PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2020

In Main Street On Lockdown: Business Recovery edition, we surveyed 431 SMB owners from across the U.S. While some are doubling down on digital innovation, others have been slower to adapt to an increasingly digital market. This is just one of the key questions PYMNTS sought to answer in our latest research.

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PYMNTS

MAY 12, 2020

The initiative will provide small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) with aid in establishing online stores within days, setting up eCommerce payment channels for eCommerce and activating the stores on several digital marketing platforms. The aim of the program is to help build 3,000 online stores by the end of August.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2020

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. Previously, customers had to switch between the two apps depending on what they wanted.

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Abrigo

APRIL 14, 2020

Key Takeaways The Federal Reserve recently unveiled a new loan-purchase program, the Main Street Lending Program (MSLP) Unlike the PPP, loans provided under the MSLP are not eligible for loan forgiveness Community financial institutions play an important role in the MSLP. Eligible lenders for the MSLP include U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 22, 2020

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. business closures.

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PYMNTS

MAY 8, 2020

The crisis is hardly over, but post-pandemic reality is setting in for Main Street retail. Patrice Frey, president and CEO of the National Main Street Center , is a proponent of supporting existing local economic development organizations like chambers of commerce, community foundations and Main Street programs.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

Insurance may not be the most flashy or exciting of industries, but its continued reliance on paper and inefficient underwriting processes makes the market a prime target for technology disruptors. ” Opportunity On Main Street. It’s no surprise, then, that the InsurTech arena has ballooned in recent years.

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PYMNTS

MAY 20, 2020

Most businesses have been hit hard by the global pandemic, but perhaps no segment has been more crippled or left with a future more uncertain than the Main Street local establishments that rely on daily sales for traffic. Also looking to give Main Street merchants an easier way to set up digital shop online is OfferUp.

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PYMNTS

MAY 29, 2020

If there’s a playbook for Main Street’s migration to digital, Toronto’s Schulich School of Business is authoring a very effective chapter. In 2016, an organization called Digital Main Street was set up by the city of Toronto as a business improvement project for small- to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). Carder said.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 7, 2020

“These improvements in the labor market reflect the continued resumption of economic activity that had been curtailed due to the COVID-19 pandemic and efforts to contain it,” the BLS said in its report. The state of Main Street right now? Recent PYMNTS coverage indicates that a recovery could not come soon enough.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 18, 2020

We have deep dives on disbursements, Main Street small- to mid-sized business (SMBs) and BarkBox reportedly combining with Northern Star Acquisitions Corp. Why Affirm Would Delay Its IPO Amid A Hot Market . Study: 67 Percent Of Main Street SMBs Say They’ll Do More Business Online Post-Pandemic. Billion Valuation.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 25, 2020

We have deep dives on the financial health of Main Street small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), digital accounts payable (AP), and GoodRx ’s initial public offering (IPO). . The outlook for a number of Main Street SMBs seems to be getting better, but a cash crunch is still a lingering headwind.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Over the past ten weeks, I have had the amazing opportunity to work as a marketing intern with the corporate communications team at Perficient. During my internship, I have been so lucky to dip my toe in several areas of marketing that I am interested in, which has helped me improve my skills and get a feel for different career paths.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Key Takeaways Trepp's head of Commercial Real Estate Finance outlined the current CRE market and looked at the future of CRE during Abrigo's recent ThinkBIG conference. This post by Hayley Collier , Trepp's Marketing Communication Specialist, was originally published on Trepp's blog and can be found here. The pandemic's impact on CRE.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2018

have much simpler goals than bringing to market an epoch-making innovation. Neither entrepreneur is hoping to disrupt the world with noodles or sandwiches — but both would very much like a chance at disrupting Main Street in their respective towns. But not every entrepreneur in the world has a big idea.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 2, 2020

In today’s top news in digital-first banking, BlockCard is teaming with peer-to-peer (P2P) bitcoin marketplace Paxful for a new crypto debit card, while the Federal Reserve Board has modified the terms of its Main Street Lending Program (MSLP). Fed Adjusts Main Street Lending Terms to Help Small Businesses.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 20, 2021

The post Four Ways Banks Can Help Main Street USA Thrive Again appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. With the right blend of people, empowerment, customized solutions and technology, banks are well-positioned to be heroes by growing with small businesses and supporting their efforts.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 7, 2021

market is bright, said Huang. And there will be workarounds for a few years, Huang predicted, as QR is for the first time really coming online in the U.S. and reaching toward its greater potential. A Bright Future. The future for the QR code in the U.S.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Morgan is focused on enabling payments for the millions of small businesses that are the lifeblood of Main Streets across the U.S. – Those latter two firms have been in the in-store POS market for quite some time (Square, for example, since 2009). and, by extension, the U.S. As reported this week, J.P.

