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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.;

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Regulation Crowdfunding Tackles The Startups Shunned By Banks

PYMNTS

The challenge for accessing financing is particularly acute for early stage technology companies, according to Jason Crystal , co-founder and CEO of crowdfunding platform Miventure , a company slated to launch before the end of the year. The line is getting blurry between what's a tech company and what's not a tech company," he said.

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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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How community banks can address cybercrime

Independent Banker

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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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

Community banks own an enviable amount of data, but not all are leveraging it to its fullest extent. By Mindy Charski People share important data about themselves with their community bank in myriad ways. based company can tap into bank databases, including the core processing system, to generate advanced analytics and insights.

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Federal banking agencies issue guide for community banks on conducting due diligence on fintech companies

CFPB Monitor

The OCC, FDIC, and Federal Reserve Board have issued a guide that is intended to assist community banks in conducting due diligence when considering relationships with financial technology (fintech) companies (Guide). Banks are instructed to reference relevant guidance from the agencies that is listed in a footnote.

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Germany’s Financial Regulator Calls Wirecard Scandal ‘Criminal’

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The president of the Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (BaFin), Germany’s financial regulator, said the $2.1 His first public comments on a case that has captured the attention of Europe’s financial community came in an online panel discussion, the news service reported. billion went missing from two accounts in the Philippines.