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MiHC La Puerta Portal Opens the Door to Success for Hispanic Students in Detroit

Perficient

Perficient is pleased to announce, along with the Michigan Hispanic Collaborative (MiHC), the enhanced availability of the La Puerta portal. The Michigan Hispanic Collaborative’s goal to improve the economic strength of the Hispanic community in Michigan. ” In Michigan, only 15.7%

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Industry Slant // Bo Berg Talks Giant Schnauzers, DJing, Financial Services

Perficient

In 1993, a guy from the University of Michigan came up with something called Mosaic, which was a browser. I eventually got headhunted to work for City National Bank in Los Angeles. MM: So, you started at City National Bank, and was the bank online before you got there? MM: You played a variety of roles at City National Bank.

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Jobless Claims Rise To 1.4M After 15 Straight Weeks Of Declines

PYMNTS

Just as it has been heartbreaking to see the nation still struggling with the devastating and all too often deadly health aspects of the COVID-19 pandemic, the persistence of elevated new unemployment claims shows the toll the virus continues to take on the economy,” he said in a statement. DOL said Florida was severely impacted by COVID-19.

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Adrienne Harris nominated to serve as Superintendent of the NY Department of Financial Services

CFPB Monitor

Harris joined The White House, where she was appointed as Special Assistant to the President for Economic Policy, as part of the National Economic Council. Ford School of Public Policy’s Center on Finance, Law and Policy at the University of Michigan, as well as a Senior Advisor at the Brunswick Group in Washington D.C.

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VCs Back Autobooks For SMB Banking

PYMNTS

The company cited research from Below Research that found 70 percent of SMBs say they would use a cash flow management solution if it were offered by a bank, representing a gap between what small businesses want and what they get from their banks.

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NEW REPORT: How Navy Federal Keeps Service Members’ Finances In Shipshape

PYMNTS

In Michigan, a group of credit unions recently joined forces to form a new financial institution (FI): a bank. Seven Michigan-based credit unions recently applied to establish a new limited-purpose bank, known as Credit Union Trust. Around The Credit Union World. Talk about a case of strange bedfellows.

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Continuous Financial Education for Women Small Business Owners

FICO

In June, I had the pleasure of participating in a panel discussing credit access and financial education for women small business owners at the National Association of Women Business Owners ( NAWBO ) Advocacy Day events in DC. To learn more about SABF and to access financial management education resources and tools, visit www.fico.com/sabf.