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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

PYMNTS

The bank said about 30 percent of the branches will be in low or moderately low income communities. The new locations will include Charlotte, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Kansas and Greenville, South Carolina, among others. To us, this is so much more than building branches.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2. It is a Minority Depository Institution (MDI) and is one of only a few North Carolina banks designated by the U.S. Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Coastal Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCB) #3. NasdaqGS: FCNC.A)

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Small Business Banking Targeted In Open Banking Initiatives

PYMNTS

In this week’s roundup of open banking initiatives and bank-FinTech tie-ups, PYMNTS finds a renewed push to strengthen SMB banking experiences including financing, account management and more. small business lending platform Funding Circle is reportedly considering whether to wield open banking to enhance its own product offering.

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Koger Propst.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Lynn Drysdale, Managing Attorney, Consumer Law Unit, Jacksonville Area Legal Aid, Inc., Community Bank Advisory Council Members. Jacksonville, FL.

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Banking Strategies: Should We Look to Utah?

Jeff For Banks

Here is another Industrial Bank that has a specific niche, lending to homeowners for home improvements through construction contractors or home improvement supply dealers. Many community bankers would roll their eyes at such banks. One of my students at the UBA''s EDP was from EnerBank USA. EnerBank is owned by a utility company.

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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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