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Charles Potts: Innovation trends for 2023

Independent Banker

Image by Worawut/Adobe By Charles Potts As we turn the page to a new year, the innovation evolution continues. ICBA is leaning into it, bringing its ThinkTECH Accelerator program and innovation efforts in-house to provide community bankers with targeted solutions. The emergence of chief innovation officers or digital strategists.

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ICBA LIVE 2023: What to expect

Independent Banker

3 ways ICBA LIVE will support your community bank’s 2023 plans Register today To see the full ICBA LIVE agenda, including education sessions, or to register, visit icba.org/live Each year, ICBA LIVE delivers a wide range of education and networking opportunities for community banks. “If New connections.

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So You Want to Be a Venture Capitalist: Best Practices for Community Banks Investing in Fintech Startups

Gonzobanker

Fintech startups looking for funding in 2023 are finding that it isn’t as easy as it was a few years ago. According to CB Insights, fintech funding in the U.S. Among community banks investing in fintech startups, the average investment was nearly $3 million per bank in 2022. totaled $3.9 billion in 2021. JAM FINTOP.

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Q: What will be your community bank’s greatest business challenge in 2023, and how are you preparing for it? Those are the things that we’re trying to figure out how to read as we put our 2023 budget together.

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Retail banking trends to look out for in 2023

Independent Banker

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. In keeping with our vision, which is to be ‘the Best Billion-Dollar Bank in the World,’ we must keep innovating to best serve our clients,” says Jeff Versluys, executive vice president and chief retail officer for OCB. What’s on the horizon for retail banking?

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OCC’s New Office of Financial Technology Portends Increased Supervisory Activity

CFPB Monitor

Hsu frequently has shared concerns about the need for the OCC to develop in-depth understanding of the technologies banks are adopting, including in the context of bank-fintech partnerships and bank involvement with cryptocurrency products.

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Conference Alert: New Fintech Event to Focus on AI (duh!)

Fintech Labs Insights

In the fintech space, only Fintech Meetup , launched in 2021, has reached critical mass this decade. Last week’s event in Las Vegas attracted a self-reported 4,000 attendees and was the talk of the fintech pods and Substacks the last few weeks. The pandemic slowed the introduction of new events.