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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

PYMNTS

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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US Gov’t Shutdown To Affect 30M SMBs

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As a result, nine of 15 federal departments and dozens of agencies are closed or reducing operations. ” During a 16-day government shutdown in 2013, small business loan approval rates dropped from 50 percent to 44.3 According to USA Today , small to medium-size businesses (SMBs) looking for a loan from the U.S.

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Deep Dive: Smoothing X-Border Subscription Payment Pains

PYMNTS

Expanding operations to reach customers like these requires that businesses not only offer appealing products and services, but also provide payment experiences that are both convenient for consumers and easy for the companies to manage.

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Brazil’s Big Blockchain Bounce (And Other Digital Payments Advances)

PYMNTS

Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). Nubank’s $10B Regional Expansion . Founded in 2013, Nubank currently claims 8.5 But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal …. While Nubank is far from a household name in the U.S.,

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For Merchants, As World Shrinks, Top Lines Can Get A Boost

PYMNTS

Projections from the United Nations show that the total number of online shoppers, as measured globally, should grow by 50 percent between 2013 to 2018 to as many as 1.62 But with more options, of course, come greater operating costs, and companies must always be wary about the impact to their bottom lines. Among the findings….

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s. If you haven''t read a 10k, it will win no literary awards, especially for originality.

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