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The Concentric Relationship Strategy in Banking

South State Correspondent

This article shares a simple strategy a successful lender (Linda N.) We saw how Linda used her relationship strategy to increase her relationship banking skills, connections, and success rate. We have shared this strategy with other lenders who have used it successfully to increase loan booking rates and portfolio profitability.

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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Traditionally, community banks would compare their financial performance and health to similar-sized banks in their region.

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Data-driven strategies for banks and credit unions: Start here

Abrigo

Takeaway 3 What periodic monitoring of performance against strategy will provide the best gauge of whether the strategy is working? Finally, periodically assessing performance against institutional strategies creates a method for measuring success so leaders can pivot or seek more insight before plans get off track.

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New York Community: Growing pains, strategy miss, or both?

American Banker

A day after the regional bank's stock tumbled on tough fourth-quarter results and some austerity moves, observers debated whether management just needs time to build enough capital to catch up with growth or if it is still too overexposed in multifamily lending.

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Hong Kong’s FinTech Strategy

Chris Skinner

So I was intrigued to see Hong Kong issue their FinTech strategy today. By taking proactive steps, Hong Kong could become the leading FinTech centre within the region and one of the leading centres in the world.

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Analyzing SoFi’s growth strategy: How the personal finance company is expanding beyond lending

CB Insights

Consumer-facing finance company SoFi has traditionally been known for its lending services. window.ClearbitForHubspot.addForm($form); }, region: “na1”, portalId: “763793”, formId: “f5ac5e14-d854-4e7f-b21f-53e00d11648c” }); Want the full post? onFormReady: function ($form) {. hbspt.forms.create({.

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NEW REPORT: How Banks Are Driving API-First Strategies

PYMNTS

In Europe, for instance, the region is preparing for the rollout of a new directive which could challenge how medical providers process invoices. Traditional banks are seeing new FinTech players become more competitive on several fronts, including lending. APIs invite innovative changes to banking.

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