Austin-based commercial real estate firm HPI has announced the launch of its Dallas Tenant Advisory Group, marking a strategic expansion of the firm’s platform. The new group will be led by Robbie Baty, a commercial real estate veteran with more than 20 years of experience representing tenants.…

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Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA and the Santander Consumer USA Foundation have announced more than $1.7 million in grants to support local social and economic development in the Dallas community.

Santander said that in total, the foundation is granting funding and resources to 11 organizations: seven in Dallas, and four in cities across the United States in Texas, Arizona, and Florida.…

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Compudopt—a national nonprofit providing technology access and education to under-resourced youth and their communities—has partnered with the Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA Foundation to help bridge the digital divide in Dallas.

Part of a national, $35 million initiative by the two organizations—and a $7 million commitment investment in Dallas alone—the local effort recently marked a milestone by connecting 5,000 Dallas community members to free internet.…

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Santander announced that applications are open for Cohort 8 of its Cultivate Small Business program for small food businesses in Dallas, Philadelphia, and Miami.

Santander said the program is “like a mini-MBA for food businesses” and is fully funded by Santander Bank.…

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Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA Inc. announced that Betty Jotanovic will be president of Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships where she will be responsible for all aspects of Santander Consumer’s Chrysler Capital and Auto Relationships.

Jotanovic will report to Bruce Jackson who recently was named head of the Santander US Auto business and CEO of Santander Consumer.…

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Years ago, Jennifer Sanders stopped in her tracks at Dallas City Hall. She had a meeting to get to, but she couldn’t ignore the sight before her: A massive line of people stretched down a hallway into the distance. She walked along the snaking crowd, seeing people leaning on the wall, others shifting their weight from foot to foot as they peered ahead impatiently.…

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Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA is helping to bridge the digital divide in Dallas with a $7 million investment from its Santander Consumer Foundation.

The investment—announced Monday to coincide with the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday—is the first step in a two-year program to include several other cities, funded by a total of $35 million in grants from Dallas-based Santander Consumer’s foundation.…

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Don Goin, a veteran chief information officer and digital leader, has joined Irving-based investment firm Naya Ventures as entrepreneur in residence.

Goin is a former CIO for Capital One, which has a large financial services campus in Plano, and Dallas-based Santander Consumer USA.…

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