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ICBA: Building Bridges For The Next Generation Of Community Banks

PYMNTS

Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

PYMNTS

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? However, if recent developments in the financial services industry are any indication, innovation waits for no institution, company, agency or, for that matter, Fed report. faster payments system. faster payment system.

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Charles Potts: Opportunities in the fintech landscape

Independent Banker

A convergence of economic and marketplace factors presents community banks with new opportunities for innovation and growth as they look to the new year. For community banks that have yet to start evaluating digital solutions and providers, now is the time to act. By Charles Potts, ICBA. The fintech landscape is shifting.

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Funding Round Could Give AvidXchange $2B Valuation

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Investment bank Financial Technology Partners is advising AvidXchange on this fundraising round, according to sources. AvidXchange has ranked among the fastest-growing companies in North America on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500 for the past six years, the company said in a blog post last month.

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Fintech Companies Need Banklike Exams, Community Bank Group Says

American Banker

Financial technology companies should be examined for safety and soundness just like banks and credit unions, top executives from the Independent Community Bankers of America said Tuesday.

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House Financial Services Committee to hold Sept. 26 hearing on real-time payments

CFPB Monitor

The House Financial Services Committee’s Task Force on Financial Technology will hold a hearing entitled “The Future of Real-Time Payments,” at 2:00 p.m. George, President and Chief Executive Officer, Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City. on Thursday, September 26, 2019. There will be a live webcast of the hearing.

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William Mills Agency Issues Bankers as Buyers Report Which Explores Technology Decisions and Forces Impacting Innovation in 2018

William Mills

The report includes industry research about what technology, solutions and services U.S. Leading industry analysts, consultants, bankers and financial technology professionals also share commentary and their insights on trends for 2018. Branch Technologies. Community Banks. Lending/Risk Technologies.

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