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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

PYMNTS

The grants are part of the San Jose, California-based worldwide online payments system’s $530 million pledge made earlier this year to strengthen minority communities and fight for economic equality and racial justice. “To In addition to the donations, PayPal employees volunteered to work with these nonprofits.

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Cecil Bank taps Baltimore-area banking veteran as next CEO

American Banker

Bill Knott succeeded Terrie Spiro as leader of the Maryland bank, which raised capital in 2017 by going through a complicated bankruptcy process.

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The Coffee Shop Office: A Money Drain Or Money Magnet?

PYMNTS

The key was recognizing the trend early and finding ways to capitalize on it, incorporating a workspace culture while also encouraging the community to continue using the café as a social gathering space. He said that has been an important strategy in cultivating community rather than isolation in his shop.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. First Community Bank of the Heartland, Inc.

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12 Industries That Will Thrive Thanks To Millennials

CB Insights

BOUTIQUE GYMS & CLASSES ARE spreading AS MILLENNIALS SEEK CHOICE AND COMMUNITY. One 2014 survey found that 63% of people who attended boutique studio gyms did so because of the “community aspect formed by other people attending,” with another 47% attributing their attendance to the atmosphere. Source: Wikimedia Commons.