Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

economic slowdown fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic is likely to continue into 2021 but could start bouncing back by mid-year as the population gets vaccinated, according to a December survey from the National Association for Business Economics (NABE). Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 4, 2020

All the capital flowing into the digital fintech space is helping to solve banking industry challenges. As the industry’s appetite for digital technology grows, the capital that’s been flowing into mostly digital-focused fintech is solving real industry challenges right now. SoFi/Galileo: This $1.2

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2018

Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. FinTech Growth. Treasury Department. financial technology efforts.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. To remain competitive, some of the nations’ largest banks have introduced new products. Community banks target growth. Types of Noninterest Income. An important source of revenue.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

Currently, these businesses are finding funding sources such as Small Business Administration loans, equipment financing loans, or other lines of credit from fintechs and niche players in the market like American Express, PayPal, Mercury, Blue Vine and OnDeck. No two markets are created equal.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

To provide regional and community banks with a full-scale solution to manage and grow their FX programs, FinTech firm Derivative Path, Inc. Our industry-leading rates platform now combined with Currencycloud’s capabilities will make our offering even more powerful for our regional and community banking clients.”.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 9, 2022

In our previous article ( HERE ), we reviewed the banking industry’s cost of funding earning assets (COF), and we compared how community banks’ COF behaves relative to national banks in a rising interest rate cycle. That 9% does not include specialty consumer banks or fintech companies.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Capital One Halts BNPL Transactions On Its Credit Cards. Capital One Financial Corp is putting a stop to buy now, pay later (BNPL) transactions on its credit cards, calling the dealings “ risky ,” for both consumers and banks. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

The majority of the FSWCF’s loan programs are dedicated to small businesses in rural Colorado, New Mexico and the Navajo Nation. Many focus on providing capital to underrepresented groups. For a year prior to the pandemic, First Southwest Bank worked with a fintech to develop a portal system for loans that could be used by HelloBello.

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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. billion bank in the Mid-Atlantic region.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2021

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. 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.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

As concerns are raised about how industry consolidation might impact competition, Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell is warning that it could hinder small businesses’ access to capital and financial services. He pointed to the Community Reinvestment Act, which encourages banks to loan to small businesses.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

In 2021, there were more than 120 fintech IPOs in the U.S., 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Acquisition of the Year: Bank Acquiring a Fintech. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast has insights from banking leaders and advisors across the banking industry. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm. keep me informed.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 30, 2018

National Small Business Week is this week in the U.S., and finance experts are celebrating with new data on the state of the entrepreneurial community. But analysts from Bank of America, Square, Navcom and the National Association for the Self-Employed warn that challenges for some SMBs have reached new heights, too.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

That’s aimed at community banks and credit unions, a move meant to rectify a flaw in the first appropriation, where mom-and-pop businesses found themselves crowded out of PPP funds by larger “small” businesses that worked with big banks. .

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 26, 2018

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency is examining the Community Reinvestment Act, which in part means that rules governing short-term lending may be reversed, and would let community banks compete more directly against payday lenders. FinTech Innovation and Cooperation in the Cards? Last Monday (Feb.

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American Banker

JULY 13, 2016

In 1999, the OCC issued a charter to the internet bank AeroBank, but the startup's efforts to raise capital were thwarted when dot-com-boom money went chasing shinier options. Nonetheless, the bank’s experiences resonate with fintech banks trying to obtain a national charter today.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 13, 2018

McWilliams stated that the FDIC’s top priorities included: (1) reducing regulatory burden on community banks; (2) increasing the speed with which the FDIC reviews charter and deposit insurance applications; and (3) assisting banks to introduce new financial products that serve underserved communities.

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Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

They once held all of the keys to the banking kingdom. They are/were the business owners, demanders of capital and loans, and significant depositors. There is a fintech firm, SoFi, that was born in 2011, that focuses on millennials financial needs. It started refi'ing student loans, something very few banks do.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Bank Merger of the Year. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank.

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PYMNTS

JULY 20, 2016

But innovation watchers have been watching Rio and Brazil in general for some time as the nation increasingly becomes an incubator nation for FinTech development and talent. Valor Capital Group, former DHL Express US CEO Hans Hickler and Salazar are all previous investors who also participated in the round. “I

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South State Correspondent

JULY 25, 2022

How are you handling partnerships, and are you part of any fintech consortiums to assist are now common questions. Quality Growth: Banks should start to emphasize core quality growth over absolute growth. Loan Pricing: Loan pricing has increased in the capital markets, yet bank loan pricing has continued to compress.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. Now, a decade on, small business optimism is up in the U.S.,

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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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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

We’ve simultaneously disdained and feared the fintechs, artificial intelligence and blockchain consortia. We’ve seen the big Wall Street banks raise the hurdle (and clear it!) GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Although all banks faced stock headwinds in 2018, we give the nod to William Demchak at PNC Financial Services.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2022

After adjusting for mitigating factors, the residual risk falls on a spectrum, and banks need to ensure they are not taking too much or too little risk, given the reward. Banks that take too much risk fail, and banks that take too little risk produce returns below their cost of capital and either get acquired or driven out of business.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. Chris Myers, President & CEO, Citizens Business Bank – During a tumultuous time for West Coast banks, Myers kept his sights on being a top commercial relationship bank.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 18, 2018

According to National Mortgage News , in July 2017 Binh Dang, co-founder and former president of MeridianLink sister company LendingQB, sought a court-ordered dissolution of MeridianLink. CRIF’s ACTion product is its newest platform, currently being pitched to community banks and credit unions.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 23, 2020

the allure of institutional capital is a constant glimmer of greedy, opportunistic hope. As an example, don’t think about Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan who can extend their budget and human capital to defend position. Compare instead something like Fifth Third or Deutsche Bank (both of which we like) to Uniswap and Aave.

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Lex Sokolin

DECEMBER 23, 2020

the allure of institutional capital is a constant glimmer of greedy, opportunistic hope. As an example, don’t think about Goldman Sachs or JP Morgan who can extend their budget and human capital to defend position. Compare instead something like Fifth Third or Deutsche Bank (both of which we like) to Uniswap and Aave.

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PYMNTS

MAY 31, 2017

That brings up some questions for banks: What are the opportunities for banks with debit, and with branches, and even with ATMs? In short, how to tangibly capitalize on the tangible? Ours is not yet a digitally dominated world, as the slow uptake of payments by mobile wallet confirms.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. FinTech threats and distractions. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Payments chaos.

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Tech and Finance

JULY 13, 2016

Regional and mid-tier banks face an uphill battle on the digital front, but have advantages they can capitalize on with some focus and determination. Alarm bells are sounding in boardrooms of regional and mid-tier banks across the U.S. The big banks’ advantage in technology is not new. Or at least they should be.

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