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Black-run bank channels capital infusion into digital upgrades

American Banker

M&F Bancorp in North Carolina plans to use some of the $18 million it received from big banks to make overdue improvements to its commercial lending platform. ]].

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Tech Center: Charlotte On The Edge of Tech Greatness

PYMNTS

Just west of the Research Triangle in North Carolina, Charlotte’s technology industry has been slowly growing over the past few years. With this news, we decided to focus our Tech Center on the up-and-coming North Carolina city. million over the course of the next three years to build up a FinTech hub in Charlotte.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2. It is a Minority Depository Institution (MDI) and is one of only a few North Carolina banks designated by the U.S. Treasury as a Community Development Financial Institution (CDFI). Coastal Financial Corporation (Nasdaq: CCB) #3. NasdaqGS: FCNC.A)

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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

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The bank said about 30 percent of the branches will be in low or moderately low income communities. The new locations will include Charlotte, North Carolina; St. Louis, Missouri; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Kansas City, Kansas and Greenville, South Carolina, among others. To us, this is so much more than building branches.

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Going the extra mile to help minority-owned businesses weather pandemic

American Banker

Uwharrie Capital in North Carolina and Valley National in New York used their community connections to seek out small companies in need of loans from the Paycheck Protection Program. They found plenty of them.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

With mortgage rates down in the US , many homebuyers are looking locally to their community banks to finance their new, potentially life-changing purchase. In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending.

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Small Business Banking Targeted In Open Banking Initiatives

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In a press release , the company announced plans to offer community banks and credit unions (CUs) its banking technology, which can enable these FIs to more adequately compete against larger banks. small business lending platform Funding Circle is reportedly considering whether to wield open banking to enhance its own product offering.