Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Happy New Year, fellow community bankers! We certainly closed out 2015 with great wins in Washington, so I want to thank so many of you who stepped up to make change happen last year. That’s why it’s vital that we step up, stand up and speak up. For more, read this month’s Washington Watch column).

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

Even big brick-and-mortar players like Macy’s have shown signs of reversing their recent ill fortune by luring customers back into their stores. Even big brick-and-mortar players like Macy’s have shown signs of reversing their recent ill fortune by luring customers back into their stores. household indebtedness. indebtedness in 2018.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths. Celeste Rowe’s Bright Paths Project: Grow Better.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Advocacy Advocate—ICBA’s Joshua Harbursky works to assist community bankers with their industry policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators. ICBA has a great infrastructure in place and a lot of active advocates among community bankers. ICBA’s advocacy director talks about fostering a culture of advocacy. Habursky: Very nicely.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

The Main Street storefront: Growing so rapidly, one must wonder if there are enough hammers, nails and plaster to keep up. The fitness industry was up 6 percent, driven in part by 7 percent employment growth. Clearly the smaller business climate is muscling up. The banks, bankers and traders want Dodd-Frank scaled back.

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Banking 2020

MARCH 10, 2015

Daily, I have been reminded by the government, that the signs of economic recovery are all around me. The signs of change are around us, but it’s more likely that the US economy is rearranging itself rather than simply recovering under the old umbrella of Wall Street. My answer, combine the best of both worlds.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Illustration by Jack Hudson. We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Clerico has built WePay from the ground up through his innate love of people and by building relationships with customers to provide them with a payments platform that is exactly what they want and need. What have the powerhouses Starbucks and Airbnb managed to do better than anyone else? BC: Well, no day is ever the same.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2017

For all but the most well-capitalized early in life, the ability to borrow funds is critical — at least if one wants to get a college degree, own a car or a buy house. In this year’s report, 24 percent of respondents said they had no debt at all, up from 22 percent last year and 14 percent in 2014. More good news. On The Bright Side.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2016

These days, consumers definitely need consumer financial protection. They are preyed upon by providers looking to make money on folks who are gullible, innumerate or just not paying attention. Fraud and deception are all too common. There’s something else consumers usually need at various times in their lives: a loan. It is time for a reset.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Well, you can cross the last one off your list, because THE AWARDS ARE HERE.

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 31, 2022

Supply chain issues are the main culprit behind the huge inflation, and only now is demand beginning to fall to more normal levels. Covid-19 lockdowns in China have cut production of goods and ships are again lined up off the coast of China, meaning long delays in getting products to the US. in Q4 1980.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. However, capital isn’t the only or even primary need of startups, various business incubator experts agree. Some entrepreneurs have never raised capital.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 30, 2017

” For fear of being shamed publicly, no one is willing to speak up and acknowledge that there’s no real “there-there” when it comes to its use as anything other than the currency of crime and speculation – even though deep down, they know that the emperor has no clothes. “Few people speak out. How right she was.

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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. After the collapse of Lehman and Bear Stearns and the global financial crisis that ensued, the business models of the world’s biggest investment banks needed to change.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

In this review of failure, we’ve looked in our venture capital database to find the most well-funded startup companies that ultimately failed or had an undesirable exit, such as an asset sale or an acquisition for less than the total funding raised by the company. For those who’ve been reading, we’ve had failure on the brain recently.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. The storyline, of course, seems a bit at odds with the title of the show (which not surprisingly lasted only one season) but it stayed with me. He’d teach them about a variety of things going on in the world – science, math, archaeology, literature. He’s a pretty smart guy.

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