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AUGUST 24, 2018

There are ways, however, that traditional financial institutions (FIs) still beat out alternative players, especially when it comes to the relationship between small business (SMB) owners and financial service providers. “It’s cool for us, because we have a better choice of who we get to work with in terms of customers.

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AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? In late July, the Federal Reserve Faster Payments Task Force released its much-anticipated report on how to strengthen and operate the U.S. faster payments system. When ‘Wait And See’ Won’t Cut It Anymore.

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OCTOBER 12, 2017

Just days after the Federal Reserve released a report highlighting the changing role of small business loans at community banks, the latest Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index published, suggesting small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending at small banks remains strong.

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Fi911

AUGUST 1, 2023

The US Federal Reserve has introduced FedNow ; a new instant payment platform that will facilitate transactions at any given time. This is distinct from other customer-centric payment services like Venmo or Zelle in that its implementation hinges on the adoption by banking institutions. How Will FedNow Impact Banks?

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PYMNTS

APRIL 8, 2020

An old computer system and too few employees are making it hard for the Small Business Administration (SBA) to meet the high demand for coronavirus relief loans, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday (April 7). Further, community banks are nearly out of cash.

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Lending Front

JUNE 9, 2021

But one of the most unsettling is this: For the first time in the five years since the Federal Reserve began conducting its national small business credit survey , more businesses experienced decreases in revenues and employment than increases. economic activity , small businesses are the backbone of our economy.

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Payments Source

AUGUST 14, 2019

Black and Hispanic owners of one-person businesses are more likely to be discouraged from applying for financing, and they’re less likely to receive financing when they do apply for it, than their white counterparts, according to a new report from the New York Fed.

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Lending Front

JUNE 9, 2021

With the need for small business funding greater than ever, it poses the question: is it time to turn traditional parameters and criteria on their head? . This type of reframing can also help open up credit access to small business owners that need it. . It welcomes a greater pool of small business applicants.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. Earlier this month, the Federal Reserve released new data that found the average merger review time for deals in the banking sector declined to 3.8 months in the first half of 2018, from 5.6

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Lending Front

JUNE 15, 2021

Yet for small business loan requests, many lenders are still relying on manual processes to identify worthy entrepreneurs seeking funding. . What would it take to get small business lending up to speed? . And those applicants that do make it through are met with stringent lending criteria that favors large businesses.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

Banking, Eyed by the Fed. The United States Federal Reserve, through Loretta Mester, president of the Cleveland Federal Reserve, has said that there should be an overhaul of regulations on small business banking that would in turn give a lift to U.S. community banks and small business lending.

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PYMNTS

MAY 30, 2018

Small businesses (SMBs) seeking loans decreased at the end of 2017, and companies felt the sting of financial challenges more acutely. Financing of all sorts was on the downswing, and SMB owners began dipping into their own piggy banks before seeking a lending agreement. In the 10 years following the financial crisis, the U.S.

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FICO

APRIL 3, 2020

When it comes to the financial fallout, small businesses, including smaller community banks, will take the biggest hit. If tens of thousands of small businesses default on their loans, it’s detrimental to everyone, including creditors. Consider Small Business Administration (SBA) Loans.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Total mortgage debt of one to four-family residences, as measured by the Federal Reserve, stood at $9 trillion as compared to $9.3 The Federal Reserve noted earlier this year that FinTechs have been able to boost their percentage of U.S. trillion at the peak of the financial crisis.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. Congress is encouraging the Federal Reserve to take advantage of the fact that the U.S.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 13, 2019

The insurance sector sees demand for faster claim payouts, for example, while the small business lending market can similarly add value to borrowers by enabling them to draw funds from their line of credit, and actually access that money same day or in near real time. ” In the U.S., Canada, etc.” Canada, etc.”

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 20, 2020

Community banks are often the familiar faces of the financial services world, and when small businesses seek capital, their neighborhood financial institution can be a promising place to start. We’re trying to turn community members into community bankers,” he said, “and allowing them to vote with their wallet.”.

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FICO

MAY 6, 2020

The media has been giving banks a lot of bad press for how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was handled. While small businesses are scrambling to obtain emergency funding, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed some of the shortcomings of the big bank system. The Piedmont Bank’s policy is “first come, first serve.”

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