PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The Senate has voted by unanimous consent to allocate another $484 billion in an interim relief fund, $310 billion of which will top off the depleted PPP fund directly, with an additional $60 billion specifically for smaller lending institutions. The initial $350 billion in PPP funds allocated as part of the massive $2.2

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. Everything.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

In addition, we saw more and more B2B FinTech models proving out at the banks, coupled with larger and later-stage investments as the FinTech world scales up.”. where slower economic growth and industry uncertainties due to Brexit have been an issue, it is an encouraging sign.”. Alternative Lending. For markets like the U.K.,

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It’s a CDFI, which means that 60% of lending is made to low- and moderate-income customers or underserved communities. The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. By Roshan McArthur. Name: Beneficial State Bank. Assets: $1.5

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Happy New Year, fellow community bankers! We certainly closed out 2015 with great wins in Washington, so I want to thank so many of you who stepped up to make change happen last year. Also, several beneficial regulatory-relief provisions from ICBA’s Plan for Prosperity on exam cycles, privacy notices and mortgage lending were enacted.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 28, 2016

They should, however, be commended for lending money. Time to recognize the importance of lending for consumers and small businesses and for making the economy go ‘round and ‘round. Meanwhile, financial services providers must do a better job of explaining how lending helps consumers and, of course, policing themselves.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Utah System Community Marketing 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

While the Gonzo team loves to celebrate our mid-size entrepreneurial banks who “stick it to the man,” we also need to extend a GonzoBanker salute to Bank of America CEO Brian Moynihan. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Nevertheless, cash—and coins for rounding up transactions—still plays a primary role in many millions of transactions every day on America’s Main Street. “We Around Christmas it jumps up, too.”. The use of cash in small or rural communities remains strong, community bankers say. Changing role of cash.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We are seeing it show up lots of places, it’s real and it’s great for this industry. That’s one helluva move up. Cornerstone: Okay, let me back up a second. We could hand you a load of bull about skewering the guilty and praising the exalted, etc., but let’s just dive into it! THE BANKING AWARDS. Buena suerte, Bradley!

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Sure, we bought some December options on west Texas crude at $100 a barrel, but it was only with a third of the 401(k)—plenty of time to make that up, right? It’s hard for any banker to avoid gulping at the sheer long-term performance of George Gleason II and his team at the Bank of the Ozarks. ” – Tom Armstrong. That’s two.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. We focus on building the people up so they can execute.”. Photo: Getty Images / Martin Barraud. Ideas, programs and resources to boost local entrepreneurship.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. All of a sudden I feel like a criminal with the $100 bill in my wallet that I got that last time I used a Bank of America ATM, and it’s in the genes since I know that my dad has a hoard of cash at home. But, instead of Ryan Seacrest, you have me. He’s a pretty smart guy.

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 5, 2016

A few years ago, I wrote that when it came to the regulation of payments, America could do worse than adopt something along European lines. From In payments, the US is an emerging market | Consult Hyperion. Hence it was rather exciting to read the news that the US regulatory environment is about to change, and about to change significantly.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Last September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took a stab at Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs. It won’t end well. Someone is going to get killed.”. Lloyd Blankfein, head of Goldman Sachs echoed that thought, saying, “Something that moves 20% [overnight] does not feel like a currency. It is a vehicle to perpetrate fraud.”.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I’ve seen these folks before, it’s pretty slick. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. I like what they are doing and I think they could be very big.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

So pick up your ticket while you still can and join the 1,500-person gathering in Manhattan September 16 & 17. Alfa-Bank offers a wide range of products and operates in all sectors of the financial market, including corporate and retail lending. AcceptEmail serves today’s consumers with online, real-time email payments.

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