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Many Unemployed Still Waiting For Their First Check

PYMNTS

While many states where workers who receive a 1099 tax form instead or a W-2 and don’t qualify for benefits, the legislation provides cash for those independent contractors. One of the solutions some states, such as New Hampshire and New York, have adopted is to have applicants apply on specific days of the week based on their name.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

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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Where to Find Personal Loans for First Responders

MyBankTracker

Police officers, firefighters, and emergency medical personnel (EMTs) are community heroes and the first to show up in a crisis. As a “thank you” for protecting the community, some banks and credit unions offer special loans to these individuals as a way to give back. They’re visible throughout many communities.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? Remember K Bank in Maryland?

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Food Stamps Online: The $75B Grocery Game-Changer?

PYMNTS

Low-income consumers are far more likely to find it difficult to secure mainstream credit sources and are thus much more likely to make use of high-cost alternative credit sources when financial emergencies hit, often in the form of a payday, title, tax refund anticipation or installment loan. And that’s just accessing money itself.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

The speakers told stories of violent armed robberies, money laundering and tax evasion, among other negative impacts of a cash-based industry. Another view came from Gregory Deckard, president and CEO of Spokane-based State Bank Northwest , who is a representative of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). Cash Dangers.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight in Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

They told stories of violent armed robberies, money laundering and tax evasion, among other negative impacts of a cash-based industry. Another view came from Gregory Deckard, president and CEO of Spokane-based State Bank Northwest , and a representative of the Independent Community Bankers of American, or ICBA. Cash Dangers.

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