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Banks Won’t Skimp on Technology Spend Despite Bleak Economic Predictions

Bank Innovation

Despite predictions of a bleak economy and decreasing investment spending from businesses, banks will not be cutting down their technology spend in 2019, according to Kurt Spieler, Chief Investment Officer at First National Bank of Omaha.

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Buffett Hungry For Banking Stake In India?

PYMNTS

Is India proving a lure, once again, for the “Oracle of Omaha?” This, of course, would not be the first movement of Buffett, via Berkshire, into India’s banking and payments realm – and especially FinTech. The bank is the third largest, as measured by market capitalization, and has broad reach, as noted above.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight. Omaha, Neb. I believe that partnerships with community bank-focused fintechs is critical to our success, which is why the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator is so critical.

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10 Big Bank Marketing Lessons from the ABA Bank Marketing Conference

South State Correspondent

Both ladies detailed the tremendous opportunity, potential fintech partners in this space, and the risks. That is, for banks that don’t spend money on marketing to differentiate themselves and don’t create unique products that create a fanatical customer base, their market capitalization will suffer over time, and they will “pay” more.

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Prairie CloudWare Announces New Round of Investment

Fintech Labs Insights

Omaha, Nebraska’s Prairie Cloudware has raised an undisclosed sum in its latest round of funding. ” Prairie Cloudware said the new capital, which takes the company’s total to $5 million , will help it launch an “early version” of its Digital Payments Guardian technology later this year.

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D3 Digital Banking Platform Goes Live at First Tennessee Bank

Fintech Labs Insights

Founded in 1997 and headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska, D3 Banking demonstrated its Small Business Banking solution at FinovateFall 2015. In June, D3 Banking secured a $10 million investment from West Partners, taking its total capital to more than $27 million.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued. That meeting four years ago led to the launch of Lead Bank’s Credit Builder Account program, which is accessed through an app developed by Self Financial, a fintech. First Capital Bank.