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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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Season of Giving: How Financial Brands Are Leaving Their Mark

Social Assurance

We found it fitting to recognize just a few of the many examples of community involvement financial brands dare partaking in to spread cheer this holiday season. Giving can be done a number of ways, here are some examples your brand can emulate next year. . Give Financially. Give Together. Send us a note now! Email Social Assurance.

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

based banks, fintechs and more, sits on top of a payments rail operated by Payrailz, a digital payments company based in Glastonbury, Conn. American State Bank in Sioux Center, Iowa, is another CHUCK network participant. “As Jason Henrichs, CEO of Alloy Labs Alliance. The CHUCK network, which is available to all U.S.-based

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End-Of-Summer Edition: Retro Malware, Bitcoin’s Surge ‘N’ Split And Apple Watch Sees Other People

PYMNTS

EST in South Carolina, there will be a total solar eclipse — with Idaho, Wyoming, Montana, Nebraska, Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee and Georgia all enjoying prime viewing slots between start and finish. That same thing will, of course, be looking up. Today, between 12:05 p.m. EST/9:05 a.m. PST in Oregon and 2:48 p.m.

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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. Claire Hill, marketing director of $208 million-asset Heritage Bank & Trust in Columbia, Tenn., Practice your instant response,” says Joel Williquette, ICBA’s senior vice president of operational risk policy. “So It’s in their DNA.

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32 Corporate Innovation Labs In Retail

CB Insights

From supply chain and inventory improvements to new payment options, these brands are going all in on digital. The Home Depot also operates a secondary lab out of Austin called BlackLocus. Notable Projects: Lululemon Lab operates under the concept of “offline exclusivity.” CVS — Digital Innovation Lab.

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A New Human Connection

Independent Banker

For some community banks, video tellers, sometimes called interactive teller machines or ITMs, can work well for select markets or under certain conditions, experts say. We implemented the ITMs because we wanted to reach our rural markets with a full-time banking experience,” he says. “A James Johnson, PCSB Bank.

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