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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

Perficient

Perficient is pleased to announce, along with the Michigan Hispanic Collaborative (MiHC), the enhanced availability of the La Puerta portal. Perficient developed the La Puerta portal framework as a way of giving back to the Detroit community and to pave the way for students to benefit from a college education. Essay writing assistance.

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Is Amazon’s Delivery ‘Purge’ A Boon To Last-Mile Rivals?

PYMNTS

There are another 120 workers slated to be let go in Michigan. “We We have a responsibility to our customers and the communities where we operate to ensure these partners meet our high standards for things like safety and working conditions,” said an Amazon spokeswoman, according to Bloomberg last week.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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Saving Main Street: College Towns Deal With Economic Devastation

PYMNTS

Cities like Ann Arbor, Michigan; Ithaca, New York and Davis, California have had to deal with a two-headed economic monster: a pandemic that has hurt the hometown population and a student population that has left town, sometimes with no set return date. Canceling commencement cost South Bend, Ind.,

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. April Clobes, President/CEO, Michigan State University Federal Credit Union (East Lansing, Mich.). Provident Financial Services, Inc. merges with Lakeland Bancorp. Bravo April!

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11. Sandy Pierce, Huntington

American Banker

Even before it closed its acquisition of FirstMerit, Huntington Bancshares made sure it locked up FirstMerit Vice Chairman and Michigan market Chief Executive Sandy Pierce.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Interestingly, IBCP recently announced an acquisition in northwest Michigan, five years after they sold 15 branches in the northeast part of the state. billion in assets commercially focused community bank based in southern New Jersey, serving Philadelphia and its suburbs. Net charge offs are negligible. Times change.