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The end of main street

Chris Skinner

What’s the future for our children and our … The post The end of main street appeared first on Chris Skinner's blog. Wondering about the future. Always wondering about the future. Thinking about where things are going. It’s the only thing we don’t know.

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The Blueprint For Rethinking Main Street

PYMNTS

For the small shops and independently owned restaurants that line America’s Main Streets from coast to coast, the past eight weeks have been a difficult time leading toward an incredibly uncertain future.

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Main Street USA: 58 Percent Of Main Street SMB Retailers Say They May Not Survive The Pandemic

PYMNTS

This is just one of the questions PYMNTS set out to answer in the Main Street On Lockdown: The COVID-19 Cash Chasm edition. Coronavirus Assistance Cash COVID-19 loans Main Feature Main Street Main Street On Lockdown News Paycheck Protection Program PPP Retail Small Business Administration SM

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New Data: What COVID-19 Is Doing To Main Street SMBs

PYMNTS

The boutique shops that lined Main Street USA, which got nearly all of their business face-to-face in their stores, expected that 2020 would be another great year. Coronavirus cash flow COVID-19 Karen Webster Main Feature Main Street News Revenue small businesses SMBs Stimulus Bill

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Saving Main Street From Its Downward Pandemic Spiral

PYMNTS

And as much as people may complain about the crowds in the stores or on Main Streets, they like being part of the hustle and bustle – and the energy it brings. Saving Main Street. Reimagining Main Street. Suburban Main Streets might get a boost.

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NEW REPORT: Helping Main Street SMBs Close The Cash Flow Gap

PYMNTS

Main Street small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are a barometer for the economic vitality and the health of the broader U.S. After all, a bustling Main Street signals new business opportunities and growth potential.

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New Data: Inside Main Street SMB’s Digital Shift

PYMNTS

In Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery edition, we surveyed 431 SMB owners from across the U.S. Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery edition aims to understand why some SMBs are all-in on innovation, while others risk getting left in the dust.

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Why Main Street SMBS Are Optimistic – And Why They Should Be

PYMNTS

It can be said, though, that the Paycheck Protection Program and the Main Street lending efforts from the Federal Reserve and other agencies have been, at best, mixed in terms of success. SMBs Coronavirus economy Main Street News PPP small business

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Fed Releases Main Street Program Lender List

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve Bank of Boston issued a state-by-state listing of lenders accepting applications from new business customers for the Main Street Lending Program on Wednesday (July 8). Borrowers are encouraged to ask their bank about Main Street loans in addition to those on the list.

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More Main Street SMBs Face Permanent Closures

PYMNTS

But as is often the case during times of economic turbulence, the costs are being borne the most by Main Street SMBs that have been forced to furlough workers and close their doors (at least temporarily). Restaurants lead the pack among struggling Main Street merchants.

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The State Of Main Street In 2020’s Second Half

PYMNTS

The first half of 2020 was a tough time to run a small business on Main Street as stay-at-home orders closed down restaurants and retailers for much or all of the past five months. That requirement of rapid change left many Main Street merchants deeply shaken and worried about their futures.

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Why Saving Main Street Will Take More Than Just More Money

PYMNTS

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New Main Street Business Plans Restart Optimism In Post-COVID Picture

PYMNTS

Optimism around new business is materializing on Main Street, among other places, with small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) reopening. Twenty-five percent of Main Street SMBs now say they are operating with capacity restrictions, whereas 38.6

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The Main Street Rescue That Wasn’t (And Still Isn’t)

PYMNTS

What happens if Main Street becomes less a proving ground for smaller businesses — born of, and serving, local communities — and more a collection of larger firms, well-capitalized, but already enjoying competitive advantages? Economy economy loans Main Street News SMBs

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Fed Adjusts Main Street Lending Terms To Help Small Businesses

PYMNTS

The Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) to make it more obtainable for smaller businesses, according to a Fed statement on Friday (Oct. Loans federal reserve loans Main Street Main Street SMBs News What's Hot

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Toronto To Launch ‘Digital Main Street’ To Help SMBs Get Online

PYMNTS

A team of 50 students from Schulich’s MBA, Master’s and undergraduate programs worked on the service, which will be integrated with Canada’s Digital Main Street program as well as common digital retailers like Shopify , Google, Facebook, Microsoft, eBay and Mastercard Canada.

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PPP: Paycheck Protection or Main Street SMB Rescue Program?

