Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We spoke with industry specialists about the priorities for community banks as they build a digital loan process for small businesses. It’s critical for community banks to have online loan applications, process automation staff skilled in digitization and more. Take advantage of analytics.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

As more customers moved online, fraudsters took advantage of new and increasingly inventive opportunities to commit remote authentication fraud. Experts say community banks can use education, biometrics and solid cybersecurity practices to fight this growing area of crime. Online U.S. By Elizabeth Judd. New account fraud.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 3, 2023

Banks take a pool from 2018, as an example, and then track runoff to the present. Utilizing this straightforward linear regression and decay analysis, you get something close to the profile below for the average community bank in the U.S.: This reduces the duration of these non-maturity deposits.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. The estimated amount of money banks will save by using AI applications by 2023. billion-asset Sunwest Bank in Sandy, Utah.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

When Rockland Trust synced up with an ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator grad to launch a virtual digital banking platform, it took relationships between the community bank and its customers to a whole new level. For Rockland Trust, a $20 billion-asset community bank in Rockland, Mass., By Colleen Morrison.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

They share tips for how community banks can get started. Social media has made it easier for community banks to nurture connections with prospects, customers and the community. Depending on a community bank’s in-house resources, however, creating a paid social campaign might feel daunting. “A

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 19, 2017

For community banks, there’s power in numbers. According to the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), a trade group that advocates on behalf of about 6,000 community banks of various sizes in the U.S., But community banks still face tough competition from larger financial institutions.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Building trust in your institution has a lot to do with technology, from implementing strong data security practices to humanizing your online customer interactions. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank. Build your community.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. One bank that is not turning back. WesBanco, Inc.

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Abrigo

MARCH 6, 2017

Sageworks (which is also on Twitter at @Sageworks ) has identified 15 must-follow Twitter accounts for banking professionals. 1) @davidpoconnell – David O'Connell is a former commercial lender and a senior analyst at Aite Group, where he covers commercial banks and their use of analytics.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 20, 2023

2022 will go down as one of the worst years for community bank loan mispricing when viewed on a spread basis. Rapidly rising rates crushed performance as many banks held a fixed rate constant and/or booked a fixed rate loan at a misguided level. Banks had tight spreads on loans with 1.2 Multifamily is the other call-out.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 28, 2014

In a world where information can be the most valuable currency, community banks are gathering more of their internal data. a bank software provider in Cedar Park, Texas, most community banks gather data well for reporting purposes. Community banks generally do well in harvesting their lending data, Bhalla says.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. Fresno First Bank. LendingTree.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 3, 2020

Unlike 2008, banks were not the bane of our problems. Sure, community banks had little to do with liar loans or what was otherwise termed sub-prime. But many banks were, including the nation's largest. And "bank" is what's on our marquee. Community banks in particular. Call-answered.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

In a world where information can be the most valuable currency, community banks are gathering more of their internal data. a bank software provider in Cedar Park, Texas, most community banks gather data well for reporting purposes. Community banks generally do well in harvesting their lending data, Bhalla says.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. See “Closing the Gap” in the November 2015 issue, online at www.independentbanker.org.). These insights emulate relationship banking.

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Celent Banking

MARCH 6, 2015

Next week I will be moderating a panel discussion at American Banker´s Retail Banking Conference in Austin about the competitive pressures of community institutions. It’s an important topic that Celent discussed in a report published last year: And Then There Were None: The Disappearance of Community Banks.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 19, 2018

According to the draft, “online intermediation services can hold superior bargaining power over their business users, enabling them to behave unilaterally in a way that is capable of harming the businesses using them.”. Banks with more than $250 billion in assets are deemed too big to fail, where once that threshold was $50 billion.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). Think about the wild ride that Silvergate Bank has taken with its crypto strategy.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Supreme Court, it is, and the high court’s recent ruling to that effect is likely to affect community banks, their regulatory examinations and their potential exposure to fair lending lawsuits. Furthermore, community banks still have the defense of “showing a business reason to justify their policies.”.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

“A high percentage of millennials are underbanked, and when they look for a place to do their banking they are going to look for more personalization and customization, and this puts community banks at an advantage over larger commercial banks,” says Sam Khater, deputy chief economist with CoreLogic, a company in Irvine, Calif.,

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

“A high percentage of millennials are underbanked, and when they look for a place to do their banking they are going to look for more personalization and customization, and this puts community banks at an advantage over larger commercial banks,” says Sam Khater, deputy chief economist with CoreLogic, a company in Irvine, Calif.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

It’s not just about analytics,” Vaduvur said. Banks might have started a little bit late, but I think they are getting it,” he added. That work is probably easier for the larger FIs than regional and community banks, and credit unions , he said. That’s easier said than done, of course. Middleware Need.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 11, 2019

D3’s highly tailorable, common-codebase platform has consumer and business online and mobile transactional banking as well as account opening and some campaign management. Designed as a single tenant solution, D3 has an on-premise and dedicated-hosted cloud option that has been focused on the $15 billion asset and above bank market.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

California CCPA), it’s hard to imagine just how far techies will be able to upend the nuts and bolts of the banking industry. Community banks and credit unions do not fear each other. Here’s a great question for community bank executives: What would it take for your local competitors to fear you as much as a Top 5 player?

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Gonzobanker

MAY 8, 2015

As the sessions progressed a theme began to manifest that the traditional banking model has failed our customers and these digital lending platforms intend to reshape the industry, one process at a time. The lending attack on community banks and credit unions has been waged. THE PLAYERS.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

With the average individual spending 100 minutes on social media each day, it’s entirely possible for community banks to share some of that screen time. If you’re an online bank or are simply looking for younger, more millennial-type customers, Twitter and Instagram are strong platforms to use. With a combined 2.5

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FICO

OCTOBER 2, 2019

I would like to examine what I think ‘small banks’ (community banks, regional banks, and credit unions) can do to capture more market share of the small business lending market. I’d like to see which of those 31% pursued loans at large banks and which applied with an online lender.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar!

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 14, 2015

Looking around online, the closest competing offers I found were $300 from a couple of regional banks, but none from community banks or credit unions. I also noticed online that OnDeck was alongside Wells Fargo and Bank of America in the Top 5 search rankings for business loans.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 14, 2016

million investment , Austin, Texas-based Buzz Points is unveiling its new online management portal, Buzz Insight for its rewards and marketing platform. ” Buzz Insight is geared toward community financial institutions (CFIs) like credit unions and smaller banks, giving them visibility into customers and local business data. .”

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 28, 2016

According to Cornerstone Advisors research , roughly six in 10 community bank and credit union CEOs are concerned with the regulatory burden. We are hopeful that community banks will also pursue efforts to communicate the real cost of regulatory burden to our friends in Washington. It’s December 31!

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 19, 2019

Conventional wisdom may hold that alternative lenders — those companies that leverage data and analytics, along with various funding models matching investors with borrowers — could be harder hit than more traditional lenders by a volatile rate environment. This made our assets attractive.”.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Those touch points include branches, online banking, call centers, ATMs, mobile banking, email and instant messaging, and now social media platforms. Companies everywhere are seeking security technologies that to better authenticate their customers online as well as to better detect cybercriminals and malware.

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FICO

DECEMBER 18, 2018

In the story above, the bank should be glad it didn’t book the $35,000 loan as the profitability of that loan would have been questionable. Because application processes at several banks are still 100% manual, it loan request is almost not worth their time. Expedite the process and manage risk with analytics.

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American Banker

MARCH 11, 2016

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Massachusetts invested in technology to beef up its small business lending, an area ripe for the picking by alternative lenders.

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