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Q2 2021 COMMERCIAL MARKETS OUTLOOK

The Economy Roars Ahead
Get insights into the economic indicators of a recovering economy and key areas to focus your business for growth in 2021.

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Where Interest Rates Are Headed Next
What Importers Should Expect form Biden and China
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Optimizing Your Captive Insurance Company with the Right Banking Partner

3 reasons why a holistic banking relationship is a customized asset for captive insurance owners.

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The Top 5 Benefits We See Driving the Trend

Captive insurance is an increasingly popular tool for many organizations, from major multinational corporations to nonprofits. This approach, essentially a form of...

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The Expanding ESG Wave

The growing importance of the Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) movement across the financial markets is undeniable—and it is now making its way into commercial lending...

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Preparing for a World Without LIBOR

LIBOR’s scheduled phase-out beginning in 2021 has significant implications for companies that presently have debt tied to LIBOR. There are some sensible steps that...

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12 Ways to Increase Business Card Rewards and Optimize Cash Flow

Well beyond just travel and entertainment (T&E) payments, business credit cards can be used to pay a wide variety of suppliers and merchants. As ...

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Identify and Address Disruptive Threats Head On

Given this reality, it’s critical that small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) continually survey the competitive landscape, identify potential sources of...

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Five Intangibles of Capital Call Lines: What Private Funds Need to Know

While the credit structures of capital call lines may be similar across banks, these facilities are not a commodity. Alternately known as...

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Lending Outlook Brightens for Senior Housing and Care

In a damaged economy when most industries were reeling from the pandemic, the senior housing and care industry stood out for the severity of its struggles...

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Sizing Up the Region’s Hospital Consolidation Trends

The consolidation trend among hospitals and health systems continues. The question for most large players is not whether they will continue to make...

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Combat the Surge in Ransomware Attacks

Healthcare providers and systems are squarely in the crosshairs of cybercriminals, and this threat will persist given the value of patient information and the vulnerability...

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Healthcare Staffing Challenges in the Time of COVID-19

As hospitals and post-acute inpatient facilities in some parts of the nation begin to come out of the darkest days of the COVID-19 pandemic and start shifting toward a...

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As the dollar depreciates, Europe beckons.

What a difference a year makes. In the fall of 2019, US importers and exporters were coping with a strengthening dollar and devising ways to manage the associated risks and opportunities. Today, middle...

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Fighting Cybercrime: Old Tools for New Threats

Digital communications and transactions have vastly increased the speed and convenience of business. But this digitization has also paved the way for...

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Using Trade Finance to Diversify Suppliers and Reduce Supply Chain Risk

Even before the coronavirus pandemic swept the globe there were compelling reasons for middle market companies to diversify suppliers to de-risk their...

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Taking the Currency Risk out of Imports

No one wants to leave money on the table, but given the strength of the U.S. dollar many middle market companies that import from Europe and Canada have effectively been doing just that. Why is that? Because...

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Effective Risk Management for Human Service Organizations

Nonprofit human service organizations accomplish amazing things—often with budgets that would seem spartan to their counterparts in the for-profit world.

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