Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

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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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Changing customer banking habits means it’s more important than ever for community banks to use every tool at their disposal. Community banks may have longstanding relationships with their core vendors, but that doesn’t always mean they keep up to date on all the latest features and functionalities. Mike Daniels, Nicolet National Bank.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

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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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: Can you describe your personal and professional experience with the tech community in Chicago? As a company, Occly is closely involved with the Chicago tech community. Given that we’re not working out of an accelerator or incubator, it’s important to attend industry and community events.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 4, 2020

Quick-service restaurants (QSRs), fast casual eateries and fast-food drive-thrus keep dominating headlines throughout the pandemic as a nation is understandably obsessed with staying fed on lockdown and after, when breathing the open air still feels oddly risky. A Tasting Menu Of Creative Approaches.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2017

Many innovators end up in the business of commerce or technology because they are trying to solve a problem — usually their own. This is often a good or service they find they need, and that the market doesn’t offer, which sets off a light bulb and begins the cycle of innovation. Innovation. “In I think people in the U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Our clients showed banking at its best – obsessed with customer well-being, good corporate citizenship, and strong community focus. Jill is continually demonstrating just how loud a $300 million community bank can roar! Bravo Brett and team!

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Idaho Community Industry Strategy 181

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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PYMNTS

MAY 4, 2017

Neil Dufva, CEO of Crunchy Logistics , a tech design company that specializes in innovative customer connections, told PYMNTS that Orlando is on its way to tech superstar status. Here is an excerpt of the conversation: PYMNTS: Can you describe your personal and/or professional experience with the tech community in Orlando?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

earlier this week, the OCC’s recent decision to accept applications from non-depository financial technology firms for a special purpose national bank (SPNB) charter was the focus of considerable discussion. The summit speakers included Grovetta Gardineer, the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Compliance and Community Affairs at the OCC.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Community Bank Advisory Council Members.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

1 went live over Labor Day weekend 1995 from founder Pierre Omidyar’s San Jose, California, living room. The site’s best-known innovation to first draw customers in was its auction format — that allowed consumers to bid on items and “win” the ability to purchase them for their bid price. The first is that it was only about a day old.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 7, 2019

billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Founded in 1980, Plumas Bank is a full-service community bank headquartered in Quincy in Northeastern California. The bank operates thirteen branches, eleven in northern California and two in Nevada. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

But are the ripple effects of this exponentially expanding digital and virtual ecosystem causing neglect of our real, local communities, a dwindling of human interactions and a future workforce that will lack social skills? Cohen owns a national distribution network and deals with some of the nation’s biggest retailers.

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William Mills

MARCH 8, 2018

As headquarters to large companies including NCR, WorldPay and First Data, the Georgia Department of Economic Development reports that Georgia fintech companies generate more than $72 billion annually, third in the nation behind New York and California. So how did we get here in such a short amount of time?

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

Last week, Constellation Brands purchased Empathy Wines , a direct-to-consumer (DTC) eCommerce business that sells wines from California vineyards. According to a PYMNTS study a month ago of a national sample of some 14,000 U.S. He told investors that he plans to drive more than 50 percent of future sales through digital channels.

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Retail Meeting Branding Maine 259

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

AI, payments, data, and other aspects of innovation are dropping behind the scenes. During the two weeks, there were over a hundred significant cyberattacks by nation-states on national and regional banks that you could watch unfold in near real-time (bel0w) at Gartner and Money 20/20. It is closer to five.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Perficient Bright Paths is a program designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities. Technology Stack: Flask, SQLAlchemy, Bootstrap, ForeignKeys, Jinja | APIs Used: Used data from “California regulations of possibly harmful products”, which was a CSV file.

