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Ensure your community bank is inclusive

Independent Banker

We asked community bankers and experts for their advice on ensuring employees feel a sense of belonging. If community banks put in the effort to foster a sense of belonging, the result is a stronger workplace culture, greater employee loyalty and, ultimately, a better experience for customers. By Roshan McArthur.

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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

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In addition to New York, the program is now available for SNAP recipients in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Washington. ShopRite, a Wakefern Food Corp. brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations. Average daily traffic to Walmart’s online grocery site reached 1.1

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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

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More recently SoFi acquired this little $170 million in total assets California bank. So banks, even community banks like [bank name] must take a sharp pencil to prune their branch network to compete with the higher interest rates of online banks, make investments in people and technology, and deliver to their shareholders.

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Grocery Round-Up: Digital-First Delivers For Kroger, Another Instacart Pair-Up And Hoarding Round 2

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The company further noted that it has made “continued investments to support and safeguard associates, customers and communities, nearly $1.3 The service is already online in Michigan, Ohio, Indiana, Kentucky, Illinois and Wisconsin — the range of states Meijer operates in currently. billion since March.”. "As Others, not so much.

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SNAP Users Shut Out Of The Digital Grocery Aisles

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Online purchasing is a potential lifeline for SNAP participants living in urban neighborhoods and rural communities where access to healthy food choices can be limited,” then-U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said in a statement announcing the effort.

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Hillbilly Elegy Author J.D. Vance Heads To Ohio In Search Of Investment Opportunities

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In 2010 California companies received $28.4 Ohio, by comparison, attracted $303 million, and Kentucky $22 million. “A But Vance has said that he also is interested in changing the complexion of economic development in the U.S., which tends to be unevenly balanced toward the coasts — and toward elite cities on the coast in particular.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

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billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. The bank operates thirteen branches, eleven in northern California and two in Nevada. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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