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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. The community bank provided nearly 480,000 PPP loans totaling more than $13 billion to businesses across the nation. “I

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How Singapore Is Fueling A ‘Smart Nation’

PYMNTS

Singapore is on a mission to build up a Smart Nation by utilizing innovation and technology to create opportunities and strengthen communities. Startups are estimated to employ nearly 300,000 on the island nation. Singapore is poised to become the world’s first country to make the notion of a “Smart Nation” an actual reality.

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Brazil’s Big Blockchain Bounce (And Other Digital Payments Advances)

PYMNTS

Digital enterprises are going regional and instant payments are going national (and earlier than originally scheduled). Nubank’s $10B Regional Expansion . Founded in 2013, Nubank currently claims 8.5 But before partaking in blockchain bacchanal …. While Nubank is far from a household name in the U.S.,

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For Merchants, As World Shrinks, Top Lines Can Get A Boost

PYMNTS

Projections from the United Nations show that the total number of online shoppers, as measured globally, should grow by 50 percent between 2013 to 2018 to as many as 1.62 But with more options, of course, come greater operating costs, and companies must always be wary about the impact to their bottom lines. Among the findings….

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

It is annual report season, meaning publicly traded financial institutions are finalizing their 2013 numbers and submitting their 10k''s to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). In preparation for meetings, I frequently read 10k''s. If you haven''t read a 10k, it will win no literary awards, especially for originality.

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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

PYMNTS

One of the first neobanks in the region, Nubank , traces its genesis back to 2013, having raised hundreds of millions of dollars to expand across several financing rounds. In addition, passporting can help companies expand services across nations. In terms of technology, APIs help facilitate access to that data.

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The State of Banking

Jeff For Banks

In 2013, there were 6,812 FDIC-insured financial institutions. Because the nation's balance sheet and income statement is not improving. That yielded 291 total institutions, broken down by region. Some regions are experiencing slightly elevated non-performers from the previous year. Positive operating leverage!

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