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3 Ways Financial Institutions Can Step Up for Underserved Communities

Perficient

The financial services industry must consider its customer experience game while also grappling with a sense of distrust from many communities due to systematic barriers, maintaining utmost accessibility due to the essentiality of the business, and the lack of financial literacy across the country. Trust and Transparency. .

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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. The FDIC's quarterly Supervisory Insights for Summer 2011 had a list! What were disfavored industries?

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MOXY Preps Launch Of New Community Bank With NYMBUS

PYMNTS

MOXY bank , preparing to be one of the first new community banks to launch in the U.S. Following approval by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Washington, D.C.’s ” The bank is gearing up to launch operations with a focus on under-banked customers and customer relationship building.

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CO-OP Shared Branch Surpassed Chase In Number Of Branches

PYMNTS

Chase in comparison has 5,567 branches as of July 18, according to FDIC figures. In addition, more than 3,000 are part of our CO-OP ATM network. When you couple-in digital services, credit unions offer a financial ecosystem that is convenient, accessible and a positive force in communities.”. Around 1,800 of the 6,100 U.S.

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Consumers Still Drawn To The Branches Banks Are Trying To Shut Down

PYMNTS

According to the FDIC, banking branches are at their lowest level in a decade with only 93,283 left open. “Our customers still want to visit us,” Jonathan Velline, Wells Fargo’s head of ATM and store strategy, told Reuters in an interview. ” Digital banking in the U.S.

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ATMIA Weighs In On Cashless Retail Ban Debate

PYMNTS

Council member and bill sponsor Ritchie Torres has said the ban is a way to make sure lower income communities, and those of color, are not shut out of marketplaces. And those stakeholders include ATM operators. The debate will likely get increased scrutiny and input from stakeholders. … and the Case Against Cashless.

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More Gain, Less Pain

Independent Banker

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., See sidebar for details on the tool itself.).

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