Social Assurance

MARCH 8, 2021

Although financial brands continue to struggle in determining whether Snapchat is a viable channel to grow their business, understanding emerging generational preferences can’t be ignored. Determining how your brand can capture their attention and engage them is a crucial strategy for future growth and brand loyalty.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 26, 2013

How do I explain the branding study by a client that identified Ally Bank as the most recognizable brand in their market? As most readers know, Ally is the former bank-finance arm of General Motors (GMAC). And if money can buy customer love, what can community banks with limited ad budgets do to survive?

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Social Assurance

JANUARY 11, 2021

This is important for financial brands to pay attention to for two primary reasons. The larger potential disruptor for financial brands is Facebook’s payment tool, known as Facebook Pay. This is a formidable challenge for community banks. A recent study by Accenture predicts that a total of 2.7

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Social Assurance

JANUARY 11, 2021

This is important for financial brands to pay attention to for two primary reasons. The larger potential disruptor for financial brands is Facebook’s payment tool, known as Facebook Pay. This is a formidable challenge for community banks. A recent study by Accenture predicts that a total of 2.7

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Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The popular trend for banks these days is to market themselves as the “community” bank. The goal is to build relationships and engagement with those in the community as a means to increase a bank’s profitability. These community Bank blogs are designed to help your bank and credit union achieve this end.

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Social Assurance

SEPTEMBER 25, 2017

The popular trend for banks these days is to market themselves as the “community” bank. The goal is to build relationships and engagement with those in the community as a means to increase a bank’s profitability. These community Bank blogs are designed to help your bank and credit union achieve this end.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

Independent Banker ® magazine recognizes three community banks who have conducted creative, engaging and impactful social media campaigns. This year’s panel of judges evaluated social media campaigns submitted from several community banks across the country before selecting those that received final recognition.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

That's what I thought about while reading a recent Financial Brand post about Innovation in Banking: Killer Ideas? Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? In the above blog post, I discussed Apple and Bank of New York Mellon. or Idea Killers?

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

“A high percentage of millennials are underbanked, and when they look for a place to do their banking they are going to look for more personalization and customization, and this puts community banks at an advantage over larger commercial banks,” says Sam Khater, deputy chief economist with CoreLogic, a company in Irvine, Calif.,

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

“A high percentage of millennials are underbanked, and when they look for a place to do their banking they are going to look for more personalization and customization, and this puts community banks at an advantage over larger commercial banks,” says Sam Khater, deputy chief economist with CoreLogic, a company in Irvine, Calif.,

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Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

Many of today’s most recognized brands were once small businesses until they found an SBA counselor, lender or investor. SBA Administrator Maria Contreras-Sweet started three businesses in Los Angeles, including a community bank, before joining President Obama’s cabinet in April 2014. Every business starts small.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar!

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 21, 2012

Since I estimate my Twitter community only reads about 10% of their tweet stream, and so many of my blog readers do not follow Twitter, below are selected quotes that I tweeted so far this year. JeffMarsico Credit Union CEO: "The differences between CUs & community banks are inflated by trade groups.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

William Mills Agency will be live blogging at FinovateFall 2017. Digital banking solutions for community banks and credit unions. Cool name and branding. Helps companies secure email, chat and collaboration platforms communicate with confidence. I like their branding. MalauzaiMonkeys.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Year to date through September 30th, Open Bank had $4.5 The lion''s share of their growth, profitability, and capital have come since their re-branding to Open Bank in 2010. In June, the bank raised an additional $30 million of common equity, positioning it to continue its strong growth. #2. BofI Holding, Inc.

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Social Assurance

JANUARY 29, 2018

You may have read recently that Facebook is implementing a new system of pushing posts that will generate conversations and meaningful interactions between people to the top of feeds while distributing less content created by businesses and brands. Why is this good for Community Banks? You aren’t artificial.

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Alex Jimenez

APRIL 7, 2024

In the article Matt Powell , advisor at Spurwink River and senior advisor at BCE Consulting , is quoted, “What happened with Nike, and lots of brands during the pandemic, was they made a decision to play it very safe.” Many banks seemed to be doing that in the past two years, despite accelerating innovation during the pandemic.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Takeaway 2 Community banks may face challenges seeking reimbursement for breach of warranty claims filed with other FIs. Takeaway 3 Banks and credit unions should leverage new tools to improve check fraud prevention that can ease the burden on their staff and safeguard customers.

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Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

Ecoboost engine, FIS's long-term goal is to create build-once, deploy-everywhere core banking components that can be configured in various ways to support the need of a small community bank, boutique wealth manager, or a high-scale retail bank. As Ford has shown with its 3.5L As Ford has shown with its 3.5L

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Celent Banking

APRIL 28, 2017

Ecoboost engine, FIS's long-term goal is to create build-once, deploy-everywhere core banking components that can be configured in various ways to support the need of a small community bank, boutique wealth manager, or a high-scale retail bank. As Ford has shown with its 3.5L As Ford has shown with its 3.5L

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Posting a link to a relevant article or blog. Weekly activities include: Writing an article and posting it, or posting an article from your bank. Composing a list (Top 10 must-read blogs). IB: Who should use LinkedIn at your community bank and why? Gemmill: The way I look at it, every employee is a bank ambassador.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Bankjoy offers developers a banking API for a modern, real-time, holistic interface for credit unions and community banks. brandCrowder has developed an alternative investment platform focusing on branded franchises. Stay tuned on the blog for more detailed descriptions. The post Ready for a Sneak Peek?

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William Mills

MARCH 30, 2017

The first day was dedicated to credit unions with sessions about Best Practices for Credit Unions, Omni-Channel Banking – Is the Branch Dead or Is it the Future and How to Best use Branding. Luvleen Sidhu, co-founder of Bank Mobile, kicked off the conference with her keynote presentation.

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