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Data Dive: And The Winner Is Edition — SMBs Worldwide, DoorDash And Gun Regulation

PYMNTS

By offering QR-based digital payments, smaller retailers can achieve these goals and create greater customer stickiness with little to no investment beyond the phone they already have,” said Jorn Lambert, EVP, Digital Channels and Regions, Mastercard. In spring 2018, participating U.S. In spring 2018, participating U.S.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

will provide greater capital resources and operational scale that will allow us to grow as part of a larger community bank." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. "Our combination.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

PYMNTS

“I think these non-banks, FinTech-type opportunities are going to be the biggest threat to, especially, community banks going forward,” David Seleski, president of Florida-based Stonegate Bank. As the community banking sector explores how to address the FinTech competitive threat, they’re also facing headwinds from regulators.

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The declining elasticity of US housing supply

BankUnderground

We find that US housing supply has become less elastic since the crisis, with bigger declines in places where land-use regulation has tightened the most, and in areas that had larger price declines during the crisis. In addition, land-use regulation also tends to be more stringent in these areas.

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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

Joining him in presenting the workshop will be Chris Nichols, chief strategy officer at CenterState Bank of Florida, a $3.9 State/Regional Partners Reception*. State/Regional Affiliate Associations & Exhibitor Receptions*. Regulators Luncheon*. billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., General Session.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. Except maybe they did partly.

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market

PYMNTS

The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking. 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.