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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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Tax Reform A Bust For Small Business Hiring, ZipBooks Finds

PYMNTS

tax reform on the small business community, but so far, small business owners say the overhauls have made little impact on their hiring practices. “We asked, ‘What effect on your hiring plans has the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act had?' . It will take some time to understand the true impact of U.S.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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The Recency Trap and Building Deposit Balances

South State Correspondent

One of the lessons that was driven home at the recent American Banker Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville was the difference in marketing between large national banks and community banks, particularly deposit marketing. The data would indicate not marketing to a new customer is a mistake.

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Bankers: Can You Create a Culture of Operating Discipline Even if You Have No or Few Shareholders?

Jeff For Banks

Even though they pay no federal corporate income taxes? million is somehow benefiting one of the other three stakeholders: employees, customers, or communities. But I know of no credit union that pays their employees materially above market wages or has materially better tech than their banking brethren. CUs was 2.86%.

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MTrac Launches Marijuana Payments Platform For Louisiana

PYMNTS

The platform will go live the same day the state’s legal medical marijuana market goes live, Tuesday (Aug. MTrac added in its announcement that it aims to operate as an example for other states that have legalized marijuana for recreational and/or medical use. Global Payout Inc. subsidiary MTrac Tech Corp. announced Monday (Aug.

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