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COVID Spawns Local SMB Loans, Mask Shortages And More Suburban Starbucks

PYMNTS

For instance, Muskegon County, Michigan is offering so-called “ recovery loans ” of up to $20,000 to local businesses with fewer than 25 employees. According to PYMNTS’ recent How We Shop survey, 59 percent of U.S. For example, 49 percent of consumers are shopping more online and less in stores.

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The Hybrid Workplace is One Huge Work-In-Process for Banks

Gonzobanker

In a survey conducted by Executive Networks of 1,300 HR leaders, business leaders, knowledge workers and frontline workers, only 28% of knowledge workers said their company was making returning to the office “commute-worthy.” One is how to better coordinate when the team is in the office so the value of in-person work can be realized.

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Deep Dive: How Banks Use Digital Technologies To Outlast The Coronavirus

PYMNTS

Some have added support for in-branch digital technologies such as video banking screens and upgraded ATMs to minimize in-person contact while making sure customers’ needs are met, for example. Some are closing physical branches or changing the customer channels they leave open, for example. British FI Nationwide U.K.

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Beyond efficiency: Using technology to ramp up a valuation business

Abrigo

These firms, according to the Wolters Kluwer 2014 Accounting Firm Preparedness Survey , “view technology as a utility, a mechanism for greater day-to-day efficiency,” and they quantify the investment returns mostly in terms of “back-office” benefits, such as improved productivity and work quality. But other firms view technology as much more.

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Could a bank’s best asset to perform stress testing be in HR?

Abrigo

Dave Ulrich, business professor at the University of Michigan, explained that while many people still see the HR function as managing a company’s benefits and retirement plans, today the person filling that role is often a prominent leader, as well as being deeply entrenched in what makes the company tick. And that may very well be the case.

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Domino’s To Grab Bigger Slice Of Retail Food Pie?

PYMNTS

In a survey of more than 1,000 consumers, 77 percent said they have not changed the frequency of their pizza-ordering habits. With the dawn of the new year, the company has boosted its franchise fees (where, for example, there’s a charge paid on each digitally powered transaction — upped from $0.21 percent to $643.6

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

Within Perficient, our culture is known as being “helpful, supportive, and friendly” (Best Places to Work survey, 2021), and these students exhibited the type of encouragement and celebration that motivate and inspire the amazing work we do at Perficient, and, in this case, beyond. . Perficient Proudly Presents the Bright Paths Student Demos.

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