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Inc. March 2006	Working Your Assets Venture merchant financing can save cash-strapped companies.
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Bank Technology News February 2007 John Adams	Customer Education: Knowledge Is The Path To Healthy HSAs There's a knowledge gap among consumers and employers about HSAs, ranging from how they work to how much they cost. A handful of institutions are trying to fix that.
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Insurance & Technology April 5, 2006 Anthony O'Donnell	Partners and Rivals The shift by consumers to lower-premium high-deductible health plans along with the redirection of healthcare dollars into bank accounts represents a serious challenge for insurers, and a serious opportunity for banks and other financial services companies.
Entrepreneur April 2006 Crystal Detamore-Rodman	Work With Me When it comes to lending, finance companies are often less demanding and more understanding than banks.
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Bank Technology News January 2010 John Adams	Thank Payments Innovation a Bundle Like a specialist working with a primary care doctor, US Bank takes a tag-team approach to bundling commercial lending with payments and processing automation.
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Entrepreneur April 2005 Crystal Detamore-Rodman	Just Your Size Don't make assumptions about a bank's lending methods based on size alone--here's how to find the bank that can help your business cash in.
Bank Systems & Technology March 27, 2008 Nancy Atkinson	By Understanding the Supply Chain, Savvy Banks Can Grow Their Trade Finance Business The biggest compliance issue is heightened concern about how well banks know their customers.
Entrepreneur July 2003 David Newton	In the Balance Learn the factors banks really weigh when setting business-loan terms.
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Finance & Development March 1, 2001 Neil Gregory & Stoyan Tenev	The Financing of Private Enterprise in China A 1999 survey of more than 600 private Chinese enterprises revealed that they relied primarily on self-financing. For China's private sector to thrive, firms will need increased access to external loan and equity financing...
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Bank Systems & Technology February 27, 2006 Ivan Schneider	Health or Savings (But not Both) Right now, HSA deposits seem riskless. Banks aren't responsible for enforcing IRS rules about where the money can be spent, so HSAs are just another deposit account with no consumer protection headaches or compliance gotchas. But do you really believe it'll stay so simple?
Bank Technology News August 2003	By The Numbers One of the major effects of check-image exchange is the eventual elimination of the float. The annual value of the float is about $5 billion, say banks, even in today's low-rate environment.
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Entrepreneur September 2005 April Y. Pennington	Show Me the Money You don't need big bucks to start a franchise -- you just need the right source of funding.
U.S. Banker November 2007 Lee Conrad	In Pay Raises, Small Banks Outpace the Broader Industry According to America's Community Bankers' annual compensation survey, chief information officers/chief technology officers saw an 11.2 percent increase in their base salaries at community banks between 2006 and 2007.
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