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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb.

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Tech Center: Chicago On Deck

PYMNTS

Chicago is more than just the place the Chicago Cubs and Bulls call home. Bubbling under the surface of Chicago lies an up-and-coming tech center. Given that many large cities in the United States have increasingly become places for tech startups, it’s natural to see Chicago as one of the next tech centers.

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A fund for diverse tech companies

Independent Banker

First National Bank and Black Tech Nation Ventures teamed up to support minority-owned startups in the Pittsburgh community and beyond. Driven by her goal to cultivate a supportive community for diverse tech startups, Kelauni Jasmyn founded the fiscally sponsored nonprofit Black Tech Nation in Pittsburgh in 2018.

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Data: US Households Paying Rent Dropped 12 Percent From March

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The numbers, from a survey by the National Multifamily Housing Council, are a sign of just how American life will be changing in the coming months due to mass job losses and shutdowns because of the virus.

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Retailers Ask The Fed For Real-Time Payments

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Target and Walmart, as well as trade groups like the National Retail Federation, have reportedly long talked to the Fed about faster payments. The Fed had discussed actions that could aid in the creation of a faster payment system, such as the development of a real-time settlement service.

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Macy’s Continues Testing Of Lockers

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Macy’s is no stranger to locker installations: In November, shoppers reportedly saw the lockers at a location in Chicago, and the retailer has added lockers to a few of its other stores, Crain’s Chicago Business reported. Beyond Whole Foods stores, Amazon is also installing lockers in thousands of apartment buildings across the nation.

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Main Street Focus

Independent Banker

Tess Ousley expanded her Chicago child development center, All About Kids Learning Academy Inc., Urban Partnership Bank builds up people and communities. When Urban Partnership Bank in Chicago was born four years ago from the remains of a failed community development institution, its mission was revised and then revived again. “Our

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