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National Small Business Week Celebrates the American Entrepreneurial Spirit

Abrigo

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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ICBA Community Bankers of the Year

Independent Banker

Senior Vice President, Marketing for. Four community bankers were selected for this year’s recognition: National Award Recipient. Summit Bank, Oakland, Calif. D+H in Lake Mary, Fla. Terry Jorde. ICBA Senior Executive Vice President, Chief of Staff. The 2014 Community Banker of the Year Recipients. Shirley Nelson.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

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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The Solar Industry’s Most Active Investors

CB Insights

Investors like the US Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation have also been highly active in giving out grants and financing debt rounds. This has naturally led the firm to make many of its investments in emerging markets. grant from the local Municipal Government of Dongguan.

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B&M’s Inventory Issues Aren’t Going Away Online

PYMNTS

If storing and shipping an entire nation (or world’s) supply of products is the next great Gordian knot of online retail, then it pays to look at how the industry’s top dog is faring at the task. In some markets with access to metropolitan areas, like Oakland, rents skyrocketed 29.8 percent in 2015, it jumped 9.9

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

PYMNTS

The teams at FinTech startup LendUp and Oakland-based Beneficial State Bank think very differently about that relationship. According to Orloff, LendUp and Beneficial State came up with the idea to offer a socially responsible credit card product several years ago, but it only came to market this spring. percent to 29.99

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Agnani, Director of Policy and Civic Engagement, National Coalition for Asian Pacific American Community Development, Washington, D.C. Hughes, Senior Vice President of Card Marketing, Discover Financial Services, Deerfield, Ill. Katey Proefke – Assistant Vice President of Compliance, Chevron Federal Credit Union, Oakland, Calif.

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