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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

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wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career. “I

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Community FIs Battle Against Low Interest Rates To Help SMBs Thrive

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smaller community banks and credit unions (CUs) stepped up to the plate and, according to the Small Business Association (SBA), ended up facilitating more than half of PPP loan volume to SMBs. That's good news for community banks and credit unions, which could see a wave of new SMB customers and members in the coming months.

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Pressure Mounts For India NBFCs As Reliance Capital Exits Lending Business

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India-based financial services provider Reliance Capital has announced it will exit the lending market. 30), Reuters reported , noting that the company is struggling to overcome “collateral damage” resulting from a slowing national economic and a broader “crisis,” the publication said, in India’s lending sector.

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National Funding Explores AltFin’s Uncertain Growth Trajectory

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The alternative finance boom post-2008 financial crisis undoubtedly provided more options for small business (SMB) borrowers, but that doesn’t mean the industry is guaranteed to become a staple among entrepreneurs seeking financing.

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SBA Turns Attention To Credit Unions To Revive Small Biz Lending

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The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. author of the report and Florida Atlantic University’s Kaye Family Endowed Professor in Finance.

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SBA Taps Accountancy Group To Fight SMB Red Tape

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Accountants with small business customers facing regulatory compliance or enforcement issues will be able to seamlessly direct those clients to the SBA ’s Office of the National Ombudsman (ONO), which helps to resolve those matters. The SBA and AICPA have been working together since 2008, the entities noted.

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Competition Heats Up Between Large FIs, Small Banks, Alt Lenders ? And SMBs Win

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Biz2Credit’s latest Small Business Lending Index found that loan approval rates at alternative lenders stagnated – and at credit unions, they actually fell. Thirty-four years have passed since SMB optimism was this high , according to the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). SMBs since the 2008 financial recession.

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