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For Visa, She’s Next Is What’s Next

PYMNTS

Visa said Monday evening at a New York gathering in anticipation of the launch that events through a year-long campaign will include interactive workshops, tailored on a community-by-community basis. Notably, at the Atlanta event, participants from Visa, Square and Yelp will participate in the workshops. An inaugural Jan.

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Capstone Conference

Independent Banker

Young employees at the community bank in Madison, Wis., Recognizing the need to foster future leaders at the bank and across the industry, Park Bank, a $775 million-asset community bank with 185 employees, created a formal program last year to develop the talents and broaden the knowledge of its younger, most-promising employees.

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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Starting a Small Business in Northern Vermont and New Hampshire

Ublocal

Conducting market research first will save you time and money, and prevent you from going down an unprofitable road. The Vermont Small Business Development Center also provides advice and workshops to both new and experienced business owners. What to do when you’re still in the planning phase? What can you use an SBA loan for?

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Investing in America: 7 Strategies and 7 Tactics That Can Drive Business

South State Correspondent

These programs aim, in part, to mobilize the private sector by pairing its capital with public investment to stimulate American manufacturing and infrastructure improvement, creating new jobs plus innovating in industries like clean energy and technology. Before educating your customers and communities, you must start with your bankers.

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10 Data-Driven Ideas To Increase Branch Engagement

South State Correspondent

Likely, it might be a combination of the above, but setting a branching strategy should dictate capital allocation, branch layout, marketing, and staffing. Banks should have a clear and stated set of measurable objectives for their branches and then allocate capital accordingly.

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Connecting Small Banks To The Mobile Future

PYMNTS

Nine years after the introduction of the iPhone to the market — and the subsequent great mobile leap forward — the verdict is pretty much in on mobile banking applications: Consumers like it, verging on loving it, and are eager for more of it. The Urban FT Workshop. Community banks just aren’t offering that, according to Fossella.

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