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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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The Road To Recovery: Main Street SMBs And Closing The Cash Flow Gap

PYMNTS

To gauge the economic health and vitality of local economies, one need look no further than the financial stability of the small and medium-sized businesses that line the main streets and side streets of communities across the nation.

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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

PYMNTS

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. The prevailing sentiment, as the crisis heads into its third month, is that more innovative government programs will be necessary to provide any meaningful relief. Policy put into place must target Main Street.

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Brad Bolton: Keep advocating

Independent Banker

I will continue to advocate for community banking, and for the rest of my career, stand side by side with you to fight our future battles. The work you’re doing every day puts real faces and names to the communities we’re fighting for, and it has been a privilege to be your representative at the national level.

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Building A Digital And Subscription Community For Hockey Parents

PYMNTS

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. He sees it less as a group and more of a community.

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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Counseling: SBA provides free consultation and advice to help Main Street succeed.

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Agora Services Debuts New Tools For SMB Banking

PYMNTS

In this day and age, it is very important for community financial institutions to be able to compete with their main new competitors – challenger banks and national banks – and have access to the same technology that can be deployed in weeks not years.

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