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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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A digital-first bank for south Florida

Independent Banker

Observing the gap in pandemic relief in south Florida due to a lack of local community banks, a trio of banking veterans teamed up to form a digital-first community bank—and were granted a charter in record time to support local businesses. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert. Name: Locality Bank. Assets: $55 million. Built on a solid foundation.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Although one might argue that First Citizens BancShares of Raleigh is a SIFI as it climbed to the 19th largest in the country with its Silicon Valley Bridge Bank acquisition from the FDIC, and that the FDIC designated SVB as systemically important. Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2022 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Communities First Financial Corporation (OTCQX: CFST) Communities First Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Fresno First Bank , which opened in December 2005 dedicated to meeting the banking needs of businesses, professionals, and successful individuals in Central California. billion of total assets, $36.7

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Howard Schneider is a financial writer in California. By Howard Schneider. Legal aspects.

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Seeking Banking Balance Between Physical And Digital

PYMNTS

With more consumers moving to mobile transactions over visits to branches, some banks are considering closing brick-and-mortar locations to reduce operational costs. The price of real estate is prompting even the largest players in the banking world to scale back their branch operations.