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Store Front Business Index: Main Street USA, A-OK?

PYMNTS

According to data from the latest Store Front Business Index TM (SFBI), a collaboration between CAN Capital and PYMNTS.com, these small businesses are growing faster than the U.S. Other highlights of the study include: In Q2 2015, specific improvement was driven regionally by 4.1% What we saw and heard might surprise you. .

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Rescuing The Restaurant Business From App Decline

PYMNTS

With DineVite, consumers and restaurants get a better deal, since the restaurants can offer a deal to customers that they are comfortable with and consumers capitalize on it. “Some dining apps take up to a 50 percent cut from restaurants, but with DineVite we are not charging restaurants a percentage of the sale.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region. The OCC on Oct. It measures 1-5, with 1 being the best score an institution can receive and 5 the worst). • Traditional control processes (such as audit, loan review, internal controls and due diligence).

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Vermont: Daring To Be Different, To The Surprise Of No One

PYMNTS

Store front businesses in Vermont ha ve done a bit better than in regional counterparts in three out of the four categories tracked, but then again, the region itself was fairly lagging behind the overall nation. By The Store Front Numbers . So, the outperformance is a bit of scant consolation.

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To Stop Scams, It’s Time to Add Sensible Friction to Easy Money

FICO

Since worries about regional bank struggles and an uncertain stock market are driving people with cash to look for safe havens and good interest rates, it pays to be very careful about security as well as who is behind the friendly new banking brand. in statistics, both from the University of South Carolina. Unsafe Savings?

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Banks find a cheat code to catch up on digital: Merging

American Banker

CenterState and South State are the latest regionals to announce a deal driven heavily by the need to compete with larger banks that can afford to spend more on cutting-edge technologies.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

PYMNTS

Small business owners don’t expect to be the star of the show, but wherever we went — and we went to Vermont , New Hampshire , Massachusetts , Virginia , South Carolina and Georgia — we heard the same two things over and over again. Can someone please make capital available? 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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