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Milwaukee Software Course Detroit 348

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. It is an innovator with tech (e.g.,

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CB Insights

JULY 17, 2018

In 2017, the National Restaurant Association reported annual sales of $799B — close to 48% of the total amount that Americans spent on food. Market share is simply shifting away from big chains that haven’t successfully innovated, flowing instead to new models for creating and selling food to customers. Photo credit: Health.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

Between 1996 and 1999, General Motors (GM) began mass-producing their first electric car — the EV1 and offering it for lease in California and Georgia. But electric vehicles are an innovation that has a habit of coming back. Almost 100 years later, however, EVs got another bite at the apple.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Top initiatives: Building employee transportation network; currently have 66 self-driving minivans on the road in California. Apple has spent 2018 building out the beginnings of its self-driving car fleet, with 66 vehicles officially on the road and registered with the California DMV as of July 18th. Apple starting to catch up.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

A Tesla Model 3 owner in California died while using the car’s Autopilot feature. Increasingly scientists think there should be some regulatory oversight maybe at the national and international level, just to make sure that we don’t do something very foolish. ‘AI nationalism’ could fuel political conflict.

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CB Insights

MARCH 26, 2019

In the 1950s and 1960s, the biggest innovations in breakfast were Eggo Waffles and Pop-Tarts. Thanks to innovative new rental models, ownership is no longer essential. The class-based model also centers heavily around community and socialization, which reflects millennials’ hunger for social contact. The Cigna U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

GonzoBanker of the Year – We have to give this to Banc of California CEO Steven A. Banc of California went from $900 million in total assets five years ago to nearly $5 billion today. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well. That’s one helluva move up. Buena suerte, Bradley! EVP: Hell no.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Bank Innovation named Jill one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking for 2015, and we doubt that Bank Innovation would know who Jill is if not for her presence on Twitter. To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. Community bank marketing resources.

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CB Insights

APRIL 24, 2018

We look into how stores are being transformed into showrooms, community gathering spots, and even event spaces as retailers leverage the physical store as tool for brand marketing. Lucky’s market capitalizes on health and community. To keep prices low, Five Below leverages private labels. Organic and cheap. Last mile scramble.

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Retail Trends Technology Branding 59

PYMNTS

JANUARY 11, 2021

Envoy provides users with on-demand, shared EVs for a host of communities — spanning hotels, apartments, offices and other locations — through a concept termed “mobility as an amenity.”. Ohana told PYMNTS that “the idea of sharing a vehicle within community makes a lot more sense than publicly accessible shared mobility.”

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Community Mobile California Resources 280

CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

on the horizon, CRISPR has reached a new peak in interest from outside the scientific community. . Key people involved in the initial discovery of the bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system’s function include Jennifer Doudna, PhD at University of California, Berkeley, and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD. is supporting this effort.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Hats off to Greg for taking a $600 million credit union to a $5 billion innovator over his 25 years at the helm. CVB Financial acquires Community Bank.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 16, 2018

on the horizon, CRISPR has reached a new peak in interest from outside the scientific community. . Key people involved in the initial discovery of the bacterial CRISPR-Cas9 system’s function include Jennifer Doudna, PhD at University of California, Berkeley, and French scientist Emmanuelle Charpentier, PhD. is supporting this effort.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 22, 2015

Fidor Bank introduced community banking five years ago. The instant availability of financial transaction and account data unlocks fintech innovation and improves security. Yodlee Rapid Development Kit (RDK) is the easiest and fastest way to build financial innovation with Yodlee and third-party developed micro-components and services.

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San Francisco Video Fintech Data 12

PYMNTS

APRIL 15, 2016

But Lawsky said that he wanted regulation to be put in place in order to curb illegal activity without harming innovation. The bitcoin community now seems to be worried that would have a chilling impact on bitcoin adoption. Ironically, critics of Lawsky have spoken about how his resistance delayed the development of virtual currencies.

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CB Insights

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Indeed, co-founder Alejandro Resnik, the CEO, told the WSJ in 2015 that it was looking to raise a “monster round” of $300 million at a $2 billion valuation to fuel its national expansion. The bet was risky because it required large geographies — indeed, entire nations — to adopt the technology in order for it to scale successfully.

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