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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

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Small Business Administration What creates two out of three net new American jobs; produces close to half of our nation’s goods and services (nonfarm private GDP); and can be found, coast to coast, in every small town, big city and rural enclave? Tune in all week for live-streaming , beginning at 7:30 p.m. Every business starts small.

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How A Bank And A FinTechs Are Jointly Cracking The Code On Financial Inclusion

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Of course, banks have to be run with safety and soundness to protect those deposits, but they also have myriad public mandates, like fair lending, anti-money laundering and customer privacy. The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. percent to 29.99

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

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Agnani, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, D.C. Kukla, Senior Vice President, Center for Responsible Lending, Durham, N.C. O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Lending and Operations, Community America Credit Union, Shawnee Mission, Kan.

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Building from Scratch

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National Award Recipient. Bank Headquarters: Oakland, Calif. Like a craftsman bricklayer steadily assembling a sturdy house, Nelson built her successful career and her community bank in Oakland, Calif., Two years later, Nelson moved as a single mom to Oakland, where she again found a job as a teller at a regional bank.

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Changing the Conversation About Income Volatility

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So together, LendUp and the Aspen Institute’s EPIC are launching Finance Forward, a national conversation to discuss the issue from the perspective of individuals, local government, nonprofits, for-profits, employers, tech and anyone else with an ability to lend or take action. The tour will wrap up later this year in Oakland, Calif.,