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Use Our ERC Assist Program to Raise Deposits

South State Correspondent

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. In 2020, the U.S.

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Malls Debate Turns To Community Planning

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More bankruptcies both announced ( Lucky Brand ) and rumored continue to shake the format. The risk of closing malls, the report said, has the potential to reshape entire communities, which are debating whether abandoned malls can be turned into office space or affordable housing. on the residential component.

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Empowering Your Financial Advisors With Salesforce

Perficient

Tax season was approaching, and Jane, a Financial Advisor employed by Faux Advisors Group, wanted to target clients and prospects that would benefit from using tax-aware asset allocation (moving high-yield assets to a tax-deferred or exempt account to help decrease taxable income).

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Bank Brand Value: Calculated!

Jeff For Banks

I ask and ask and ask: what does brand get you? Forbes calculated brand value in their " World's Most Valuable Brands " by taking anything that a company achieves over an 8% return on equity. Driving ROE higher, but hardly due to its brand. A superior brand usually would command superior price points. i.e. brand.

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Virgin Money, Lloyds To Cut 1,200 Jobs

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Earlier this month, the banking giant Lloyds posted a 26 percent decline in pre-tax profits, down to £4.4 Lloyds Banking Group, which includes the Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland brands, has cut around 5,000 staff members in the last two years. billion, the BBC reported.

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Expedia Reportedly Near Deal To Sell $1B Stake To Silver Lake And Apollo

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Last month, Expedia withdrew its 2020 adjusted EBITDA, or earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization, in the wake of the growing impact from the COVID-19 outbreak, which has brought the travel industry to a near halt. “As Expedia runs travel booking brands including Travelocity, Orbitz and Vrbo.

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Brandless Turns To Subscriptions To Make Service Stickier

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CEO Tina Sharkey believes that while consumers certainly want high-quality goods, they are tired of paying what she calls the “brand tax” for access to them. That tax, she noted , encompasses marketing, retailer margins and other expenses that can typically push up prices on brand-name beauty products by as much as 30 percent.

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