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How Community Financial Institutions Can Regain the Small Business Lending Market

Abrigo

CFIs are poised to regain the small business lending market Community Financial Institutions can leverage technology to improve customer experience and regain the small business lending market. Today, CFIs are uniquely positioned to regain the market. Changing Lending Environment. Small businesses are turning to small lenders.

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Amazon Gains Ground In Holdout Markets

PYMNTS

Not every product launches smoothly (RIP Fire Phone ), not every new endeavor delivers (Amazon’s flirtations with offering a travel platform ended abruptly) and not every new market immediately yields. There were some structural issues that we had to face,” Mariengela Marseglia , Amazon’s country manager for Italy, told The Times.

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GEOBRIDGE: Unlocking The Key To Cryptographic Key Management

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Data needs management, and protecting that data requires vigilance. And yet, many firms do not have the staff in place to manage cryptographic keys. Under the terms of those mandates, effective this year, encrypted keys must be managed in “bundled” blocks. There’s a personal element to the technical wizardry, though.

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Solve This Problem with Your Strategic Horizon

South State Correspondent

This all compares to about a 40%+ return invested in improving processes (loan, branch, cash management, etc.) Bank management should, of course, strive to increase cash flow as soon as possible. Now, with customers, and relationship managers switching banks at one of the highest rates, banks need to adapt to remain relevant.

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Small Firms Find Tight Labor Market A Costly Challenge

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While entrepreneurs continue to reflect record-level optimism, their top concerns are increasingly including the tight labor market and the importance of retaining staff in such a climate. “And that’s the way the market economy works, for better or worse.” How did small businesses fare in job growth last month?

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Former Restaurant Execs Seek $230M For SPAC

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Greg Golkin, managing partner at Kitchen Fund, is named as president. Tastemaker’s chief financial officer is Chris Bradley, managing director of Mistral Equity Partners, a private equity firm whose portfolio owns El Pollo Loco and Jamba. “We Listed as co-CEOs are David Pace, chairman of the board at Red Robin Gourmet Burgers Inc.

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IBM again a Leader in Gartner Magic Quadrant for Integrated Risk Management

Insights on Business

When IBM acquired OpenPages in 2010, it was widely recognized as a pioneer and market leader in governance, risk and compliance software. Since the acquisition in 2010, IBM has continued to drive innovation and leadership in risk and compliance and industry leaders have taken note. IBM RegTech Innovations.