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Behind Mercantile Bank's Payroll and HR Solution
After struggling to manage its own payroll and human resources needs, Mercantile Bank built a solution that’s now used by business customers and non-customers alike.
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Nonprofit Lending Strategies for Community Banks: 3 Steps to Success
Nonprofit organizations face different funding challenges than for-profit businesses, but community banks can nurture these relationships in tried-and-tested fashion.
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How to Help Businesses in Distress
Learn how community banks can identify early warning signs of financial distress and empower borrowers through loan restructuring and proactive communication.
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5 Treasury Management Services Community Banks Need to Have
Treasury management services for business customers are table stakes for community banks looking to attract and retain valuable customer relationships.
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Banking the Nonprofit Way
Helping their communities: It’s the community bank way—but it’s not always done through volunteering. These banks tell us how they support nonprofits in their areas through banking services, education and more, helping these organizations amplify their work for the groups they serve.
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Adapting lending practices during a recession
Many lenders are looking for ways to mitigate risk and ease economic burden for their customers amid a predicted recession. Three community bank lenders share their advice for lending during an economic downturn.
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Lexicon Bank: A bank that shows its hand
When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards.
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How New England banks are supporting the tourism industry
Welcome, leaf peepers! Now that autumn is here, it’s time to take a road trip and meet the community banks that call New England home, making an impact on their communities and helping local tourism survive and thrive, year-round.
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