PYMNTS

DECEMBER 10, 2018

While entrepreneurs continue to reflect record-level optimism, their top concerns are increasingly including the tight labor market and the importance of retaining staff in such a climate. “And that’s the way the market economy works, for better or worse.” How did small businesses fare in job growth last month?

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The right talent and tools can equip bankers to take advantage of opportunities in the small business market. As bankers continue to fight the deposit wars, they must move past the polite talk and build a true go-to-market plan to capture the lucrative U.S. No two markets are created equal.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 18, 2023

WATCH Takeaway 1 Banks and credit unions are critical sources of capital for businesses in their communities, so how institutions assess CRE credits matters. Takeaway 2 Advisors recommend that financial institutions look behind some of the headlines and examine their own markets before ruling out CRE altogether.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2019

Some of the largest global financial institutions are taking steps further into Mexico’s small business lending and finance space, the result of heightened competitive pressure imposed by FinTechs and alternative lenders in the market, reports in the Wall Street Journal said Thursday (March 14).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 6, 2019

The platform will go live the same day the state’s legal medical marijuana market goes live, Tuesday (Aug. Last week a coalition of more than 100 businesses called on Congress to pass a recently-revised bill that would legalize marijuana at the federal level and open up the nation’s banking system to companies in the market.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 16, 2022

In a competitive market for commercial loans, every feature that can preserve credit quality or maintain pricing can be valuable to the lender. Many community banks will market their fixed rate loans based on the simplicity of the prepayment provision, and this starts by understanding the value that each provision creates.

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Banking 2020

JULY 15, 2015

In an industry where so many financial institutions are trying to provide the same services in order to stay competitive, it is important that they also stand out in their communities. In a few sentences could you please tell us a bit more about National Police Credit Union? If so, what are some examples?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

Another change to the freelancer community in the U.S. Many companies rely on freelancers more often than assumed, in fact, with 80 percent of firms today using a mix of full-time and contracted employees to fulfill their needs, according to a PYMNTS interview with CEO Mynul Khan of online freelancer matching service Field Nation.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Corporate relocations and expansions—influenced by factors like affordability, low corporate tax rates, no personal income tax and a rich talent pool—have contributed to a momentum that isn’t likely to subside soon. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 5, 2022

In a stagflation environment, as interest rates rise and cash flow (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization (EBITDA), or net operating income (NOI)) decreases, the borrower’s capacity to service debt as measured by the debt service coverage ratio (DSCR) decreases rapidly. in December 2021).

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 12, 2018

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. As well as the economy has been doing from the momentum of tax cuts and reduced regulation, there are always looming issues. We have to live with national interest rates and the Fed and the yield curve affect us all.

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PYMNTS

JULY 9, 2018

What does that mean for the small business (SMB) community? McMahon told the media outlet about one small business owner in Jacksonville, Florida who attributed rising investments and hiring to recent tax reform. economy and, possibly, tax reform. “It’s a very confident business economy. .

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2018

Identity theft is an unfortunately reality for more consumers as data breaches continue to rock the market. A new report from The National Cybersecurity Society (NCSS) published this week warns that business identity theft is an emerging threat for entrepreneurs and executives. million, in 2016 alone. What to Do About It.

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BankBazaar

NOVEMBER 18, 2023

Diversify your investments to manage risks and increase potential returns. Equity Markets and Mutual Funds – Investing in stocks and other asset classes such a mutual funds can provide long-term capital appreciation. There are plenty of Credit Cards on the market that come without any joining or annual fees.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

.” That lack of awareness can be damaging to the economy: An entrepreneur who fails to obtain a bank loan may give up on the business venture altogether, losing out on an opportunity to generate revenue, create jobs and contribute to the broader economy through tax payments. Localizing Capital.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

However, venture capitalists are urging caution on the tech startup community. Reports in the Financial Times earlier this week revealed that investors are advising startups to hold on to cash and gather reserves to remain stable amid any market uncertainties. 2nd Address. Brazil’s Adianta has announced $2.18

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Fintech Capital New York City Analysis 188

Abrigo

JULY 15, 2015

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice. The advantage of working capital is obvious to some degree.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. year-over-year increase in the first quarter of 2022, according to the National Association of Realtors (NAR). Younger millennials and Gen Z buyers—those born after 1980—represent 45% of the total homebuyer market. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. There is no shortage of other larger scale ideas.

