Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. To address these issues, some community banks have turned to artificial intelligence. Greg Ohlendorf, First Community Bank and Trust. AI and innovation.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. How do you navigate the constant churn of innovations or disruptors? Banking-as-a-service (BaaS). Central bank digital currency (CBDC). Central bank digital currency (CBDC). Photo by Jorg Greuel/Getty. By Colleen Morrison.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Schwanhausser suggests that motivating online activities or games that help customers meet savings, investing and other money management goals—or perhaps understand more about banking, entrepreneurship or protecting personal information identity theft—can help build a financial safety net and lend themselves to game technology quite nicely.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

In the late 90s, low interest rates made speculative equity investments more attractive than bonds, and at the same time, innovative internet companies grew in popularity among retail investors, professional traders, venture capitalists, and the like (familiar?). Remember K Bank in Maryland? What caused a dot-com bubble?

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

When Rockland Trust synced up with an ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator grad to launch a virtual digital banking platform, it took relationships between the community bank and its customers to a whole new level. For Rockland Trust, a $20 billion-asset community bank in Rockland, Mass., By Colleen Morrison.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. It’s certainly an interesting time to be a community bank, but there are still plenty of ways to make efficiencies with an eye on profitability. ? But one of the biggest problems in community banking today is a fear of risk.

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