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Can CDFIs help their communities while keeping investors satisfied?

American Banker

Southern Bancorp in Arkansas, which raised $35 million in capital from private investors, is out to prove that that community development financial institutions can deliver attractive returns and fulfill their missions to help the underserved.

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How ECIP capital is driving change at one mission-based lender

American Banker

Southern Bancorp in Little Rock, Arkansas, plans to put $250 million in equity capital it received from the Treasury Department to good use making mortgages and acquiring banks.

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Southern Bancorp is building wealth for everyone

Independent Banker

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Better serving its communities.

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Walmart, Nextdoor Launch Neighbors’ Helping Initiative

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to ask for help or offer assistance to people in their communities by shopping at Walmart. . Nextdoor is a privately held company based in San Francisco with backing from Benchmark, Shasta Ventures, Greylock Partners, Kleiner Perkins, Riverwood Capital, Bond, Axel Springer, Comcast Ventures and others.

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Walmart Wants To Add $250 Billion In US-Made Products By 2023

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Manufacturing Summit at its Arkansas headquarters this week, inviting hundreds of companies, suppliers and entrepreneurs to discuss how it was going to find and support more American products and manufacturers and accept new American manufactured product pitches. “We Walmart held its fourth annual U.S. manufacturing lead.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2018: Breaks, Bulls and Business Models

Gonzobanker

Allison bragged that Home BancShares has created more millionaires than any company in Arkansas [Note: we may need to fact check that with Walmart shareholders]. Sarver grew Alliance from a small $700 million community bank acquisition to a $20 billion powerhouse in less than 15 years. Capitalizing on Good Times. Related Videos.

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The Whole Paycheck Tracker: HQ Enhancements, Empathetic AI And Special Guest Bernie Sanders

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cities could compete, Walmart’s construction of a new HQ in Bentonville Arkansas has been a comparatively quiet affair. Our goal was not to extract things from the community,” he said. . Given the giant mega-force in capitalism Walmart is — and how very little patience presidential candidate Sen. AI Enhancement.

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