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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

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Quite the contrary,” says Bob Brennan, chairman of the National Expansion Council and one of the directors of a nonprofit organization called Entrepreneurship for All (EforAll) based in Boston, Massachusetts. “I But what about the entrepreneurs who are still hanging onto their dreams of starting a retail business? And what is that model?

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China Fiscal Policy At Odds With SMB Lending

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“Given regulators have stressed the need to maintain a bottom line of no systematic financial risks, we have to operate more compliantly,” the executive added. Last week, the nation’s State Council again called on China’s financial services community to increase small business lending.

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What SEC Filers Have Learned About CECL Implementation

Abrigo

Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., Ours said that for Summit Community, which decided to use the cohort methodology, which is a loss migration approach, the choice came down to the availability of quality data. “We

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Among the Last to Leave

Independent Banker

Army Infantry Platoon leader who became a community banking manager. It’s no different in community banking. When I returned home from the deployment, the support I had from my community was clear—the same way Think Mutual Bank supports its local community. By Jeff Sabatke. It was 1 a.m. Paul, Minn.,

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Vigilant Eyeshades

Independent Banker

When John Zimmer took over as president of HNB National Bank in Hannibal, Mo., in 2012, he figured there was likely some fat to be trimmed. After Zimmer’s first year personally scrutinizing all expenses, HNB National had eliminated $402,000 in costs. Every community bank thinks it’s thrifty and cost conscious. By Ed Avis.

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American Greed: Can being an honest broker be banks and credit unions competitive advantage?

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2012 Boston College Center for Retirement Research study , 63% of American males (why only males I do not know) participated exclusively in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans in 2007, up from 47% in 1992. I think, as a nation, we will need lots of help managing our money. Probably not. I think so.

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FinTech Firms Show Banks The ‘Art Of The Possible’ In SMB Lending

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On the upside, researchers found small businesses’ demand for loans is at its highest level since 2012. ” Banks have not invested in their small business lending operations to improve the process for the borrower, though. It’s probably bigger than anybody really understands — in the trillions of dollars.”

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