PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

At the same time, many early stage startups, particularly in the technology sector, still have access to traditional financing, like venture capital and private equity. Last week, small business accounting company ScaleFactor released a new survey on how SMBs access capital. Localizing Capital.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. Eighty-three percent of SMBs said they don’t completely understand the new tax law and how it will impact their business, according to the National Association for the Self-Employed.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 20, 2017

And regulators are getting anxious. and New York Community Bancorp called off their planned merger. Reading between the lines, this bank is likely over the CRE guidance levels, and were probably getting grief from their regulators about it. It shows the pre-tax profit as a percent of the loan portfolios measured.

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Abrigo

MARCH 22, 2023

See Part I: Implications for Community Financial Institutions. Misrepresentation is used to justify the movement of funds and, in some cases, reduce the tax obligation reflected on customs documents. Over- or under-shipment or phantom shipments: Over- or under-shipment involves misrepresenting the number of goods in a shipment.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 16, 2020

Cybercriminals are capitalizing on COVID-19, and they are doing so in tandem with the news cycle,” he said during the virtual hearing. Additionally, Kellerman called for a tax credit to encourage firms in the financial vertical to set aside 10 percent of their information technology (IT) budgets at a minimum toward cybersecurity.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. Dr. Jonathan Mordis, PharmD, CPh, VP of business development at Corporate Capital Direct unit Rx Fund Assist , pointed to one of the root causes of cash flow pain for independent pharmacy owners.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

Takeaway 3 Meanwhile, regulators continue to reinforce the importance of lenders knowing customers and beneficial owners. Even after redoing this certification, borrowers may then still be declined on the same application due to another incorrect validation rule (for instance, an Applicant Tax ID issue),” the letter said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone, despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. CFOs are also struggling to achieve growth, maintain competitiveness and stay agile as regulations change. Fifty-two percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 24, 2017

In an interview with The Associated Press , McMahon pointed to a divide in the SMB community: feelings of both optimism and frustration over lack of access to finance. In particular, regulations around taxes and healthcare are a challenge to small business owners today, she said.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Even as nearly one-third of Americans are already members of a credit union, it seems there’s almost nothing the NCUA still won’t try to further expand the market reach and special tax-exempt privileges of the credit unions it supervises. Talk about your captive regulator! When credit unions say “jump,” the NCUA says, “how high?”.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 5, 2021

Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? According to my firm's profitability peer group, a branch with $74 million in average deposits made a mere pre-tax profit of three basis points.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Other ideas include more government action regarding competitive regulation.

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FICO

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Increased provisions, reduced capital, less ability to lend. All this will raise the question: Whatever capital I have got, how much can I lend to borrowers who have a low confidence on their own financial prospects, and are unsure if they should borrow or not? They can optimize the use of their capital and who they lend to.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 9, 2019

Intuit found 42 percent of SMBs say they have experienced cash flow issues in the last year alone despite tax cuts and other regulatory policies designed to support the small business community. CFOs are also struggling to achieve growth, maintain competitiveness, and stay agile as regulations change. 52 percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. On top of that, MacKrell said the government is not sufficiently enlightening the small business community about the risks of online lenders.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

When thinking about Orlando’s tech industry, some say the city’s access to capital, accelerator programs and tech clusters are what sets it apart. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: Can you describe your personal and/or professional experience with the tech community in Orlando?

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

The Independent Bankers Association of New York State has been actively advocating for several initiatives to enhance community banking and the communities and customers our members serve. These increased burdens and costs have had an impact on the number of community banks.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2015

I don't think de novo banks are key players to business startup capital formation. But that is because de novo's are limited to making a loan to one borrower of 15% of their capital position. If a de novo starts with $15 million of capital, its largest possible lending relationship is $2.2 I don't know of many.

