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American Banker

Support for Citizens: The View of Community Banking from the Outside

How community financial institutions are creating new connections and new opportunities For all the sector’s pandemic challenges over the last ...
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34% increase in Small Business Administration fiscal year-to-date loan volume loan over 2020
Consumer Behavior

Rapidly Rising Levels of Small Business Lending Give Banks Needed Income Boost

The Story: New data from the Small Business Administration finds lending volume increasing at near-record levels as the economy comes ...
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Banking

Small Business Lending Provides Banks and Credit Unions with Expanding Opportunities Post-COVID

New lending programs show small business support and commitment to community Even as COVID support programs for small businesses close ...
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Banking

Increasing Investments: Serving the Underbanked

How banking for good is rebuilding trust and expanding options for underbanked communities  According to data gathered by the Federal ...
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Banking

Renewal in the New Year: New Wave of PPP Lending Begins

The federal government restarts the small business lending program with a focus on minority-owned businesses, while cities and companies begin ...
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70% of mid-sized businesses planning to expand in 2021
Community Banks

Mid-sized businesses are planning to expand in 2021

The Story: A recent national Business Resilience survey from Umpqua Bank tracked confidence in 1,200 small and mid-size businesses across ...
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Community Banking

Small Business Lending Changes Hope to Help Struggling Sector

The Fed’s Main Street lending program reduces minimums and fees in the absence of additional stimulus As it became clear ...
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Data

Small businesses are already switching banks

The Story: Each year, companies change their financial services providers at a typical rate of around 10%. After a crisis, ...
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Banking

Government Action in Banking Sector During COVID

A roundup of regulatory guidance and policy implications impacting the economy and consumer To encourage adequate reserves through the COVID ...
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