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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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A Better Deal

Independent Banker

Tax credits for Main Street lending. As a small urban community bank, North Valley Bank is increasingly challenged with heavily government-subsidized competition. In response, ICBA is promoting a new tax policy idea as part of its Plan for Prosperity regulatory-relief legislative package. Chuck Johnston. By Chuck Johnston.

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Greenline Ventures Launches New Small Business Fund

PYMNTS

Denver-based Greenline Ventures is opening up a new fund to help finance small businesses in the U.S. Small businesses continue struggling to access the capital required to effectively operate and grow — particularly businesses located in low-income communities,” said Greenline Ventures President Patrick Vahey in a statement.

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Taking Your Coffee With Sugar, Milk And Blockchain?

PYMNTS

The company operates on a “one-for-one” business model, which means that it donates one pair of shoes or glasses to communities in third-world countries for every pair sold to a first-world consumer. These donations often take the form of charitable community projects such as schools and other public works in the area.

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Coffee Rides The X-Border Blockchain

PYMNTS

For the April Tracker, PYMNTS spoke with Daniel Jones, founder and CEO of Bext360, a new Denver-based fair-trade coffee supplier for retail coffeehouses that uses social commerce to give back to communities from where the coffee is sourced.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

PYMNTS

More locations are planned for Las Vegas, Denver, Chicago, Austin, Seattle, San Francisco and San Jose, though no additional timetables were announced. The two-level, 13,000-square-foot facility is meant to serve as a prime destination for players and community members of all eSports ability levels. Can Nostalgia Carry the Day?

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? Some seemed panicked.

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