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Agricultural Alert!

Independent Banker

million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out. In a surprise move, congressional leadership sought to reduce the crop insurance program by $3 billion at the end of 2015 to offset other spending initiatives. A total of 300 million acres are covered by crop insurance. Rural housing loans.

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Temenos to Acquire Kony: So What?

Gonzobanker

Temenos leadership – first Akcelerant founder Jay Mossman and then Akcelerant/FIS/Sanchez veteran Emily Steele – wins points with the Cornerstone team for straight talk and course-correcting to avoid the common international player sin of over-commitment and under-delivery. This third U.S. launch effort appears to be on a solid pace.

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. A bank representative would teach commercial money management, while the business owner could relate his or her real-world operating experience.

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