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PYMNTS

MAY 6, 2019

Yet, steps to achieve that growth may be difficult, considering the low unemployment and tight labor market, threats of cyberattacks and a continued sentiment that traditional bank financing simply isn’t cutting it for the small business owner. small business. Forty-three percent plan to seek credit. Thirty-two percent of U.S.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2018

Canada’s business community — especially our small businesses — [has] been waiting for relief from high interchange fees for a long time,” said Linda Lapointe, member of Parliament for Rivière-des-Mille-Îles. This commitment recognizes the fact that American Express operates a unique business model with fees other than interchange fees.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

It’s yet another disturbing proposal from the National Credit Union Administration to bureaucratically finagle its way around Congress and federal law. By flouting congressional authority, the tax-exempt credit union model intended to serve only people of modest means and limited constituencies is on the verge of becoming fraudulent.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2020

As online lending platforms proliferate among the SMB borrowing community, however, experts warn that a lack of regulation means these companies rarely publicly reveal interest rates and fees. On top of that, MacKrell said the government is not sufficiently enlightening the small business community about the risks of online lenders.

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Lending New York Online New Jersey 136

Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Greg Steverson (left) successfully manages a $100 million institutional investment portfolio for Ledyard National Bank in Norwich, Vt. Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. More so than the average SMB, independent pharmacies are particularly affected by the state of the healthcare market and its regulatory shifts. small business owners.

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Capital Iowa Management Community 130

PYMNTS

JUNE 8, 2018

It issued a ban on the nation’s higher denomination 500- and 1000-rupee notes in November 2016, essentially deeming 86 percent of its currency invalid. The Indian government failed to truly understand how other nations pursued their own demonetization policies, Boonstra noted. In fact, the currency in circulation was valued at Rs 17.78

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BankUnderground

JANUARY 26, 2023

Changes in the UK housing market trends since the start of the pandemic To analyse trends in the housing markets during the pandemic, we examine differences in growth rates of housing prices across different regions of the UK, as well as across different types of housing (such as flats versus detached, semi-detached or terraced houses).

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 27, 2015

Community National Bank & Trust of Texas. We have a very successful junior college, school district and hospital—the typical things that you would expect to see in a community. We also administer a number of charitable trusts that distribute well over $500,000 a year in the community, so it makes for a well-balanced bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 23, 2016

According to a 2015 FDIC National Survey of Unbanked and Underbanked Households , seven percent of US households were unbanked, meaning they had no account at an insured financial institution, and 19% were underbanked, meaning they used non-traditional financial providers like pre-paid cards and/or payday lenders. But the tax thing.

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PYMNTS

MAY 9, 2016

The majority reported feeling optimistic about their local economies, but less than half (43 percent) said the same about the national market. Still, 39 percent said they expect to be in a better financial position in six months’ time, and 41 percent still say current market conditions are either “good” or excellent.”

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The election came and went and, with it, brought some stock market shock. International markets opened Wednesday (Nov. International markets opened Wednesday (Nov. But as markets saw their prices fall, bitcoin’s numbers went up. 9) morning on a down note: Stocks in London dropped 4.3 Way up, way fast.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. For the past four-plus years, Chesler has guided Glacier through continued growth and successful acquisitions across the West, all while staying true to Glacier’s local market culture.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 11, 2018

Won by the national banks. With all of our hubris about how great community banking is compared to national banks, we are not winning market share from them. It is much easier now to switch from a local bank money market account to a Goldman Sachs Marcus account than last year, and it will be even easier next year.

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Taxes Compliance Survey National 60

PYMNTS

JUNE 10, 2016

In this week’s edition of PYMNTS’ Weekly Tech Center Roundup , we set our sights on Brazil, where, despite the political and economic issues that tend to dominate the headlines, the country’s technology market is still going strong. Before we jump into the post, here are a few quick facts about Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and its tech scene:

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. who oversees 32 loan officers dedicated to providing the loans.

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