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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

Community banks own an enviable amount of data, but not all are leveraging it to its fullest extent. By Mindy Charski People share important data about themselves with their community bank in myriad ways. Data about existing customers can even help community banks improve their efforts to find new customers.

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Joust To Finance Freelancers’ Outstanding SXSW Invoices

PYMNTS

Joust, a banking app in Austin, has announced it will pay users on their unpaid SXSW invoices to help them deal with the cancellation of the huge yearly festival, according to a release. 4), Austin Public Health stated that ‘there’s no evidence that closing SXSW or any other gatherings will make the community safer.’

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A bridge to affordable housing

Independent Banker

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. We worked with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs to jumpstart its down payment assistance program,” recalls Schaeffer. “We

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Why By-The-Book Compliance Could Be Homesharing’s Next Innovation

PYMNTS

As of today Lyric has short-term rental permits in Austin and Nashville, is the only company licensed to operate short-term rentals in Orlando and has partnerships with 20 of America’s top real estate firms, Kitchell said. When they travel they don’t just want a place to sleep, but they want to be connected to the local community.

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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

Mostly, this means getting innovative with deposit and payment products. Charlotte, Houston, Phoenix, New York, Austin, Denver, Orlando, Miami, and Nashville, many banks have not adjusted pricing or their credit appetite. Develop a more innovative process. Bank product innovation should be measured in weeks, not months.

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Bringing Luggage Storage Into The Digital Age

PYMNTS

At the same time, he saw innovation and growth in the Airbnb short-term rental space. They’re “the fabric of all these different communities” in all these major cities, he noted. Korbel noted there is a lot of attention and innovation around smart cities. Smart Cities.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Reflecting on 2018

Independent Banker

.” With the holidays and New Year on the horizon, it’s a time to reflect on 2018 and what it meant for us personally, professionally and, as it often is for community bankers, a mix of both. It came after years of advocacy and passionate storytelling about what regulatory relief would mean for our banks and the communities we serve.