Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. 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?

Idaho 172

Idaho Community Industry Strategy 172

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. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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Community Bank Community National Fresno 196

Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. This is a mindset shift for communities. Entrepreneurs are the ones who will transform the community.”. Create an Entrepreneurial Community.

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Miami Community Bank Community Resources 70

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This was followed by a focus on banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, open banking, Web 3.0, Many of the new banking and payment technologies have now far eclipsed traditional cores’ capabilities. Banks are just starting to realize this. Small Idea – It’s Our Kid’s Technology. That will require a new core.

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Conference Technology Las Vegas Trends 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

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. 16 passing of Robert Wilmers, chairman and chief executive officer of M&T Bank Corp. Well, you can cross the last one off your list, because THE AWARDS ARE HERE.

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Conference Industry Community Bank Community 91

PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. MOXY Bank, for example, aims to introduce corporate treasury management services, as well as offerings for small business (SMB) owners.

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Community Bank Community FDIC Marketing 122

Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Independent Banker Survey. Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success.

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Lending Technology Survey Examples 221

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

THE BANKING AWARDS. Charles Scharf, CEO, Wells Fargo – We have to give a nod to the individual tapped to restore the reputation and culture of such a legendary bank. Bank Lifetime Achievement Awards. Brutal competition is an everyday affair, as are product and price commoditization. But that’s for next year.

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Idaho Conference Data Marketing 148

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Happy New Year, fellow community bankers! This upcoming year has a lot of good in store for our industry, because ICBA continues to pursue even more successes for community banks nationwide. That’s why it’s vital that we step up, stand up and speak up. If we don’t, nobody else will do it for us.

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Community Bank Washington Community Ohio 70

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down.

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Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The housing industry, and mortgage banking revenue, came to a stop. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Employees are back to work. Or maybe two or three days a week. We are in awe.

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Fintech Community Regional Technology 194

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Sure, we bought some December options on west Texas crude at $100 a barrel, but it was only with a third of the 401(k)—plenty of time to make that up, right? THE BANKING AWARDS. It’s hard for any banker to avoid gulping at the sheer long-term performance of George Gleason II and his team at the Bank of the Ozarks.

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Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60

Abrigo

APRIL 23, 2020

During a webinar hosted by Abrigo, Walter Lara-Figueroa, a Lender Relations Specialist from the North Carolina District Office of the SBA, said lenders should plan to book loans very soon after President Donald Trump signs the bill approving new funding. My best estimate is that if he signs today, it will be available the next day,” he said.

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Lending Los Angeles North Carolina Community 221

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The Senate has voted by unanimous consent to allocate another $484 billion in an interim relief fund, $310 billion of which will top off the depleted PPP fund directly, with an additional $60 billion specifically for smaller lending institutions. The initial $350 billion in PPP funds allocated as part of the massive $2.2

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Kentucky Community Groups Community Bank 237

Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

So pick up your ticket while you still can and join the 1,500-person gathering in Manhattan September 16 & 17. Market segments include insurance, banks, telecom, utilities, and property management. It is currently deployed at 20+ retail banks with over 500m transactions a year.

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Company Software Analytics Mobile 12