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OPINION: Is college worth it? Students can learn to calculate the payoff

PYMNTS

It is less well known whether community college degrees are worth the cost. Community college students could benefit from similar advice. Related: Graduates of four-year universities flock to community colleges for job skills. Mississippi Learning. They are among the first people with whom students interact on campus.

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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in

Independent Banker

Everything feeds into the customer experience, and that ability to meet and exceed customer expectations is what distinguishes us as community bankers. Because it’s more than a saying; it’s a rallying cry for community bankers. A community banker is on a journey with their customer, through the ups and downs of life.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C.

Lending 101
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How to Deal with a Pay Cut or Reduced Work Hours

MyBankTracker

The maximum benefit ranges from a low of $235 per week in Mississippi to a high of $1,220 in Massachusetts. If your job has been reduced from five days per week to two days, your community expense – gasoline, tolls, parking, and wear and tear on your vehicle – should drop by about 60%. Partial unemployment.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked. Much of Mint’s early success can be tied to a very simple product innovation. Mississippi — #1 in Credit Karma searches. The more people you refer, the faster you move up. Louisiana — #6 in Credit Karma searches.

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