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Trust and tax services: Worth offering?

Independent Banker

To satisfy the banking needs of some commercial and high-net-worth clients, some community banks provide trust and tax strategy services. Launching new services to cross-sell to existing customers is one path to organic growth for a community bank. For some banks, those services include specialty trust and tax strategy services.

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Welcome To Alexa City

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The entire state of Georgia. Down the road, she could provide information about the city budget and where taxes go, or connect people with resources to improve their community and help their neighbors. The platform, called Imaginuity Community Connect, was designed to boost community engagement via AI capabilities.

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Can Atari Turn Nostalgia Into New Hotel And Gaming Success?

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As eSports becomes a bigger part of the gaming and consumer culture — perhaps the best commentary on the growth of that industry comes from increasing and apparently very serious efforts to tax it — even malls are getting into the game. One example of those forces came recently from Georgia. And malls tend to have ample space to spare.

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Fizzle Of The Week: Bitcoin — The Bad Neighbor

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At the end of 2017, a handful of Chinese provinces and the country of Georgia were home to 75 percent of the world’s bitcoin mining, while only 3 percent was happening in the U.S. Frankly, whenever miners arrive, communities aren’t so willing to roll out a red carpet — because, as neighbors go, miners are kind of a fizzle.

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Advocacy: Election Returns

Independent Banker

Around the Table—Wisconsin community bankers work with legislative staff members on Capitol Hill during ICBA’s Washington Policy Summit. Keeping community banking interests front and center. Rally more than 3,000 community bankers each year who support ICBPAC, ICBA’s federal political action committee for community banking.

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The Election That Misplaced Small Businesses

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million businesses that line the main streets and side streets of the local communities across the U.S. Trade has been a big topic of conversation on the campaign trail, as have debt, taxes, wages, immigration and monetary policy. 2) Can taxes be made comprehensible?

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Fintech Fundings: 36 Companies Raise $480 Million Week Ending March 18

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Atlanta, Georgia. Community platform for investors. Tax preparation technology. Tags: Consumers, tax prep, personal financial management. Source: Crunchbase. Connecture. Health insurance distribution platform. Latest round: $52 million (post-IPO equity). Total raised: $75+ million. Source: Crunchbase. Tradesocio.

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