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The Economy is Rebounding—But Small Businesses Are Still Recovering. Here’s What Community Banks Can Do

Lending Front

But while the economy in general is expected to boom, many small businesses are still in recovery mode. Of course, many firms opted to apply for fully forgivable PPP loans instead of traditional loans, seeing as the second round of PPP had funds earmarked for underserved small businesses. Enter community banks.

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How Lenders Can Better Support Small Business Growth in their Communities

FICO

Small business credit access grew in 2018 and with modifications to the Small Business Administration (SBA) rules for more streamlined processing, access is predicted to grow. However, untapped opportunities for growth remain for startups and minority owned businesses as suggested in SBA research.

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MOXY Preps Launch Of New Community Bank With NYMBUS

PYMNTS

MOXY bank , preparing to be one of the first new community banks to launch in the U.S. in decades, has announced that it is working with technology solutions company NYMBUS to integrate its core digital banking and payment services.

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Small Business Banking Braces For More Disruption

PYMNTS

Arjun Thyagarajan, co-founder and CEO at SMB banking and payments technology firm Wise , told PYMNTS that in 2020, SMBs’ continued demand for better banking experiences will inevitably drive the ongoing proliferation of data sharing. Open banking wasn’t the only disruptive trend for SMB financial services this year. In the U.S.,

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How is Banking-as-a-Service Driving Financial Inclusion Across the Globe?

The Fintech Times

Banking-as-a-Service (BaaS) describes the concept that enables non-bank platforms to access banking capabilities traditionally only offered by licensed banks. BaaS means these businesses can focus on what makes them unique and inclusive.”

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StreetShares Nets $10M To Expand SMB Lending Tech

PYMNTS

The technology particularly impacted FIs like community banks, Minority Depository Institutions (MDIs) and Community Development Financial Institutions, which made up around 75 percent of the StreetShares PPP loan forgiveness volume, the release stated. "But

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Micro-Businesses? Major Role In SMB Banking Disruption

PYMNTS

Solopreneur, independent contractor, freelancer, gig worker – regardless of the name, micro-business owners can largely agree that, when it comes to traditional banking, they’re often left out in the cold. “I think we can all agree that small businesses are at the epicenter of our economy. .