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Robert Fisher: The nimbleness of community bankers

Independent Banker

Let’s rediscover what it means to be community bankers. Let’s exercise our nimble natures to exceed customer expectations. Because as community bankers, it’s what we do. That just may be community bankers’ word of the year. Considering our communities’ needs is critical to our success as well as theirs.

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Building A Digital And Subscription Community For Hockey Parents

PYMNTS

To help hockey players stay up to date on the latest sports equipment, eCommerce innovator the PenaltyBox offers subscription boxes comprised of a myriad of hockey essentials, from well-known brands to up-and-coming companies the PenaltyBox team tests themselves. He sees it less as a group and more of a community.

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Charles Potts: ICBA’s legacy of success

Independent Banker

In 2022, ICBA’s award-winning ThinkTECH Accelerator program reached more community banks with innovative solutions and partnerships than ever before. For ICBA and our community bank members, 2022 was a year full of potential. In step with community bankers. By Charles Potts, ICBA. I couldn’t agree more.

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Today In Data: Intelligence Of Things Pushes Innovation

PYMNTS

in the form of smart poles that improve urban communities’ access to wireless networks and LED lighting. IoT-enabled televisions, refrigerators and even vehicles are becoming mainstream, and even smartwatches are seeing the effects of connected innovation.

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A thoughtful approach to generative AI

Abrigo

While leaders must learn and stay informed about innovations, it’s helpful to remember in the process that they often result in life-changing improvements for our businesses and our consumers. Take the financial services industry as an example. Learn how technology helped a financial institution during uncertain times.

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Tempo And The Home Fitness Gold Rush

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Athleisure giant Lululemon announced the acquisition earlier this month of home exercise startup Mirror for an impressive $500 million. She said working out had been about community, and her firm believed a physical space was the best place to build that. “I expected we’d be where we are today in five years.”.

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Digital IDs Help Open Banking Reach Its Fullest Potential

PYMNTS

The end goal: to speed innovation toward new products and services while keeping fraudsters out. The need for both innovation and security comes at a time when open banking is gaining a foothold in the United States due in part to the pandemic. “In The Pandemic Is Speeding Innovation Up. Regulation Vs. Market Forces.

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