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FinTechs Take A Regional Approach To SMB COVID-19 Relief

PYMNTS

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. Fresno First Bank. LendingTree.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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11 New Restaurant Concepts Reimagining Fast Food & Casual Dining

CB Insights

Community initiatives: Loom (Massachusetts). Even today, interest in kombucha is mostly concentrated in coastal regions, especially in the Pacific Northwest. Despite all of this, most communities in America still don’t have a “kombucha place” the way they have might have a go-to coffee spot. Community initiatives: Loom.