account discrepancy on Nov. 14, when the credit union immediately launched an investigation and discovered 24 accounts were affected. Lee, who was FSUCU's lending director and had worked at the credit union for more than 11
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I will be received a wire from a client within the USA. My TD business account in from NY. My client is from NY. Which swift code and what other information do I need to give them? Thanks.
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Stage – Fiscaliste Financial services and Banking

Stage – Fiscaliste Financial services and Banking-(H/F). Job code: 170011TC. Date of publication: 2017-12-01 14:10:37.0. Starting date: 2018-01-02 00:00:00.0; Job function: Legal / Taxation / Compliance; Business unit: Group Corporate Functions; Location: Hauts-de-Seine; Job type: Internship
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BlackBerry Has Agreed to Pay Nokia $137 Million to Settle This Dispute

Canadian software maker BlackBerry said on Friday that it would pay Nokia $137 million, according to a ruling by the International Court of Arbitration. BlackBerry said it plans to take a charge as a result of the ruling, but did not disclose when it would record it. The Canadian company (bbry, +0.00%) said
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Australia's housing market at risk of crash – report

The price falls indicated that investors were driving the housing market. The investment firm said the most worrying part of the Australian housing market was the “extreme” level of mum and dad investors in residential property, who depend on property prices rising to make a profit. The proportion of new
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Here's How Tim Ferriss Prepares for a TED Talk

Fortune: So why did you do this book? Your last book, Tools of Titans, came out a year ago and was an enormous volume of advice, and you've followed it less than a year later with another enormous volume of advice. What was the 'why' behind this book? Ferriss: I didn't have any plans to do another
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FMA statistics show the fledgling NZ P2P lending sector is serving banks and fund managers well …

Peer-to-peer (P2P) lending, according to Investopedia, is a method of debt financing that enables individuals to borrow and lend money without the use of an official financial institution as an intermediary, thus removing the middleman from the process. That certainly fits with the concept of P2P lending
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AuraBlocks Partners with Biz2Credit, Demonstrates Next Generation Lending on Oracle …

SPARTA, N.J., Dec. 1, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — AuraBlocks, a leading blockchain consulting, design, implementation and training firm, joined with Biz2Credit, a leading online marketplace for small and mid-size business lending, to present a transformational lending model at Oracle OpenWorld 2017 in
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Tax bill threatens to wipe out bond-market niche used in housing

31, wiping out a key tool used to finance more than half of the affordable units built each year, according to the National Council of State Housing Agencies. The shift would jeopardize ITEX Group's $50 million acquisition and renovation of the Villa Americana, a 258-unit low-income complex in south
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Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Franchise Enters Arkansas

Better Homes and Gardens® Real Estate LLC today announced that Metro Marketing Realty, a residential real estate brokerage firm located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, is the newest member of its franchise network.
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HIH royal commissioner says "hard decisions" ahead for banking inquiry

The former senior judge who steered the landmark HIH Royal Commission has applauded the choice of Kenneth Hayne to lead the government's banking inquiry, but warned that “hard decisions” would need to be made on which issues to examine during its 12 month run. Neville Owen, the former WA
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New Bridgeview Bank mortgage unit draws lawsuit from Guaranteed Rate

Guaranteed Rate, the fast-growing Chicago-based mortgage firm whose name graces the White Sox stadium, has sued a former top producer and Bridgeview Bank Group, alleging a coordinated talent raid to build a new bank-owned home-loan unit. Guaranteed Rate filed the lawsuit Nov. 29 in Cook
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Mortgage volume grows, but lenders struggle to scale costs

Higher costs dampened mortgage lenders' profitability, outweighing near-term gains in origination volume and per-loan revenue during the third quarter. Independent mortgage bankers and mortgage subsidiaries of chartered banks averaged a net gain of $929 on originations during the quarter.
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Berkadia Secures Nearly $1 Billion in Financing

Since the beginning of 2017, Berkadia's mortgage banking team has closed over $19 billion in production volume – an increase of 22 percent compared to the previous year. In 2016, Berkadia's loan origination volume was $20 billion, ranking first with U.S. Department of Housing and Urban
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2017 HW Vanguard: Jimmy Walby

Over the last three years, Jimmy Walby has created solutions and financial efficiencies across all areas of income and waste mitigation, including designing and implementing several different critical systems for Nationwide Title Clearing, which have allowed the company to effectively manage sales and
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PHOTOS: Inside Madison Realty Capital's holiday bash

Madison Realty Capital's annual party tends to kick off the real estate holiday circus with a bang, and Thursday night's affair was as raucous as always. The Top of … “The mood is a little more subdued this year,” said Joseph Orefice, who heads Investors Bank's commercial real estate division. Investment
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Fugitive charged with defrauding Wells Fargo in $9 million mortgage fraud scheme

The indictment alleges that Olarte took part in the mortgage fraud scheme with two co-conspirators, Juan Jose Calle and Nancy Karina Coleman, both of whom previously pleaded guilty to charges related to the scheme. Calle pleaded guilty to wire fraud, while Coleman pleaded guilty to conspiracy to
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Dodd and Frank Criticize Court Ruling on CFPB Leadership

The co-authors of the Dodd-Frank Act reunited to condemn a federal court's ruling that President Trump had the right to appoint an Acting Director at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB). In a media call sponsored by the left-wing Progressive Change Institute, former Sen. Chris Dodd
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