PYMNTS

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Fights Over Loan Terms Delayed Main Street Lending Program

PYMNTS

Department of the Treasury and the Federal Reserve gave hope to small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with the announcement of the Main Street Lending Program. Loans federal reserve loans Main Street Lending Program News SMBs terms Treasury Department What's Hot

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The Road To Recovery: Main Street SMBs And Closing The Cash Flow Gap

PYMNTS

To gauge the economic health and vitality of local economies, one need look no further than the financial stability of the small and medium-sized businesses that line the main streets and side streets of communities across the nation.

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Main Street, Disbursements And QR Codes Top This Week's News

PYMNTS

We have deep dives on Main Street, disbursements and quick-response (QR) code payments. . NEW DATA: The State Of Main Street Businesses Six Months Into The Pandemic. The coronavirus pandemic has stretched Main Street to its financial limits.

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Main Street SMBs Wax Optimistic On Surviving The COVID-19 Age

PYMNTS

Main Street businesses are optimistic about their longer-term survival — meaning that they believe their businesses will be around two years from now. That’s important, given the fact that Main Street SMBs are responsible for driving a significant portion of the economy, employing roughly 40 percent of the workforce. Payment Methods Coronavirus Main Feature Main Street Main Street 2021 News On The Agenda pymnts tv SMBs The Better Box video Visa Zoku Sushi

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Becoming the Main Character with a Strong PR Strategy

William Mills

Do “main characters” only exist within the pages of a book or the movie screens we watch? Rather than seeing yourself as playing a minor role within society, the main character concept positions an individual as the hero of their own story.

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Silicon Valley Investor Aims To Create Tech Hub In Maine

PYMNTS

A new research institute in Portland, Maine, is intended to electrify the local economy and provide a hub for multiple career fields outside of the major cities that dominate most tech job searches.

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Walmart Consolidating Grocery And Main Apps

PYMNTS

Walmart has announced that it’s going to merge its Walmart Grocery app with the main Walmart mobile app, to create a more seamless shopping experience for its customers, according to a report by TechCrunch. The main app was No.

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Maine credit unions call off merger

American Banker

A planned combination of Maine State Credit Union in Augusta and Midcoast Federal Credit Union in Freeport has been nixed despite receiving approval from regulators. ]]. Maine Credit unions M&A

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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

PYMNTS

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. She also urges government officials to remember the return in investment for Main Street businesses. Policy put into place must target Main Street.

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Economists Recommend More Lenient Terms For Main Street Lending Program

PYMNTS

’s Main Street Lending Program intended to aid small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs), The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported. Loans Congress economy federal reserve loans Main Street Lending Program News SMBs What's Hot

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Saving Main Street: College Towns Deal With Economic Devastation

PYMNTS

Downtowns everywhere from Maine to California are dealing with varying degrees of economic and existential pain as a result of the pandemic, but nowhere is the pain as acute as in college towns. Economy college towns economy Main Street News Retail UMass

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Fed’s $2.3T Targets Governments, ‘Main Street’ SMBs

PYMNTS

the Fed also said it will support as much as $600 billion in loans slated for small to mid-sized businesses as part of the Main Street Lending Program. Loans Coronavirus COVID-19 Editors' Picks federal reserve Lending loans Main Street SMBs News relief small businesses SMBs stimulus

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NEW DATA: Two-Thirds Of Main Street SMBs Are Not Ready For The Post-Pandemic Restart

PYMNTS

These are just a few of the questions we sought to answer in Main Street On Lockdown: Reinventing The Road To Recovery edition. . The COVID-19 pandemic has triggered a massive consumer migration to digital commerce.

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The New Reality For Main Street, Freelancers Amid The Coronavirus

PYMNTS

The post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail even though the crisis is hardly over, while Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loan guidance issued in late April marked a major change from when the program opened.

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Main Street?s Pandemic-Led Shift To Digital Innovation

PYMNTS

in Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery. Today In Data Commerce COVID-19 ecommerce Main Street News payments PPP Retail SMBs Today in Data

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How Main Street Businesses Honed Their Survival Skills In 2020

PYMNTS

For Main Street businesses, to say 2020 was challenging is an understatement. According to PYMNTS data, more than 60 percent of Main Street firms have at least three channels operating to drive sales: online, at physical stores and mobile.

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On Main Street

Independent Banker

Industry Insight On Main Street Viewpoints A Second Cyberdefense. By Noah W. Wilcox, Grand Rapids State Bank. Information is the new coin of the realm, and financial information is the most widely prized. Today protecting rapidly escalating volumes of faster-moving information has become one of the most pressing technology challenges for businesses and other organizations.

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QR Codes Set To Move From Sideshow To The Main Payments Stage

PYMNTS

While QR codes have become an extremely prominent part of the payments landscape in the Asia Pacific region in general and in China specifically, in the U.S. they’ve mostly been relegated to the periphery of the payment and commerce ecosystems.

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