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Banks and CDFIs: Partnering for community impact

Abrigo

And to thrive, those customers need economically diverse and healthy communities in which to live and work. Partnering with local organizations to promote the health of those communities is often a top priority for banks. Most commonly structured as revolving loan funds, CDFIs intermediate capital between investors and underserved U.S.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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Putting the "Community" Into Community Banking

Jeff For Banks

Community banking has almost achieved Kleenex or Xerox fame, being generalized to the point of meaninglessness. And the dilution of what it means to be a community bank has been diminished not just by interlopers pretending to be sheep in wolf's clothing, but also regulators, and unfortunately, community banks themselves.

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Social Calendar App IRL Lands $16M In Series B Funding Round

PYMNTS

Colleges and universities, in particular, need a way to build and foster a sense of community, whether their students are away from campus remote learning or on campus practicing hybrid learning,” said IRL’s Founder and CEO Abraham Shafi in a statement. This new funding will allow us to. This new funding will allow us to.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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PayPal Provides $5M In Grants To Support Minority Businesses

PYMNTS

The grants are part of the San Jose, California-based worldwide online payments system’s $530 million pledge made earlier this year to strengthen minority communities and fight for economic equality and racial justice. “To PayPal Holdings Inc. provided $5 million in grants to support Black-owned businesses in the U.S.

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