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Austin Is Bringing The FinTech Heat

PYMNTS

Though Austin may fall in the shadows of bigger U.S. Nate Stewart, Group Product Manager for BigCommerce , an eCommerce platform with deep roots in Austin, provided a glimpse into what really helps Austin stand apart and why startups can’t help but flock to the city. Tech jobs account for 11 percent of total Austin employment.

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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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Technology and Fun Merge at Perficient’s Lafayette Delivery Center

Perficient

With our team’s help, the client has been able to transition a significant portion of their userbase to a named user system and allowed us the opportunity to help develop the tools that their clients will use to manage these users.” — Austin Spinazze, Associate Technical Consultant. “I The community is a good one.

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Lime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion

PYMNTS

The new funds will give us the ability to expand into new markets, enhance our technology, strengthen the team and pilot new opportunities. It’s only through new and existing partnerships with local governments that we are helping communities to elevate micromobility in public policy development,” the company said.

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And Then There Were 20 — The Amazon HQ2 Finalists

PYMNTS

Austin, Boston, New York and D.C. Austin, Texas. Through this process, we learned about many new communities across North America that we will consider as locations for future infrastructure investment and job creation.”. all made the cut, as did some surprises like Columbus, Ohio. Politicians across the U.S. Chicago, Illinois.

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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. The state is growing an impressive technology roster, for example. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski. The Houston metro took the 10th spot with a 20.3%

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Upcoming Celent discussion at the American Banker Retail Banking conference

Celent Banking

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.