Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Here’s what community bankers need to know when planning their budgets for the next year. These days, there’s a lot to contend with as a community bank, from changing consumer behaviors due to the pandemic to uncertainty surrounding the economy and inflation. By Cheryl Winokur Munk. Quick stat. Source: 2021 Provident Bank survey.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 30, 2020

Long before the pandemic, consumers were trending toward digital in their financial services relationships — experimenting with mobile wallets, digital cards, self-service mobile banking and digital gifting. Firms must position themselves to take that valuable top-of-wallet card location with consumers.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. But there’s plenty community banks can do to meet this challenge. Fraud and cyber attacks are on the rise, and at great expense to the industry.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. It’s a story told by the data itself, Lesher said. Square announced $1.3

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. Burmis, senior vice president and retail lending manager at $450 million-asset Chelsea State Bank in Chelsea, Mich. So how can community banks help? By Beth Mattson-Teig. Plenty of tools in the box. Flexibility needed.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 15, 2021

There will also be payment cards from NAB, and customers will use Q Business to control spend, the report stated. Nicki Bisgaard , CEO and founder of EedenBull, said in the report that the new partnership “underlines our progress in offering best-in-class payment and spend management technology to the banking community globally.”. “We

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Coupa , which works in business spend management, is rolling out new capabilities to help with businesses’ spend visibility while lowering risk, through a cloud-based platform, according to a press release.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 20, 2020

It’s similar in those segments of the merchant/retailer community that were slower to adopt contactless payments and also digital payments, where circumstances have really forced the acceleration of their adoption as well.”. The New Samsung Pay Card . But the Samsung Pay Card powered by Curve works differently.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 19, 2024

In a future article we will discuss how community bankers may structure their commercial loan products to maximize cross-selling and upsell opportunities. With proper tools and strategies, community bankers can upsell and cross-sell their products to maximize profitability. In banking, those numbers are markedly different.

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Banking Exchange

AUGUST 21, 2019

Community banks are facing tremendous competitive pressures from regional, national, and global banks Technology Feature3 Fintech Feature Financial Trends Community Banking Customers Core Systems Branch Technology/ATMs Outsourcing/Cloud Tech Management Mobile Online Cards Checks/Remote Deposit Capture.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 24, 2020

At the dawn of 2020, commercial cards made up only a fraction of overall B2B payments volume, even as corporates continued their slow-but-sure payments digitization efforts away from the paper check. But in the midst of the coronavirus crisis, the corporate card seemed to unlock more value for businesses large and small.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

In the months to come, the retailer will roll out Synchrony-issued credit cards in addition to a prepaid debit card that will be fueled by the Mastercard network, according to a Wednesday (Jan. The credit cards will link up with myWalgreens , the retailer's new customer rewards program. 13) announcement.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Community bankers and industry experts share how to best put this data to use. billion-asset First State Community Bank in Farmington, Mo. To use data effectively, community bankers need to balance the information with what they know to be true about their customers. All data creates a competitive advantage. The results?

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 16, 2020

Welcome Technologies , which builds data-driven tech for immigrant communities, has chosen PSCU , a credit union service organization, to provide processing services and support for the first credit card program to be offered by Welcome, an online consumer platform that focuses on immigrant communities, according to a press release.

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Payments Source

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

A strategic payments plan could shine a light on critical gaps in a community bank’s offerings; one frequently missed opportunity is credit cards, writes Deborah Matthews Phillips, managing director of payment strategy for Jack Henry & Associates.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2019

Families with multiple kids in such programs may need to spend $6,000 to $8,000 all at once, explained Rebecca Nystrom Brito, member development specialist at Community First Credit Union. Community First has been offering youth agriculture loans of $100 to $2,500 at 0 percent interest for five years.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2020

Commercial card adoption is on the rise as B2B buyers embrace the opportunity to take advantage of working capital float and even open up new revenue streams through rewards programs. Unfortunately, the reality is that many suppliers have historically faced pain points as a result from being forced to take cards.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

The increasing number of businesses using cards over cash could prompt some companies in the U.K. Contactless transactions using commercial credit cards surged nearly a fifth higher in 2019 than they had been prior, according to the U.K. Tom Wood, head of global liquidity and cash management at HSBC U.K.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2020

We have deep dives into cloud technology for financial institutions (FIs), debit cards and a potential credit card default crisis. Synchrony CEO Warns Of US Credit Card Default Crisis. Venmo’s New Boss On Scaling And Monetizing The Venmo Community. Trackers And Reports.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

They keep their business personal: the product manager is a hockey coach and hockey dad who is out on the rinks daily, thinking of new products and ideas to cater to other parents of budding young hockey stars. The company offers both month-to-month and prepaid plans, with credit cards and PayPal as payment options.

