SBA: National Small Business Week Virtual Summit Event Schedule for September 13-15 Announced
The U.S. Small Business Administration’s National Small Business Week Virtual Summit event schedule is set. This annual event, happening September 13-15, 2021, honors the nation’s 31 million small businesses for their perseverance, ingenuity, triumphs, and creativity. SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman announced National Small Business Week in a news release last month. The free, three-day conference will take place in a…
FDIC: FDITECH Opens Registration for Tech Sprint to Measure and Test Bank Resilience
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today opened the registration period to participate in a tech sprint designed to identify and develop measures, data, and other capabilities to understand how resilient banks are to major disruptions. This tech sprint is intended to be the first of several focused on how to foster stronger resiliency in…
FDIC: FDITECH Selects Eight Teams in Tech Sprint to Reach the Unbanked
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced the selection of eight teams to participate in a ‘tech sprint’ designed to explore new technologies and techniques to help banks meet the needs of unbanked consumers. The FDIC’s tech lab, FDITECH, launched Breaking Down Barriers: Reaching the Last Mile of the Unbanked on July 6, 2021. This first-of-its-kind…
EDA: U.S. Department of Commerce Launches STEM Talent Challenge to Fuel Nation’s Growing Innovation
Today, U.S. Secretary of Commerce Gina M. Raimondo announced the launch of the Economic Development Administration’s (EDA) STEM Talent Challenge to support programs to train science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) talent and fuel regional innovation economies across the nation. The $2 million STEM Talent Challenge will provide funding for work-and-learn programs to increase America’s STEM-capable workforce…
SBA: National Small Business Week Virtual Summit Announced for September 13-15
SBA to Host Three-Day Live Summit of Learning and Online Education Sessions for Small Businesses The U.S. Small Business Administration has announced its 2021 National Small Business Week Virtual Summit for September 13-15, 2021. This year’s events will spotlight the resilience of America’s entrepreneurs and the renewal of the small business economy as they build back better from the economic…
FDIC: Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee to Meet Virtually July 21st
July 21st virtual meeting to address issues important to minority banks The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced the agency’s Minority Depository Institutions (MDI) Subcommittee to the Advisory Committee on Community Banking will hold an open meeting at 1 p.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 21, 2021. During the public portion of the meeting, subcommittee members…
FDIC: Meeting of the Advisory Committee on Community Banking Announced for July 22nd
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today announced the agency’s Advisory Committee on Community Banking will meet on Thursday, July 22nd to discuss local banking conditions as well as the work of the Minority Depository Institutions Subcommittee. FDIC senior staff will also provide updates on supervision matters, regulatory financial inclusion efforts, and initiatives of the FDIC’s…
OCC: First Anniversary of Project REACh Celebrated
Acting Comptroller of the Currency Michael J. Hsu today marked the first anniversary of Project REACh by hosting participants to celebrate the project’s accomplishments and to challenge them to set their sights even higher over the next two years. “Project REACh has generated a great deal of excitement and made great strides in its first…
SBA: National SBIR Week Scheduled to Connect Technology Innovators & Entrepreneurs with Research Funding
The U.S. Small Business Administration will host 2021 National SBIR Week on July 19 through July 23 for small business innovators. The virtual event will connect entrepreneurs working on advanced technology to the country’s largest source of early-stage funding – the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs. The SBA Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman will…
FDIC: FDITECH Registration Open for Tech Sprint to Reach the Unbanked
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) today opened the registration period to participate in a Tech Sprint designed to explore new technologies and techniques that would help expand the capabilities of banks to meet the needs of the unbanked. Interested organizations can request to participate in this Tech Sprint by visiting the FDIC’s Tech Lab…