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First Tennessee Hires Four for Its Growing Niche Lines

American Banker

First Tennessee Bank in Memphis has recruited a quartet of executives for its expanding specialty banking lines that serve the franchising, healthcare, music, and transportation industries.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

In order to compete as a small bank, we have been forced to keep higher-than-peer capital levels, so that our lending limit allows us to service local borrowers’ needs. First Community Bank of Tennessee. Genesee Regional Bank. Philip Pecora, president and CEO, Genesee Regional Bank. Genesee Regional Bank.

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June’s Top 12 Mobile Pay Moments

PYMNTS

On June 16, Samsung Pay arrived in Singapore, allowing users of Galaxy Note 5, S6 Edge+ and the S7/S7 Edge phones can use Samsung Pay in the region. Our research shows that marketplace lending is suffering from sluggish adoption because of either insufficient value to switch or a lack of trust in the financial services provider.”

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Who Will Disintermediate The Intermediaries?

PYMNTS

In 1916, Clarence Sanders opened the first self-service grocery store in Tennessee. For the first time, local and regional DVD rental stores aside, people across the U.S. All of these same forces are disrupting banking and lending. Physical interactions are no longer a requirement to get what they want, including loan products.

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Building from Scratch

Independent Banker

She grew up in a small town in Eastern Tennessee. Two years later, Nelson moved as a single mom to Oakland, where she again found a job as a teller at a regional bank. She worked her way up to become a senior vice president and senior manager of that regional bank.

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