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American Banker

JANUARY 23, 2020

A former credit union CEO explains why it chose to become a bank, subject to taxes, and says Congress needs to intervene in discussions on an NCUA proposal to loosen capital standards.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Second, this can be accomplished only if the industry does not have too much influence over its regulators and if the regulators have the ability to hire, train, and retain qualified staff. Third, the regulators need adequate financial resources. My lesson learned to the regulators, read your past lessons learned.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

and property tax payments. Generally speaking (subject to Regulation B), business loans should be guaranteed by the principals of the borrower. a significant capital injection into the borrower, or other collateral such as liquid assets). A guarantee generally should be unlimited and continuing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

Bank of America, Capital One, Wells Fargo, Chase and more published their findings — sometimes to contradicting conclusions. Chase reached some optimistic conclusions regarding how small business owners feel about the year ahead, while Capital One highlighted a 9 percent decline in SME optimism. Small businesses’ top concern?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Through all this, First Farmers has remained disciplined in performance and squarely focused on customers and community. Like how does that play into our communities? The regulator and media pressure on overdraft fees has been a constant challenge to overdraft revenue.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 23, 2016

I believe in compassionate capitalism. For example, in my firm's profitability measurement service for community financial institutions, credit unions make 80-90 basis points pre-tax profit on consumer loans, while banks make an anemic 5-10 basis points. But the tax thing. Bankers' can't get over it.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 18, 2018

Conventional wisdom dictates that startups should incorporate with taxes and stock options in mind. Aragon aims to create digital jurisdictions, where a community will act like an online court system for resolving disputes — effectively giving borderless projects a borderless legal system.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Here it is.

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Lex Sokolin

JANUARY 14, 2021

If you are a financial advisor or a trust company, you have missed out on $1 trillion in capital appreciation for your customers. And that the capital appreciation that matters?—?cementing American financial regulation is an alphabet soup, and has grown out of politics and crises. Like taxes. Here it is.

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America Wyoming National Capital 52

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

The ICBA Capital Summit is the premier event for community bankers looking to advocate for their industry. In person for the first time since 2019, the ICBA Capital Summit in Washington, D.C., Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C. Community bankers, pack your bags for Washington, D.C.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 27, 2015

Where do you think credit unions get their capital? If credit unions suffered a similar fate to many community banks, they couldn''t back up the truck for shareholders to pony up equity to help absorb losses. Becoming more profitable was the logical solution to building up capital positions. And the taxes.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

In this world, the only things certain are death and taxes. Anyone in a regulated industry — and that’s just about all of them — are also plenty dubious about using cryptocurrencies as the processing rails for supporting those pilots and incorporating them into their longer-term plans should their pilots show promise. And to learn.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

This growth has created major opportunities in the payments space, and companies like Stripe — the payments unicorn valued at a masive $35B — are hungry to capitalize on them. Stripe’s early success in acquiring customers was largely due to its mass appeal to the developer community. Get the full report. How Stripe makes money .

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. This regulation reduced trading profits and created a need to cut costs, spurring investment banks to spin off unprofitable divisions or eliminate them entirely.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio.

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NCR

MARCH 1, 2016

ERM encompasses several broad categories, which include the following: Credit Risk – This is the risk that earnings and capital could be adversely impacted due to a borrower’s inability to perform on their contractual obligations. Compliance Risk – The banking industry is highly regulated.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Heavy-handed regulators. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. FinTech threats and distractions.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 25, 2019

If you withdraw your Ether, you get charged an interest rate determined by an open governance community. According to Blockchain Capital below, nearly 40% of the stablecoin market is Ethereum-based Tether, accounting for 80% of transaction value overall. Other things like Compound are essentially a securities lending marketplace?—?you

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

We have poured through the recent 2Q earnings releases, spoken with a rash of institutional bank investors, traded thoughts with analysts, and compiled the following list of concerns that bank stakeholders (employees, shareholders, vendors, and regulators) now have. Has the bank felt any runoff in deposits after adjusting for tax payments?

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