PYMNTS

MAY 3, 2018

Take Wildfang , the Portland, Oregon-based feminist fashion brand defined by menswear-inspired suiting and irreverent female empowerment slogans — but best known for its “Wild Feminist” t-shirt. Wildfang CEO & Co-founder Emma McIlroy says that’s why the company is approaching physical retail as a hub for its community.

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AUGUST 5, 2019

West Coast rockfish caught off the coast of Oregon, Washington and Alaska. The company has found a broad appeal for its product, from young moms to kids as well as Keto and Paleo communities. The Market. With fish jerky, Mendoza said his company is building out a new “edge of the category in the market” for meat-based snacks.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2019

But it wasn’t until many years later that he decided to go all-in on the mushroom jerky concept, working with them to reformulate the recipe and manufacture the jerky in Portland, Oregon. The Market. A particularly exciting market is the growing population of people who are looking to reduce their meat intake.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Community banks are vital providers of small-business credit because of their extensive local market knowledge and deep customer relationships. According to Columbia State Bank, the Oregon loan program, “allowed us to rely more heavily on the projected future income and growth the borrower was experiencing.” By Jessica Milano.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. Ring users place their trust in us to help protect their homes and communities, and we take that responsibility very seriously,” a spokesperson said.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

One Community Bank’s 30-year relationship with All-Color Powder Coating is carried on by banker Steven Erickson (left) and Dan Anderson. Whether achieved by internal or external resources, community banks provide valuable support for small businesses. To achieve this, community banks use a number of strategies.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

PYMNTS recently caught up with Joe Munk, the program manager of the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon, to discuss small business accelerators, the benefits of collaboration and what he sees ahead for startup success. The number of accelerator programs around the U.S.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2016

He further noted, “I love the way we take care of the community. The immediate priority for that funding is developing its analytics platform and increasing its market share. We had a couple of guys road tripping from Texas to Oregon,” Gorlin said, “and they picked up gigs to pay for gas. We’re honestly built on neighborliness.”

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

The Bank offers a wide range of deposit services including demand deposits, regular savings accounts, money market accounts, individual retirement accounts, and certificates of deposit with fixed rates and a range of maturity options. We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 31, 2016

And nothing is worse than a bad product launch or poorly planned marketing strategy. Let’s just say, the pics weren’t well-received by the sneaker-loving community, and Harden’s been hearing it on social media ever since. With that said, PYMNTS decided to take a look at some of retail’s biggest winners and losers of the moment.

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ForwardBanker

MAY 23, 2019

Our Small Business Revolution – Main Street team recently finished its 2019 series of small business marketing seminars. Since 2016, the team put on more than 20 free seminars taking place in locations from Oregon and Washington state to South Carolina, Texas, and Michigan.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2020

“Online purchasing is a potential lifeline for SNAP participants living in urban neighborhoods and rural communities where access to healthy food choices can be limited,” then-U.S. We’re looking forward to being able to bring the benefits of the online market to low-income Americans participating in SNAP.”.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. First, with AI’s ability to mimic human intelligence, community banks can quickly process huge amounts of data to ease customer friction.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 25, 2016

First, according to Breon, Vacasa tends to operate in smaller towns and more affluent communities, where people have vacation or second homes, as opposed to larger cities and urban centers, where Airbnb typically dominates the market. And Vacasa is serving a vastly different clientele than the one Airbnb caters to.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 1, 2017

At a recent banking conference, Ray Davis of Umpqua Bank took center stage to tell of his journey from a small, Oregon community bank to a regional powerhouse. It was a precursor to a presentation they gave at the ABA Marketing Conference in New Orleans titled " How to Build Remarkable Products ". But I'm not a marketer.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

And the financial benefits of these accelerators may only be the start of the equation, at least according to Joe Munk, program manager at the Portland State University Startup Accelerator in Oregon. The developer community within the Tracker is separated into three categories: Shopping and Payments, Operations and Marketing.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2017

There is also the surprising reality that goods that less affluent consumers favor also tend to stay in the market longer with fewer changes over time, meaning their prices more or less trend up with inflation. Said simply, premium goods favored by wealthier shoppers go on sale more often than staple goods bought by more down-market shoppers.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Oregon Bancorp, Inc. billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 4, 2017

From protests over benefits to unfair compensation, many issues have long been a source of contention between the ridesharing companies and their driver communities. rideshare markets. In response, over the last few years, both have tweaked how and when their drivers get paid.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

The goal, analysts note isn’t to steal market share from the leaders. Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan were co-signatories of a letter Wednesday (Nov. Both Apple and Spotify have much, much larger song catalogs that Amazon offers.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

But the company is arguably more excited about its chances to grow in central Oregon and Idaho, which are more like its existing markets. Montana's biggest bank will have to compete in cities such as Seattle and Portland, Ore., after buying Cascade Bancorp.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 5, 2018

Participants pitch to a panel of Visa representatives — and a few large client representatives — in what Visa’s SVP of Digital and Marketing Transformation Shiv Singh described as a “Shark Tank”-like format. SoftBank Group led the round, along with participation from GIC, Wellcome Trust and Sequoia Capital. So, what did we learn this week?

