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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. and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). An arms race in marketing and digital cannot be ignored.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: ICBA’s fintech partnership

Independent Banker

Innovation will be the key to sustaining and growing our businesses.”. Here at ICBA, we’re in full innovation mode, so it’s only appropriate that this issue be dedicated to technology. This year, you’ve probably heard me say that ICBA is focused on three pillars: community bank advocacy, education and innovation.

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Innovation All the Time

Independent Banker

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. billion-asset, 85-branch community bank based in Rockland, Mass., Alex Jimenez.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. She was a trailblazer and an early innovator in analytics. The Smarter Bank Technology Award.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. This is an innovation-seeking franchise that has built a solid brand and never got over its skis in execution. GonzoBanker of the Year – Bank. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash.

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FinovateSpring 2016 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Katerina Frolovicheva (MD, Technologies Innovations). Bank XXI Department). Integrated to your banking account. This is a leading bank in Russia, with a track record of fintech innovation. Can set-up link to bank accounts or drag and drop in statements from bank accounts. ^KT. Andrew Barnett (Sr.

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37 Corporate Innovation Labs In Finance

CB Insights

With recent advances in blockchain, cryptocurrency, contactless payments, and more, finance is primed for disruption. One popular approach: in-house financial innovation labs. We’ve written about corporate innovation theater before — and how sometimes corporate innovation goes wrong. Get the entire 43-page PDF.