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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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Fighting Food Insecurity in Vermont and New Hampshire: A Community Effort

Ublocal

With many pandemic-related food relief programs ending—including increased SNAP benefits and free school lunches —as well as rising inflation and food costs , the risk of food insecurity for residents across our region is ever-growing. It’s also something that we can all work on together to eliminate.

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Union Bank Continues its Support of Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital with $100,000 Donation for ER Expansion

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When the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital emergency room opened 50 years ago, it was serving about ten patients per day. When construction is completed, Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital will be much better equipped to meet the healthcare needs of our community today, and for years to come.

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Walden Mutual aims to serve New England’s food community

Independent Banker

If it opens its doors as planned in January 2022, Walden Mutual Bank will be the first new mutual bank charter in New Hampshire in a century and the country’s first new mutual charter in five decades. There are more beginning farmers [in New England] than anywhere else in the country.”. By Margaret Littman.

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OCC outlines risk plan as Northeastern loan growth doubles

Abrigo

Many of the issues which the OCC will be focusing on ring true for all banks regardless of regulator and region. As portfolios grow and banks enter new risk scenarios, it would be prudent to reflect upon the key areas outlined above to mitigate the various manifestations of risk and to ensure that recent and future growth will be sound.

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Navigating the Loan Landscape: A Guide to Small Business Financing

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If you don’t already have one, you can get free help writing a business plan at one of the SBA’s Small Business Development Centers –find your nearest one in Vermont or New Hampshire here. You’ll also need to prepare financial projections for at least the next two years and provide business tax returns from the past three years.

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Which are America's healthiest credit unions?

Abrigo

Following the release of Sageworks Bank Information’s list of America’s healthiest banks by region in March of 2015, the company recently examined the health of their credit union (CU) counterparts. The list – America’s healthiest credit unions – names the top 50 CUs that stand out from the pack with an exceptionally low Texas Ratio.

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