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Colleagues Come Together to Donate Over $20,000 to Support Those in Hunger Around the World

Perficient

Coming Together to Support Food Security. As we empowered our colleagues to give back in their own individual way, it became evident food security was an important cause to our people around the world. Giving Back To Food Security Organizations. Submission by Amelie von Fluegge, senior project manager. Hunger Task Force.

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The math behind small business lending: Problems & possibilities for banks & credit unions

Abrigo

As a share of their total assets, community banks have more business loans below $1 million than larger banks, according to numbers from the St. Louis Fed : [S]mall-business loans—i.e., Louis Fed economist noted, small businesses “frequently encounter obstacles to accessing capital because banks face challenges in lending to them.”

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The math behind small business lending: Problems & possibilities for banks & credit unions

Abrigo

As a share of their total assets, community banks have more business loans below $1 million than larger banks, according to the St. Louis Fed : [S]mall-business loans—i.e., Louis Fed economist noted, small businesses “frequently encounter obstacles to accessing capital because banks face challenges in lending to them.”

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How The Market Gets Interest Rate Predictions Wrong

South State Correspondent

A recent 2023 paper from the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis ( HERE ) studied the predictive prowess of economists. Third, banks and businesses cannot be adequately managed by positioning for one forecast. It may be unwise for borrowers to wait for a more suitable time to secure long-term financing.

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Bezos: Global Testing Needed To Combat COVID-19

PYMNTS

In a letter to shareholders filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) on Thursday (April 16), the Amazon CEO said testing on a global scale would help keep people safe and get the economy back up and running. Earlier this week, James Bullard, president and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of St.

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Credit Unions Find ‘Co-opetition’ Key To Closing The Innovation Gap

PYMNTS

In the January Credit Union Tracker , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of CUs, including a retrospective look at the CU industry in the 2010s, an examination of hybrid cloud technology and a new synthetic identity security threat that could steal hundreds of thousands of dollars. CUs like St. Around The Credit Union World.

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Fed’s Sapenaro On How To Forge Ahead With Payments Innovation

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With initiatives like the Faster Payments Task Force and the Secure Payments Task Force, the Fed is pushing for innovation and progress in the nation’s payments infrastructure and market. This month the Federal Reserve named Dave Sapenaro , its current first vice president and chief operating officer at the Federal Reserve Bank of St.