Abrigo

JUNE 12, 2020

Key Takeaways The soon-to-begin Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) aims to fulfill a need for mid-sized businesses to access relief funds amid the coronavirus pandemic. The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) was among groups that had requested increased participation rates from the Fed. While this is a promising sign, 13.3%

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Jeff For Banks

MAY 19, 2020

"How much more abuse can small businesses take from big banks?" ~ Community Bank CEO PPP is winding down. Community banks not only took care of their small to medium sized businesses (SMEs), but also helped big bank customers when their calls went unanswered. Main Street Lending Program But there's more!

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center , is a proponent of supporting existing local economic development organizations like chambers of commerce, community foundations and Main Street programs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 25, 2020

With 90 percent of SMBs reporting that they have been negatively impacted by the coronavirus, according to PYMNTS research, it’s clear that Main Street cannot afford to sit idle. The consensus on Main Street, however, is that the old ways of doing business may be gone for good.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 30, 2024

An inverted yield curve, continued bank failures, and the desire to manage risk and offer clients higher service are all factors that are driving more community banks to adopt a loan hedge program. Community banks’ main goals are to diligently support their local communities and make an acceptable return on capital in these challenging times.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 30, 2020

The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. Many are businesses that have been around for years and employ people living in the community, whose paychecks help keep those local economies strong, too.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2020

A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields outside of the major cities that dominate most tech job searches. The test project was introduced Monday (Jan. 27) by a host of officials including Gov. Companies can team up with university labs.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

Key Takeaways To better serve their community, as well as stay competitive in this fast-moving environment, savvy CFIs are carefully blending digital innovations with their hallmark relationship banking practices. CFIs reinvest in their communities, supporting local businesses and helping community members make financial decisions.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. In 2016, an organization called Digital Main Street was set up by the city of Toronto as a business improvement project for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs).

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities saw the most closures, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas lost 9 percent of branches in 802 communities. More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 24, 2020

Main Street may not be able to save itself in the aftermath of the COVID-19 crisis. This is near an office environment and a vibrant community, and we see a chance to create an exciting and interesting destination.”. We recognize small businesses are critical to the well-being of our communities and to the county’s economic recovery.”.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

Neither entrepreneur is hoping to disrupt the world with noodles or sandwiches — but both would very much like a chance at disrupting Main Street in their respective towns. If accepted, the small business sets up an “offering” on the platform, where it essentially pitches its concept to the local community — and the wider digital world.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

It’s understandably an anxious time for Main Street businesses , even as downtowns prepare to reopen. Pandemic crisis or not, Brennan says his interactions with applicants and program alumni are grounded in good business ideas, marketplace reality, life experiences and a desire to give back to underserved communities.

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Downtowns everywhere from Maine to California are dealing with varying degrees of economic and existential pain as a result of the pandemic, but nowhere is the pain as acute as in college towns. Canceling commencement cost South Bend, Ind., home of Notre Dame, about $17 million in lost revenue.”. Amherst, Massachusetts is one of those towns.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2017

Main Street USA isn’t just growing — it’s exploding. Main Street USA now boasts 3.4 Specifically, the index focuses on “storefronts,” or the shops that line the main and side streets of our local communities. The latest PYMNTS Store Front Index™ reveals that store front businesses in the U.S. percent in Q4 2016.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 3, 2020

Main Street in Trouble . As we estimated in our comprehensive Main Street Index two weeks (and a lifetime) ago, these smaller firms as a group populate 3.6 We estimate that Main Street represents 28.3 We estimate that Main Street represents 28.3 As Main Street goes, so goes GDP. million storefronts across the U.S.,

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 20, 2021

The post Four Ways Banks Can Help Main Street USA Thrive Again appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. With the right blend of people, empowerment, customized solutions and technology, banks are well-positioned to be heroes by growing with small businesses and supporting their efforts.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

