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Are Employers The Low-Dollar Lenders Of The Future?

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As the controversy around payday lending continues to swirl and questions about how and if low-dollar loans can be offered to low-income workers in a fair and low-cost manner are brought up more and more, a new potential source of such funds has started striding onto the field. The move comes as the American worker is facing leveled-up debt.

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Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. Consumer Lender Life Lending Web Exclusives' FirstBank, which has $2.3 About the market.

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How community banks can help young homebuyers

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Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich. The community bank also hopes to participate in a new tax-exempt savings program for first-time homebuyers that was approved by the state of Michigan in April. So how can community banks help? Flexibility needed.