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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

Abrigo

According to the Urban Institute’s “ Nonprofit Sector in Brief 2015 ,” the number of nonprofits registered with the Internal Revenue Service increased by about 3,000 a year between 2003 and 2013. economy in 2013, or roughly 5 percent of GDP. Finances related to U.S. Revenues increased 3 percent to $2.26 trillion; assets rose 5.2

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3 Ways Credit Union Are Driving Growth

Abrigo

Federal Reserve System Survey conducted in 2015, 51 percent of mobile banking users had deposited a check using a banking app in the previous 12 months, a 38 percent increase from 2013. CUNA reported in 2013 that mobile payments were growing at an annual rate of 68 percent.

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Expanding credit portfolios: 3 Growing pains

Abrigo

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3

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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

PYMNTS

Austin’s startup community has seen a big transformation over the years. But as Nate Stewart, Group Product Manager for BigCommerce, pointed out, today startups comprise a sizable percentage of the city’s community. “As There’s a positive feedback loop here that’s causing more and more startups to be created in or move to Austin.”.

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Banking industry trade groups comment on Defense Department’s proposed amended MLA regulations

CFPB Monitor

Mishkin The American Bankers Association, Consumers Bankers Association, Independent Community Bankers of America, National Association of Federal Credit Unions, and Association of Military Banks of America have submitted a 59-page letter commenting on the Department of Defense’s proposed revisions to its Military Loan Act regulations.

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The Beginning Of The End For Bitcoin?

PYMNTS

Diehards, however, are still crying “ hodl ” — the cryptocurrency community’s rallying cry, inspired by an enthusiastic misspelling of “hold” in a 2013 Reddit thread. What goes up must come down, as they say, and many are predicting that bitcoin’s time has come (or at least they’re hoping that’s the case).

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