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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. Many banks expressed frustration over keeping small business banking housed within the retail bank channel. However, this was the most common structure.

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From Community Hubs To In-Store Theater, Retailers Double Down In Digital At NRF

PYMNTS

The National Retail Federation ’s annual convention may have come and gone but the sentiments, strategies and lessons learned from facing nearly a year of pandemic-led changes by some of the world’s largest merchants are going nowhere fast — especially when it comes to their embrace of increased digitalization.

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The Current Wave: Merchants, markets and awards

Current

We’re excited to announce the launch of our newsletter, The Current Wave, where we’ll be sharing everything from all that’s new at Current to industry insights from Current CEO Stuart Sopp, to discussing impacts on the economy and global markets. Digital financial conferences are back and featuring Current!

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Mastercard Card Clearing In China, Unattended Retail, Rapid Settlements Top This Week’s News

PYMNTS

We have deep dives into unattended retail, rapid settlements and cybersecurity, as well as news on Mastercard receiving the go-ahead from China’s central bank to set up a bank clearing business. Mastercard Gets Nod To Join China’s $27T Payments Market. a share with a market cap of $14.6 As of Friday (Feb. Sound familiar?

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Can The US Follow China’s COVID Comeback?

PYMNTS

The Chinese retail economy is on the comeback trail, lending optimism to the thinking that the U.S. Earlier this week the Chinese National Bureau of Statistics announced that August retail sales rose for the first time this year by 0.5 That’s stacked up against the first eight months of the year when retail sales slid 8.6

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Easing Chapter 11 Pain For Small Businesses

PYMNTS

Reports in The National Law Review on Tuesday (April 23) said proponents of the bipartisan bill remain optimistic about its eventual passage into law. The process could condense the bankruptcy timeframe, requiring that a bankruptcy court hold a status conference 60 days after filing. In the U.S.,

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On National Burrito Day, Chipotle Serves Up Signs Of QSR Innovation

PYMNTS

As far as made-up, non-holiday holidays go, you could probably do worse than National Burrito Day , which takes place on Thursday (April 4). Part of the growth in digital came from online marketing, Niccol told investors when discussing the latest Chipotle financials.