May 16, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Main Street Monday – Small Business Owners are Prioritizing Digital Aids to Support Business Operations “Looking longer term, entrepreneurs anticipate that emerging technologies, such as cybersecurity, 5G and automation, will become increasingly important to business success. Many business owners are also adopting digital tools at a higher rate to…

May 13, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Coleman Report – Live Shows and 2 New Podcasts on the Coleman Report YouTube Channel Now for your convenience, full episodes of the Coleman Report Live! show will be uploaded to the Coleman Report YouTube channel. Coleman Report Live! will continue to stream live on Mondays and Fridays at…

May 12, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Coleman Movers & Shakers – Kate Hart Zayaitz, Bonnie Roberts, and Randy Lagomarsino Kate Hart Zayaitz Joins New Tripoli Bank as SVP, Senior Loan Officer Kate comes to New Tripoli Bank from her previous position as Commercial Bank Team Leader at Fulton Bank, where she worked for the past…

May 11, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor C-Suite Wednesday – Bankers Report Loan Terms and Credit Standards are Unchanged “Regarding loans to businesses, respondents to the survey reported, on balance, unchanged standards for commercial and industrial (C&I) loans to firms of all sizes, after having eased them over the previous four quarters, while demand strengthened over…

May 10, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor SBA Hot Topic Tuesday – 16% of Small Business Borrowers Reported Higher Relative Interest Rates “Financial markets have already made significant adjustments to changes in Fed policies and the uncertainties of war and Covid shutdowns that continue in China. More is likely to come as assets, financial and real…

May 9, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Main Street Monday – The Biden-Harris Administration’s Plan to Support Record-Breaking Small Business Growth “The boom in new business creation has been particularly strong for entrepreneurs of color. In 2021, Hispanic Americans started new businesses at the fastest rate in more than a decade and 23 percent faster than…

May 6, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Fraud Friday – CEO of Palmetto State Bank Accused of Defrauding Families Out of More than $3.75 Million Russell Laffitte checked himself into the Kershaw County Detention Center this morning, prior to his bond hearing, after being named in three superseding indictments from the state grand jury after being…

May 5, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Coleman Movers & Shakers – Michael Smith, Binu Tondon, Tom Hurdman, and Linda Anderson Appalachian Development Corporation hires Michael Smith as Vice President Appalachian Development Corporation (ADC) welcomes Michael Smith as their new Vice President. He will be working with banks, lenders, credit unions, and small businesses throughout South…

May 4, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor Today, Bob Coleman and Chris Hurn of Fountainhead spoke with Coleman’s 2022 Main Street Lender of the Year Award Winner, Senator Marco Rubio, about the Paycheck Protection Program’s role in supporting Main Street America. Senator Rubio reveals what he believed would happen had the government not released the Paycheck…

May 3, 2022 Delaney SextonContributing Editor SBA Hot Topic Tuesday – Administrator Guzman Testifies for SBA FY23 Budget Requests “President Biden’s fiscal year 2023 budget builds on the agency’s successes, honing our programs to make it easier for small businesses to grow—especially in communities and areas of our economy where they are needed most: expanding…