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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

I think the most compelling part of the story is that we opened our front-end PPP portal to serve every borrower who needed capital,” says Phil Goldfeder, the bank’s senior vice president of global public affairs. “It In mid-June 2020, the community bank launched Cross River Digital Ventures, a venture capital arm that invests in fintechs.

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Even today, interest in kombucha is mostly concentrated in coastal regions, especially in the Pacific Northwest. That’s in part because trends today can emerge and blow up much faster than restaurant groups and beverage companies can capitalize on them. Holistic fast casual: Mendocino Farms. Photo credit: DL English Design.