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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

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Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Between 2011 and 2015, the government allocated $16 billion to help accelerate Singapore’s research, innovation and enterprise landscape. With an estimated population of just 5.47

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A gift that will keep on giving

Independent Banker

It may be celebrating its 150th anniversary, but First National Bank of Fort Smith didn’t want presents this year. billion-asset The First National Bank of Fort Smith (FNB) was founded on Feb. The clubhouse at the Jeffrey location, a community gathering place since 1978, was in dire need of improvements. By Paul Sisolak.

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Competition Heats Up Between Large FIs, Small Banks, Alt Lenders ? And SMBs Win

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Thirty-four years have passed since SMB optimism was this high , according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Both represent post-recession highs for traditional bank lending to small businesses, the report found, noting that big bank approval rates in 2011 were just 8.9 percent in May, down from 40.2

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Data Dive, Go Big Edition: Apple, Amazon And CloudKitchens

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The 350,000-square-foot facility is planned for Westborough, Massachusetts, a community roughly 35 miles west of Boston. He also threw in the obligatory plug, noting that Massachusetts has a “nation-leading innovation economy with a highly educated and skilled workforce.”. Travis Kalanick Rides Again With $400M In Funding .

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The OCC’s final CRA rule: what changed from the agency’s proposed rule?

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On May 20, 2020, the OCC issued a final rule to “strengthen and modernize” its existing Community Reinvestment Act (“CRA”) regulations. of Community Development Fund Advisors. Under the agency’s final rule, the same facts and circumstances will be evaluated in a similar manner regardless of the particular region or particular examiner.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2016 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. In 2011, at the height of its problems, when non-performing assets/assets was nine percent. In 2011, at the height of its problems, when non-performing assets/assets was nine percent. million in 2011, and are $33.2

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The Bank, Old Second National Bank, lost a whopping $156 million in 2009 and 2010. That got regulator's attention in the form of a May 2011 Consent Order (CO). Independent Bank Corporation (Nasdaq: IBCP) Independent Bank dates back to 1864 as the First National Bank of Iona. How did they lose it? Its size today, at $2.8