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After Devastating Destruction and Theft, This Black-Owned Boutique Is Rising From the Ashes
Photo by Abby Blasingame BY ABBY BLASINGAME PUBLISHED IN LIVING JUNE 11, 2020 12:45 PM SMS After eight years as a fixture in the Dallas fashion community, Princess Pope is just getting restarted. During the early hours of May 30, peaceful protests mourning George Floyd’s death at the hands of police were

8 years to build, 15 minutes to tear down: Community helps clean up black-owned boutique in Dallas
Author: Tiffany Liou Published: 6:24 PM CDT June 10, 2020 Updated: 6:31 PM CDT June 10, 2020 On Wednesday, Princess Pope pulled up to Guns & Roses Boutique in Downtown Dallas to find dozens of people waiting outside her store. They were there to help her clean up. Guns &

Texas leads the country in most approved PPP loans
Photo Credit: Taylor Lumsden Author: Rebecca Ayers (Dallas Business Journal) Published: 5:05 PM CDT April 15, 2020 Updated: 5:05 PM CDT April 15, 2020 Texas leads the country with the most approvals for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s Paycheck Protection Program as of April 13, according to SBA data obtained

How this Dallas bank is dealing with a massive influx of SBA loan applications
By Rebecca Ayers – Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal Apr 8, 2020, 2:38pm CDT Updated Apr 8, 2020, 4:58pm CDT The SBA has multiple loan programs for struggling small business owners, but the Paycheck Protection Program is one of the newest loan programs that could help small businesses stay afloat amid the COVID-19 pandemic.

Technology Helping Community Banks Like Vista Assist Clients During Pandemic
By Angus Loten June 9, 2020 4:48 pm ET Small businesses have been barred from using software robots to apply for loans under the federal Paycheck Protection Program. But makers of the bots are leveraging the enormous task of processing those loans as a selling point to banks. Some of the

DBJ Reports Vista Top 25 PPP Banks in North Texas
By Rebecca Ayers – Staff Writer, Dallas Business Journal July 7, 2020 The U.S. Small Business Administration released a portion of Paycheck Protection Program loan information on Monday that contains national data down to the ZIP code for recipients of the funding earmarked to help small businesses weather the economic fallout and uncertainty

Vista Bank Among Participating Main Street Lending Program Lenders
By Andy Medici and David Ajamy – Dallas Business Journal Jun 26, 2020, 5:50pm CDT Updated Jul 2, 2020, 3:11pm CDT The Federal Reserve’s $600 billion Main Street Lending Program has been signing up lenders — but not all DFW banks have joined up. The program — first announced as part of the Fed’s larger $2.3

Local Bank Lender Participates in Roundtable with Treasury Secretary
By Taylor Tompkins – Data Reporter, Dallas Business Journal Jul 3, 2020, 8:33am EDT Community bank leaders from across the country met with the United States treasury secretary Wednesday to discuss the federal government’s financial response to the coronavirus pandemic’s effects — and North Texas had a seat at the table. Vista

The Fed’s new $600 Billion COVID-relief Program Allows Small Banks to Play in the Big Leagues
Family-owned, century-old Vista Bank weathered Texas’ devastating Dust Bowl, endured a couple world wars and survived the bank-busting Great Recession. Now, as a highly contagious virus infects the global economy, the 15-location community bank is taking on one of the biggest business loan programs ever launched in the U.S. Vista









