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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb.

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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

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The logic behind the institute is that innovators do their best work when they are surrounded by other innovators. Universities have traditionally been a boon for local economies, encouraging them through collaborations between their participants and those already in the community. Companies can team up with university labs.

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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

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And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. At the peak of the crisis, the delinquency rate was 10 percent in 2010, as underwater mortgages and foreclosures hit the headlines. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Bankable Partners With Visa For Global Expansion

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“Our strategic partnership with Visa represents a great opportunity to further accelerate digital payments innovation in the region. Bankable was launched in 2010 and offers money transfer solutions as white-label self-service platforms as well as via APIs. It had one round of funding in May with Visa as the sole investor.

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Alipay, WorldRemit Team On Cross-Border Remittance

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WorldRemit Chief Commercial Officer Tamer El-Emary said the partnership would focus on “innovation, customer experience and speed to market.” WorldRemit APAC Managing Director Scott Eddington said the merger would benefit the Chinese migrant community in New Zealand, as there is a high population of these people in the area.

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KeyBank Acquires Bolstr Digital Small Biz Lending Platform

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We are excited to work with an organization that is dedicated to helping communities and small businesses prosper,” said Charlie Tribbett, co-founder of Bolster, which was launched in 2010. “By Partnering with innovators like Billtrust enables us to optimize clients’ processes from beginning to end.”.

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The Mall Food Court’s Hall Transformation

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Mall developer James Rouse was known for many innovations, but his best known might have arguably been the food court. Rouse’s communications director, Robert Rubenkonig, said in a 2004 Shopping Centers Today story that the developer sought to create “community picnics” with the concept. The Future Of Food Halls.