South State Correspondent

JUNE 5, 2023

Community bank cost of funds is jumping up. As shown in the graph below, the net interest margin (NIM) for community banks declined 22bps in Q1’23. The question is – what will happen to community bank’s cost of funds from here?

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

ITMs and VTMs are popular retail banking innovations among community banks. What’s on the horizon for retail banking? We spoke with two community banks that have ramped up their services to meet—and exceed—the changing expectations of customers. So how are retail banks meeting this challenge?

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 3, 2017

Bank management understand that the process small business owners go through to apply for a loan at most financial institutions is often archaic. Instead, customers expect the following process for applying for business loans : • You fill out some basic information online and get an answer quickly from the institution.

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PYMNTS

JULY 25, 2017

“These are the people who are already over half the workforce and who are slated to be over three-quarters of the workforce by 2025. LendKey takes the hard parts — demand generation, online credit decisioning, origination and customer service — and manages that, Passione said. There are currently 13,000 community banks in the U.S.,

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. Paul Murphy, founder of Murphy & Co.

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