Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 27, 2011

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. Is the premise that doing "plain vanilla" banking acceptable? Valley National had an ROA in the fourth quarter of 1.08%. Take Apple, Inc., I doubt it. for example.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 20, 2016

On February 14-17 the American Bankers Association held their National Conference for Community Bankers. I made my first trip to the conference because I was asked to moderate a CEO Exchange, where bank CEOs sat, round-table style, discussing their most pressing issues. The format was to first ask a couple of group questions.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Quail Creek Bank develops its own Apple Watch app. Many of your community bank’s customers are using smartphones, and most smartphone users with bank accounts are using mobile banking. Community banks must improve their customers’ mobile banking experience to remain competitive with national banks.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 17, 2020

He said that while small banks, credit unions (CUs) and regional players deeply fear being swept aside by the great digitalization wave that the pandemic has set off, their concerns aren’t actually unique to the financial industry’s smaller end. Instead, FIs must go digital in the ways consumers are seeking.

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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. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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NCR

MAY 9, 2017

Most community banks and credit unions have only one app, their banking transaction app. Hawaii National Bank’s Hawaii Score enables existing bank customers and non-customers the capability to access a TransUnion credit report and score without the need for a credit card or an existing account with Hawaii National Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? In the above blog post, I discussed Apple and Bank of New York Mellon. Sticking with the Apple theme, in 2007, they launched the iPhone. The iPhone represents 62% of Apple sales. Leader Bank - A $1.2

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Weeding through banking podcasts to find gems. million podcasts in the world, you might find it daunting to weed through the lists on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Google, or other platforms to find the best banking podcasts. Regular, Timely Episodes. Indeed, with 2.8 keep me informed.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 13, 2020

This fast pace has banks and credit unions contemplating how they can compete in this mobile “arms race” and what unique value smaller institutions can bring to the table. . With megabanks spending billions on digital investments each year, regional and community bank executives understand they cannot compete on resources.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 25, 2023

However, volume has steadily declined as Venmo gained more traction by 2013, combined with real-time payments, Apple Pay, Google Wallet, and Zelle after 2017. Checks will become too costly for the household, business, and bank to process. Over the last ten years, from 2012 to 2022, checks by volume have declined some 57%.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) with a rare bi-partisan move showing that pinch-your-banker-and-hug-your-merchant is apparently as wholesome America as apple pie. Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

Against this backdrop, Elan has been waging campaigns to get smaller banks to promote their cards as not only for primary use (and via plastic) but for default use as well, to close the gap with the larger and national players through debit rewards programs and other incentives. And that’s creating a problem for smaller institutions.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Although all banks faced stock headwinds in 2018, we give the nod to William Demchak at PNC Financial Services. PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

. ————————————————————————— The ‘En Vogue’ Trend of the Year – Credit unions buying community banks. Well done, sir! It’s game on.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

It’s been almost 20 years since the IPO but this team keeps delivering growth and outstanding financial performance while keeping the values of the hometown bank that started it all. Community bank marketing resources. Well Apple did it again with the Apple Watch. Bravo OZRK! C’mon Man!’ Merger of the Year.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bank Merger of the Year. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

Bank Acquisition of the Year - BB&T Corp. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well. Bank Merger of the Year – California United Bank and 1 st Enterprise Bank in Los Angeles. The Technology Company that Caused the Most Project Heartache in Bank I.T.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 16, 2015

Pictured (left to right): Malauzai Software co-founders, Danny Piangerelli (CTO) and Robb Gaynor (CPO), are joined by a handful of their partners in demonstrating Malauzai’s Virtual Banking Experience at FinovateSpring 2015 in San Jose. Malauzai specializes in developing innovative banking apps for community banks and credit unions.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Also, Apple criticized the vote of German lawmakers to pass new legislation that would make it open up its mobile payment system to rival providers. recorded its fourth bank failure this year. It didn’t name Apple or Apple Pay specifically, but it impacts all digital payment operators. And the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

That attitude likely got shifted a bit in the recent (and current) environment where banking at the branch has become either a no-go or an experience fraught with health concerns. percent of consumers are either “very” or “extremely” likely to use or already use national banks, and 60.1 Our survey shows that 64.2 As many as 34.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2017

Earlier this month, NACHA (the National Automated Clearinghouse Association) sent its Government Relations Advisory Group on its annual pilgrimage to Capitol Hill. The CHOICE Act rolls back regulations that Sullivan said can pin down a community bank and prevent it from serving its function.

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