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Ponce Bank serves the underserved

Independent Banker

Ponce Bank has brought banking services to minority neighborhoods in the Bronx and greater New York City for more than six decades with a clear focus on community investment. Times were tough for the New York City borough, whose residents were predominantly working-class Black and Puerto Rican. Focused on community.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Communities First Financial Corporation (OTCQX: CFST) Communities First Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Fresno First Bank , which opened in December 2005 dedicated to meeting the banking needs of businesses, professionals, and successful individuals in Central California. Triumph Bancorp, Inc. Nasdaq: TBK) #4.

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Popular Bank’s COO Manuel Chinea Talks Small Business with Amigos de Univision

PopularBank

Our communities and small businesses are facing an unprecedented time. Leveraging a 127-year history of service in Puerto Rico and 60 years in the U.S., Other resources available to small businesses include the SBA’s Economic Injury Disaster Loans and the Main Street Lending Program.

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More PPP Funds Would Help CDFIs Lend Money To Micro Businesses

PYMNTS

Community Development Financial Institutions (CDFIs) are hoping more Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) funding is passed by Congress soon so that smaller businesses left behind can stay afloat during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a Tuesday (April 14) report in the Wall Street Journal.