What’s Happening With the Fintech Companies Applying for New Bank Charters

Two different fintech startups recently applied for new bank charters in hopes of creating new online-only banking institutions. Social Finance Inc, the online lender known as SoFi, applied for a new industrial loan charter with the FDIC in June. While the company listed Salt Lake City, UT as its depositary address, their application clearly stated ...

2017-08-18T15:23:25-05:00August 18th, 2017|

What’s Happening With The Denver Banking Mergers

June was a busy month for several banks in the Denver area. Last month two different mergers were officially completed. Aurora-based Citywide Banks merged with Denver-based Centennial Bank and Trust. These institutions are now operating under the Citywide Banks name. For more details about this merger click here. The second merger took place between Kansas-based ...

2017-08-11T17:40:29-05:00August 11th, 2017|

Working From Home – How Important Is It?

Recently, a major technology giant announced that it was curtailing the ability to work from home for the thousands of employees who found the practice a key advantage of their job. The company has been a leader in terms of letting employees work from home; about 40 percent of its nearly 400,000 employees worldwide did ...

2017-08-03T14:54:41-05:00August 3rd, 2017|