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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. A different kind of peer-to-peer payment service is now available, “built by community banks for community banks.”.

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How a Small Iowa Institution Became The Bank Powering Big Fintech Apps

The Financial Brand

A 117-year-old community bank serves as the back-end for fintechs like Square Cash and Acorns, fueling growth while keeping its roots intact. The post How a Small Iowa Institution Became The Bank Powering Big Fintech Apps appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Build your community bank’s brand with swag

Independent Banker

Promotional merchandise, or swag, has long been regarded as a no-brainer approach to business branding, but community banks are shedding those thrifty connotations with a new, mindful approach to company gifting that imparts value and purpose while bolstering bottom lines. billion-asset CBI Bank & Trust in Muscatine, Iowa. “We

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2021 Community Spark Award Runner-Up United Bank of Iowa

Social Assurance

The idea they settled on was to create a closed-circuit gift card program, branded the “Think Franklin First” gift card. It’s been a tremendous success to date and residents and businesses alike have credited Dean Bank for stepping up and providing a spark to the community when it needed it most.

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Fiserv Enables SNAP Online EBT Payment Acceptance For Grocers

PYMNTS

In addition to New York, the program is now available for SNAP recipients in Alabama, Arizona, California, Florida, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, New York, Oregon and Washington. brand, is accepting online EBT payment at select locations. ShopRite, a Wakefern Food Corp.

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Season of Giving: How Financial Brands Are Leaving Their Mark

Social Assurance

The holidays are a time when communities come together to support each other and celebrate the bonds that bring us together. Through it all, community banking institutions have been there to support their neighbors. Giving can be done a number of ways, here are some examples your brand can emulate next year. . Give Financially.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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