Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to report on the amazing job community banks performed under extreme duress during the initial coronavirus shutdown, by fulfilling 66% of all Paycheck Protection Program loans.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to report on state community bank organizations and Independent Community Banks of America (ICBA) encouraging Congress to take specific steps to help small businesses with their PPP loans.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to report on a concerted effort by community banks to encourage Congress to allow for expensing of payroll covered by PPP, and avoid legal jeopardy with employees and customers upon reopening.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how banks will work with the SBA to get emergency cash to Main Street businesses, including grants, loans and special terms.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to discuss how loan underwriting will have to change as banks fulfill the CARES Act through their relationship with the SBA.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to offer his thoughts on what the economy will look like after we all go back to work, including every reason to expect a robust bounce-back later in 2020.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to report on the current state of America’s community banks, and what’s being done to help them recover from a difficult regulatory decade.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to reveal some of the ways the government has harmed community banks in the past decade, and steps that are being taken to turn this abuse/indifference around.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to discuss the inequity of the new tax law regarding small businesses, and why community banks are trying to help improve how this low rolls out.

Paul Merski joins Jim Blasingame to report on proposed legislation that would require a community banker to be one of the Fed's five governors.