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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

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The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center , is a proponent of supporting existing local economic development organizations like chambers of commerce, community foundations and Main Street programs.

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Agora Services Debuts New Tools For SMB Banking

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There will also be receipt managing sub-accounts for tax purposes, and other such perks. We are the only one to be able to do it in a time to market as Agora is coming from this world,” Lapiro said, according to the release. “By Community banks have been working to innovate through collaborations with FinTechs.

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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

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The platform will go live the same day the state’s legal medical marijuana market goes live, Tuesday (Aug. According to MTrac, its payments platform was developed in cooperation with “the main bank in Louisiana” that plans to provide bank account services to the state’s marijuana-related businesses. Global Payout Inc.

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A Better Deal

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Tax credits for Main Street lending. As a small urban community bank, North Valley Bank is increasingly challenged with heavily government-subsidized competition. In response, ICBA is promoting a new tax policy idea as part of its Plan for Prosperity regulatory-relief legislative package. Chuck Johnston.

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The Case For Localizing Mom-And-Pop Investment

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When small business (SMB) investment marketplace MainVest announced a $3 million Seed funding round last week, it did something that many Main Street SMBs cannot do. Exploring the importance of the small business through the lens of its immediate community is a critical component of promoting education among entrepreneurs.

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The Clearing House On The Race for Real-Time Payments In The US

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In other cases, stimulus payments were commingled with tax refunds, and were subject to garnishment. With the combined exposure through JHA, FIS, Corporate One Credit Union and others, Waterhouse estimated that RTP will reach 70 percent of the financial services market before the end of the year. What’s Next.

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Trade-based money laundering: The link to terrorist financing

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A well-known example of a TBML system is the Black Market Peso Exchange , where U.S. See Part I: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Trade-based money laundering is the process of moving illegal funds through the international trade system to legitimize them.

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