All eyes may be trained on Wall Street now, and Main Street too as the latest tranche of business lending gets underway. Larger full-service restaurants opened community markets to sell raw ingredients, produce and food staples through online stores,” he said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Armed with that knowledge, and an unshakable confidence that cookie dough had a future on main street, Dahlquist made the jump from studying entrepreneurship to living it. He noted that the two blocks that separate Main Street from the campus can be an entire world away for a surprisingly large number of local residents.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index. Here, again, lies another opportunity for community banks to fill the void. We urge you to make such legislation a priority.”.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

He sees it less as a group and more of a community. Laine says that the company built the community into a place that provides value through content as well as deals. RunLocker , a subscription box service geared toward runners, offers a main item in its box, which is the most valuable product.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

We have deep dives on Main Street’s digital shift, ATM innovation and PPP loans. NEW DATA: Inside Main Street SMBs’ Digital Shift. FinTechs Help Main Street Find Its Footing. It’s the end of the work week, and the PYMNTS Weekender is here to make sure you didn’t miss anything with the latest in payments and commerce news.

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ForwardBanker

MAY 23, 2019

Our Small Business Revolution – Main Street team recently finished its 2019 series of small business marketing seminars. The post Main Street, USA = Community Financial Institutions + Small Businesses appeared first on Deluxe FS. In these FREE one-day seminars, small business experts shared insights and.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Urban Partnership Bank builds up people and communities. When Urban Partnership Bank in Chicago was born four years ago from the remains of a failed community development institution, its mission was revised and then revived again. Treasury to help serve distressed and underserved communities and consumers. A Special Mission.

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CFPB Monitor

DECEMBER 27, 2019

The reaction from community groups has been mostly negative with critiques focusing on three different aspects of the proposal: the new presumptive ratings, the inclusion of opportunity zones and the expansion of small business qualification, and the ability to neglect certain assessment areas and still receive a passing grade.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

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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ABA Community Banking

MAY 1, 2020

As part of its response to the global coronavirus pandemic, the Federal Reserve is launching a "Main Street Lending Program" to deliver up to $600 billion in credit to small and midsize firms. The post Bonus Podcast: Overview of the Main Street Lending Program appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

One of the most significant: the health and importance of small businesses, and in particular, the “mom and pop” shops that line the main streets and side streets of our local communities. This quarter’s edition shows what happened, through the end of 2015, to the businesses that keep our local communities thriving and surviving.

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PopularBank

OCTOBER 2, 2020

When we first opened our doors, we did so with a great sense of purpose and a vision to make a difference within our communities. I am proud to share that Popular’s commitment to meeting the diverse and growing needs of our customers and communities across all our regions is stronger than ever before.

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2020

The data painted a dark picture for Main Street retail this week, with a new Facebook & Small Business Roundtable study showing that over 30 percent of small to medium-sized businesses have either failed or don’t see a way forward due to the pandemic. It’s called Main Street Regenerators.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 28, 2018

MaineHousing is an independent state agency that provides affordable rental and ownership properties in Maine Bank Performance Human Resources Feature Management Performance Customers Community Banking Feature3 Commercial.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The aim of the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund is to support SMBs in areas “with historically limited access to capital,” the release said, to promote racial equality and environmental resilience. Starbucks announced on Tuesday (Jan. It will also offer mentorship and technical support, according to the press release.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

And, behind the scenes, the brewery’s story is that of an exacting journey of finding Main Street success. and Portland, Maine, where craft breweries are seemingly on almost every street corner like coffee shops, Marvil pointed out. The rapid proliferation of micro-suds has been most evident in cities like Burlington, Vt.,

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. Small regional and community banks had a much higher approval rate (90 percent) for those firms classified as “Growers.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Behind most every Main Street success story is opportunity-seeking passion and a willingness to risk it all to make the business succeed. Main Street’s Social Sweet Spot. For Matt D’Alessio, that passion began with his first bite of a falafel sandwich at the Amsterdam Falafelshop in Washington, D.C.,

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