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DECEMBER 12, 2017

This is good news for the job market; however, a number of decisions may be made before yearend that will change the competitive landscape for small businesses. provides turn-key digital lending technology and integrated digital marketing for financial institutions, targeted toward small business and consumer loans. www.rcgiltner.com.

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NCR

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

So last year, the New York resident left the big bank, setting up an account with Simple, an FDIC-insured direct bank based in Portland, Oregon, where he can do all of his banking online – without any monthly fees. “I Not surprisingly, after months of getting dinged for “maintenance,” Coleman had enough.

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Fintech Labs Insights

APRIL 7, 2016

Around the web: D3 Banking subscribes to market intelligence solution, FI Navigator. Oregon’s Rivermark Community CU to deploy online and mobile banking solutions from Digital Insight. California-based Yolo FCU chooses Insuritas to open and run its turnkey insurance agency.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

on the horizon, CRISPR has reached a new peak in interest from outside the scientific community. . However, teams using CRISPR can bring customized therapies to market more quickly than was previously dreamed, speeding up the traditional drug discovery process. And with a Jennifer Lopez-produced bio-terror TV drama called C.R.I.S.P.R.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The coalition plans to create an open standards-based platform for bringing self-driving cars to market, aiming to put its first vehicle, the BMW iNEXT, on the road by 2021. Started testing self-driving connected trucks on the road in Oregon in 2017. Read more: Bloomberg , FT , Recode. Acquired AI startup Argo for $1B.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

on the horizon, CRISPR has reached a new peak in interest from outside the scientific community. . However, teams using CRISPR can bring customized therapies to market more quickly than was previously dreamed, speeding up the traditional drug discovery process. And with a Jennifer Lopez-produced bio-terror TV drama called C.R.I.S.P.R.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. It will never regain its IPO value and it trades at one-third the market cap of LendingTree.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. For other borrowers, the $596 million-asset community bank allowed deferrals of principal or, in some cases, full payment deferrals. Photo: R.J.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 22, 2016

Stock market charting tools. HQ: Portland, Oregon. Community platform for investors. Tags: Advisors, investing, social, marketing, sales, trading. Alt-lender targeting millennials . Latest round: $5.6 million Series A. Total raised: $305.6 million (unknown mix of Debt/Equity). HQ: California. Source: Crunchbase , WSJ.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2021

Is this the first crowdfunded short squeeze in the history of the market? Will this destroy the stock market as we know it? Blockbuster officially declared Chapter 11 in 2010, more or less ending its run as a company (a single location remains in Bend Oregon). Do you see this community channeling their anger at the system?

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 28, 2016

Edgewater Markets. HQ: Portland, Oregon. Tags: SMB, expense management, expense reports, debit card, prepaid, accounting, bookkeeping, Y Combinator (investor), Community Federal Savings Bank (issuer). Automated lending solutions for financial institutions. Latest round: $40 million. Total raised: $50 million. HQ: Austin, Texas.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 24, 2019

Hosting marketing and sales execs at Caesars Palace is kinda asking for it, isn’t it? A few nuggets: Marketing spend is the one place where banks can innovate quickly vs. waiting for long-haul tech and people-based transformations. Let’s just call it. Much of the rest of the event was echoing or living up to this session.

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PYMNTS

MAY 28, 2018

The disproportionally high arrest rates for members of the black community make the use of facial recognition technology by law enforcement problematic because it could serve to reinforce this trend,” wrote the lawmakers in the letter, according to the Intercept. Two police departments in those states use the technology. “I

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm 2009 Lowell L. Bonadio Bonadio, Felice A. Bruner Bruner, Robert F. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L. Bankrupt: Restoring the Health and Profitability of Our Banking System 1991 Lowell L. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 25, 2023

This lack of access to financial services hinders these businesses’ abilities to gain a market foothold and contributes to the flourishing of an unregulated, underground marketplace. In addition, reputational risk is a factor in many conservative communities.

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