Feb 28, 2012 | Banking and Finance
Community financial institutions (FIs) and credit unions (CUs) are triumphing over big banks at a time when the country's small businesses are making tentative steps toward economic recovery, the Christian Science Monitor reports. The source notes that despite...
Feb 27, 2012 | Banking and Finance
Setting up a community bank presence on Twitter is unlikely to garner the same number of followers as more established big-name financial institutions – but in a way, that might be beneficial, notes the Philadelphia Business Journal. Banks can use Twitter to...
Feb 24, 2012 | Running Your Business
According to a recent study by Fidelity Investments, more than half (53 percent) of the nearly six million small businesses in the nation don't have an optimal retirement plan. What's more, many entrepreneurs are confused or uninformed about the features and...
Feb 22, 2012 | Running Your Business
If you're considering founding your own company, the first thing to know is that you're not alone. In fact, a study released by Civic Ventures in November of last year found that one in four U.S. citizens between the ages of 44 and 70 were interested in...
Feb 21, 2012 | Running Your Business
According to a recent CNBC article by Louis Hernandez, Jr., community-based financial institutions are best equipped to help small enterprises begin to recover from the recession. Hernandez, author of the upcoming book “Saving the American Dream: Main...