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PYMNTS

JULY 8, 2020

With commercial cards an increasingly popular choice in the B2B payments space, industry innovators are exploring pockets of opportunity to drive adoption through mitigating friction. For others, commercial card innovation comes in the form of overcoming the adoption hurdle of a lack of supplier acceptance. InstaRem Expands BizPay.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 29, 2019

Venmo, the peer-to-peer (P2P) payments platform from PayPal, is rolling out a cash-back rewards program for its Venmo Mastercard debit card at certain retailers, Venmo announced in a press release on Tuesday (Oct. PayPal uses the Dosh cash-back platform to manage the Venmo program. .

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Yet, according to Kris Carrera, general manager and business line executive of Credit Payments at FIS , the middle market is often underserved — particularly when it comes to commercial card products. Once that occurs, they continue to face obstacles in understanding exactly what drives commercial card adoption for this customer base.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 7, 2018

Mobile financial services firm Vipera has announced the launch of SME Pay, a solution to help small businesses (SMBs) manage company spend, the company said Tuesday (March 6). SME Pay integrates with the Mastercard Business Card, enabling business owners to set controls on employee use of the card.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

But drilling down into the numbers, the banking giant clearly is girding for a deep recession, marked by the inability of corporate clients and consumers to pay their bills across credit cards , mortgages and auto loans. billion, tied to consumer cards. Card sales volume – across debit and credit – was up 4 percent to $266 billion.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Visa and its India FinTech partner, Open , are rolling out their joint credit card product for small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs). 11) that Open, which operates a small business banking and financial services platform, announced the Founder’s Card, the result of its existing partnership with Visa.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 21, 2020

Unfortunately, the traditional alternative of printing out paper checks and having professionals stand in line for expensive check-cashing services has led to too many workers paying too much to access hard-earned money, according to Adam Sohn, chief growth officer at SHRM (Society for Human Resource Management).

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The creation of credit card infrastructure 60 years ago initially had the consumer in mind, but recent history has shown that investments in card technology are capturing a greater share of the B2B payments market. Leavitt says suppliers are indeed more difficult than buyers to convince of commercial cards’ value proposition.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Cran explained that APIs can have a significant impact on middle-market firms’ ability to manage global payments, with benefits that go beyond moving money from Point A to Point B. “This is a fairly significant cost for businesses, particularly in terms of the treasury management point of view.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

This week's look at the latest in open banking initiatives shows creativity in how FinTechs, credit unions (CUs) and banks wield data integrations for the benefit of corporate end users, from streamlined credit underwriting to automated expense management. Cape Wields Open Banking For Corporate Cards. In the U.K.,

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Abrigo

MAY 22, 2024

Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive. While small business loans inherently benefit business owners, they also benefit communities, according to 2021 research for the SBA. Louis Fed : [S]mall-business loans—i.e.,

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 3, 2019

Though commercial card innovation has recently hit an acceleration point, there is still plenty of room for progress. Power took one key friction point of the small business (SMB) credit card market to task. “Basics like credit card terms, and benefits and services, are the lowest-scoring factors in our study.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Commercial card startup Brex is collaborating with BNP Paribas subsidiary Bank of the West. 6) that startup clients of Bank of the West will gain access to a co-branded commercial credit card. In addition to the card, startups can gain access to Brex’s expense management and rewards offerings, and automatic receipt data capture.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 11, 2018

Those uncertainties, however, can increase foreign exchange rate volatility, according to Volopa ‘s Managing Director Graham Smith and Director of Business Development Jay Wissema. “However, I would say many businesses do not fully understand, or have awareness of, the different risk management tools.”

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PYMNTS

MAY 1, 2018

India’s demonetization initiative may have sent shockwaves through the consumer and business community, but for FinTechs, the sudden announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in 2016 presented an open door, as customers suddenly had a massive new incentive to adopt electronic payments solutions.

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