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2020

These are just a few of the questions we sought to answer in Main Street On Lockdown: Reinventing The Road To Recovery edition. To learn more about how SMBs plan to change — or avoid changing — their business models for the post-pandemic market, download the report.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 5, 2021

Maine has amended its Consumer Credit Code to target loans made using a bank partnership model. The amendments include an anti-evasion provision under which a purported agent or service provider is deemed a “lender” subject to Title 9-A, Article 2 of Maine Revised Statutes.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2020

All eyes may be trained on Wall Street now, and Main Street too as the latest tranche of business lending gets underway. Larger full-service restaurants opened community markets to sell raw ingredients, produce and food staples through online stores,” he said.

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BankInovation

DECEMBER 14, 2021

Prepaid payments are primed to be the main innovation rail for the Canadian payments market, as developments in automated banking and consumer technology make headway and market size grows. The Canadian prepaid market in 2019 had $3.74

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2018

Pepper, a robot developed by SoftBank and robotics firm Aldebaran, is entering the retail banking market with the robot’s debut at HSBC ’s main bank branch in New York City.

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BankUnderground

NOVEMBER 24, 2022

In less than two decades, the system of market-based finance (MBF) – which involves mainly non-bank financial institutions (NBFIs) providing credit to the economy through bonds rather than loans – has both mitigated and amplified the economic effects of financial crises. 1: Money market funds. Background. 3: Margin calls.

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Bank Innovation

AUGUST 24, 2018

Standard Chartered, headquartered in London, is expanding its global digital footprint from Hong Kong to the west coast of Africa. The bank, which has $663.5 billion in assets and operates mainly in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East, announced in June that it would begin work on developing a disruptive new business model for the Hong […].

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 3, 2020

Customer service should be fit for a king," Burger King exclaimed in a video about the guerilla-marketing campaign. Daniel Schröder, marketing director at Burger King Sweden and Denmark, told Adweek that the new social media push grew out of an effort to fix the chain’s own online communications with guests. Even our old friends.".

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 27, 2019

FinTech startup Raisin, a company that offers savings and investments in the pan-European market, has acquired German startup Fairr, according to a report. Fairr is viewed as a disruptor in the German pension market, and Raisin reportedly wants to expand to enter that market, which is worth about €12 trillion in all of Europe.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 17, 2024

Not All Bank Products Are the Same One of the main findings of the study is that the liability side drives most of the cross-sectional variation of bank value. The takeaway is that banks interested in increasing their market-to-book ratio should consider allocating more resources and capital to deposit products and deposit marketing.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 22, 2017

And, behind the scenes, the brewery’s story is that of an exacting journey of finding Main Street success. and Portland, Maine, where craft breweries are seemingly on almost every street corner like coffee shops, Marvil pointed out. In Massachusetts, however, the craft beer market is far from reaching a saturation point, she said.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

cannabidiol (CBD) market continues to grow, with nearly 7 percent of Americans saying they use the substance. the market could reach $16 billion by the year 2025, as per a report by Bloomberg. In Maine and Ohio, regulators have also curtailed sales of the compound. According to an analysis by Cowen & Co.,

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MerhantsBanks

MAY 4, 2021

. – Long-time Northfield resident and experienced community banker, Kirk Muhlenbruck, has been named the new Market President for Merchants Bank in Northfield, according to Dan Massett, Central Region President. Muhlenbruck has more than 30 years of banking experience, serving mainly in senior commercial and retail leadership roles.

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SWBC's LenderHub

MARCH 8, 2021

The main drivers were a virtual speech by Federal Reserve Chairman Powell where he showed a lack of concern over near-future corrosive inflation possibilities and the rate rise we are currently witnessing. Last Week: The selloff in treasury rates resumed in force last week with the 10-year Treasury touching 1.60% again.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

In Europe, the continued evolution of data policies and regulation now point toward a single market across the Continent. As reported mid week, the European Commission is planning a single European market for data , in hopes that by pooling talent, the region can compete with Big Tech in Silicon Valley and China.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 28, 2019

But the fact that one of the main retail players on the planet is making a kiosk push in a growing, heavily populated market speaks to the international appeal of such devices. For instance, kiosks can increase consumer spending, no matter the market, according to various reports and QSR-focused kiosk research from PYMNTS.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

The CEO of Bolt, an Estonian-based ride-hailing company, said his company is beginning to see profitability in most of the markets in which it operates, according to a report by CNBC. Markus Villig told the news organization that the company is close to breaking even in about 66 percent of markets.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 16, 2018

It is a very good test market,” Drappa said. The market being small, you can test your product on different population[s] with reduced marketing fees.” At the same time, blockchain, artificial intelligence (AI) and data analytics are seeing a particularly high amount of activity.

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