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Fighting Food Insecurity in Vermont and New Hampshire: A Community Effort

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Across Vermont and New Hampshire , 1 in 11 and 1 in 14 people currently face food insecurity, respectively, with numbers expected to climb even farther in the coming months. In other words, our region’s high cost of living ( about 16% higher than the national average ) reduces the impact of these benefits for qualifying families.

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Raising up nonprofits

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Members of Ledyard National Bank lend a hand to Willing Hands, a nonprofit dedicated to feeding those in need. For its 30th anniversary, Ledyard National Bank decided to ask 10 local nonprofits to enter a video about their work into a contest for the opportunity to win $10,000 and expand their visibility. By Tiffany Lukk.

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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

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People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Goes to New England Federal Credit Union and Vermont State Credit Union. Core System Deal of the Year: Bank. FIS wins Valley National with IBS platform. Goes to CSI.

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