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How Are Leading Financial Institutions Navigating the Cryptocurrency Market? 4 Highlights From 2021

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Cryptocurrencies are volatile – they often fluctuate as much as 10 percent per day. Outlined below are some leading financial institutions’ current outlooks regarding their hand in cryptocurrency: Bank of America. Bank of New York Mellon. According to CoinGecko, the cryptocurrency market is worth more than $2.35

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New Regulatory Guidance on Providing Banking Services to Hemp-Related Businesses

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The landscape around banking hemp and hemp-related businesses is very confusing. A joint statement was issued to provide guidance to institutions regarding banking hemp. The guidance does not cover marijuana banking. . Banking regulators, state regulators, and FinCEN release joint statement. Seeing through the smoke.

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Chime’s Expanding Banking Services Menu

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When Chime ’s Co-founders Chris Britt (CEO) and Ryan King (CTO) first set out to start a web bank, it was with one idea in mind: offering middle-class consumers a good deal. It was something that was surprisingly hard for them to find in mainstream banking. King and Britt launched Chime in 2014 to address that underbanked segment.

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Show Me the Money: Banks and Credit Unions Need to Establish a Chief Revenue Officer Position

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FIs’ renewed focus on revenue generation, vendor relationships and new product development is great – but someone needs to be leading it. There’s a saying that “some things never change,” and when it comes to mid-size banks’ and credit unions’ technology priorities, there’s some truth there. Improving efficiency. Money: It’s a Hit.

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The effect of nonbanks in the mortgage space

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Josh Prejean (right) of Bank of Zachary, here with mortgage client David Rozas, says community banks must compete through customer service. We look at how community banks can counter nonbanks’ offerings through streamlined technology, customer service and other strategies. Josh Prejean, Bank of Zachary.

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Japanese FinTech Kyash Notches $45M Despite Pandemic

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Tokyo, Japan’s digital banking startup Kyash has closed a $45 million Series C funding deal co-led by Greenspring Associates and Goodwater Capital, Kyash said in a statement on Sunday (March 30). Greenspring Associates is a global venture capital investment platform managing assets in excess of $10 billion. This is our main business.”.

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Formula for Business Lending Success: Minimize Delays

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At most banks and credit unions, for example, staff re-enter the same data point between 1 and 5 times. This means having processes and people in place for bringing in borrowers, identifying the right loans to book, pricing them correctly, and closing loans quickly and efficiently enough to meet customer needs and institutional goals.

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