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5 reasons your financial institution should attend the ThinkBIG 2024 conference

Abrigo

The ThinkBIG 2024 conference is June 3-6 in Phoenix, Arizona, and with 99% of last year’s attendees saying they would recommend the conference to others, Abrigo expects another large crowd. Frank Lloyd Wright-influenced architecture and the amenities of the Waldorf Astoria resort make the Arizona Biltmore a desert oasis.

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Arizona AG announces more fintech sandbox participants

CFPB Monitor

In August 2018, Arizona began accepting applications for its regulatory sandbox that “enables a participant to obtain limited access to Arizona’s market to test innovative financial products or services without first obtaining full state licensure or other authorization that otherwise may be required.” and Sweetbridge NFP, Ltd.,

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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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Acquire or Be Acquired 2023: Disruption ‘Comes Home’ to Banking

Gonzobanker

Scottdale, Arizona was chillier than normal this week, but that didn’t prevent bankers from having heated discussions about 2023 at this year’s Acquired or Be Acquired conference, hosted by Bank Director. Business Experience Catches Consumer In past years digital innovation discussions tended to focus on consumer-focused players (e.g.,

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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

Scottsdale Community Bank is the first new community bank in Arizona in 14 years, and it already has the capacity to make more than $100 million in loans. embraces a combination of the latest technology and traditional beliefs about finance and business growth. The $28 million-asset community bank in Scottsdale, Ariz.,

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The Bank Legacy Is Dead: Long Live the Fintech Collision

Gonzobanker

While AOBA 2022 had its share of execs wanting to “fake it until they make it” with future innovation, credit is due to the bankers who are pouring real financial investment into new fintech experiments. In some respects, AOBA 2022 felt a bit like bank executives wanted to “fake it until they make it” with their future innovation and fintech.

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Online lending summit speakers discuss SPNB charters, CFPB trial disclosure policy, alternative data

CFPB Monitor

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion.