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Vista bank CEO John Steinmetz explains how Vista Bank is participating in the Federal Reserveu2019s Main Street Lending Program, the midsize company complement to the more highly publicized small business-focused Paycheck Protection Program.
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John D. Steinmetz • Saving the Mid-Sized Companies - Small banks to play in the big leagues
Vista Bank Handing out big loans • Established as a community bank, Vista Bank is giving out loans of up to $300 million to help save midsize companies in Texas.
Contribution during pandemic • 108 year old Bank • 15 location community bank is taking part in the one of the biggest loan programs introduced in the US.
Pirate Funnel • $1 Billion loan handout • One of the 19 lenders in Texas to participate in the Federal Reserve’s Main Street Lending Program. • Vista Bank CEO John Steinmetzsays that they could do $ 1 Billion in loans.
CARES Act • PPP and Main Street originated in $2 Trillion CARES ACT • PPP was introduced for companies with less than 500 employees with a loan amount of $10 million in total. • Main Street loans range from $250,000 to $300 million for companies with 15,000 or fewer employees.
Local Bank Big Loans • Setting up an example • As a requirement for the bank to take 5% share in the program, Vista Bank could loan out #300 million compared to the normal lending limit of $20 million. John D. Steinmetz, the first CEO outside the family told that they could use the 5% rule to go beyond the regular limit.
Competing with Big Players • $1 billion in assets and about $870 million in deposits • “It’s given us the opportunity to compete with big banks like Wells Fargo that are normally too large to compete with due to our legal lending limit,”John Steinmetzsaid.
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