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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

Inspired by the entrepreneurship of lemonade stands, Scottsdale Community Bank created a microloan program. Photo by Brandon Sullivan De novo Scottsdale Community Bank set out to provide microloans to small and mid-size businesses, family organizations and nonprofits—a project that was inspired by the humble lemonade stand.

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Small Bank-Big Bank: Spending on People, Technology

Jeff For Banks

Smaller banks, either under $10 billion in total assets or the smaller group, under $1 billion, dedicate a greater proportion of their total operating expense to salary and benefits. The under $1 billion cohort spends nearly 9% more of their operating expense on employees. Although I'm sure there are exceptions.

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The Bank Legacy Is Dead: Long Live the Fintech Collision

Gonzobanker

It’s been a long two years since bankers and investment bankers nationwide made their annual pilgrimage to the Arizona desert for the Acquire or Be Acquired conference – and ohhh man, a completely different world has emerged since the January 2020 get-together! Let’s put COVID aside for a minute. price/book multiple.

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As Losses And Costs Rise, Alphabet Promotes Waymo’s Promise

PYMNTS

And that’s officially pleasing to Google ’s parent company as it continues to devote more money to its self-driving technology Waymo unit and other experimental projects organized under the umbrella of Other Bets. The Other Bets unit also reported an operating loss of $732 million, a 16 percent increase from the second quarter of 2017.

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The Digital Evolution Of The Online Gaming Ecosystem

PYMNTS

states, with only Arizona, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada and Washington labeling DFS as illegal. RotoGrinders is a website that provides the DFS community with various bits of data, including game-specific weather forecasts. According to ESPN reports , 24 more states are “moving toward” legalization.

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Nipton, Calif., Goes To Pot, Literally

PYMNTS

Malls operated on that theory for years: Put a few anchor stores in to draw foot traffic and the smaller ancillary stores feast on the revenue rewards of being close by. and its area of retail specialty is marijuana; particularly the growth and technology that supports it. In real estate and in retail, location is everything.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

Perficient Bright Paths is a program designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities. Technology Stack: Python, Flask, HTML, CSS, SQLAlchemy, Jinja2, PostgreSQL | APIs Used: Cloudinary Media Optimizer. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths.

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