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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. But in January 2021, the new OCC announced it would pause the "Fair Access" rule that was intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point.

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Nonprofit Supports Community Entrepreneurs Amid Pandemic

PYMNTS

According to Brennan, EforAll is a growing nonprofit organization that partners with communities to help under-resourced entrepreneurs start and grow a business through intensive business training, mentorship and an extended professional support network. Lowell-Lawrence was the site of EforAll’s first program, which launched in 2012.

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Airbnb Files For IPO Likely To Value The Company Around $30B 

PYMNTS

COVID-19 has materially adversely affected our recent operating and financial results and is continuing to materially adversely impact our long-term operating and financial results,” the company wrote in its prospectus. Our guests are not transactions — they are engaged, contributing members of our community,” the company wrote.

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Community Banking According to Andy

Jeff For Banks

10/ @Schornack For perspective, the net interest income + non-interest income (Revenues for 2012) were a total of $4.2 This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. million in 2012 to $12.2 12/ @Schornack So this was my charge. I think so.

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Bank of Dave review – underdog story of an everyman v Eton poshos

TheGuardian

As originally showcased in a 2012 Channel 4 series, it is the true story of how self-made Burnley businessman Dave Fishwick took on London’s elite banking institutions to get a licence to open his own bank serving the local community. Continue reading.

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Top News In Payments: Bank Closings Hit Rural Areas; Kaspersky Highlights Rise Of Fake Notifications

PYMNTS

In today’s top payments news, more than half of the 3,114 counties in the United States lost bank branches from 2012 to 2017. Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities. Urban areas, however, lost only 9 percent of offices in 802 communities. Kaspersky: Fake Push Notifications Have Grown Nearly 70 Pct In 2019.

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How to Mitigate Ag Lending Risks

Abrigo

Today, most of farmers’ cash reserves that were built up in 2012-2014 are at, or nearing, depletion. If that trend continues, operating costs will begin outpacing revenue for many farms, and demand for ag financing will grow for community financial institutions. To download the whitepaper, click here.

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