PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

5), Alenka Grealish, senior analyst at Celent, penned an article for American Banker with a prediction: The small business (SMB) credit space is headed for a “shake-up.” In this week’s B2B venture capital breakdown, alternative lending for small- and medium-sized businesses (and their employees) is the clear winner.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 7, 2018

But there can be a sea change afoot that can mix things up a bit. As noted in American Banker , the deal count came to 371 deals for the first half of the year, with a few triple-digit investment rounds. Unlike the broader VC market, early-stage FinTech companies have continued to attract a solid flow of capital in the U.S.,

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since many bankers likely have a self-improvement goal in their New Year’s resolutions, we wanted to put out our recommendations right from the start. To do this, we teamed up with Jack Hubbard, Managing Partner of the Modern Banker , to bring you our collective favorites. Heart Spoken , by Elizabeth Cottrell.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

Toward the start of 2018, analysts began to highlight the potential for venture capital (VC) to embrace the B2B business model. and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Takeaway 1 Signs point to increased loan modifications and loan workouts, and regulators have urged financial institutions to work prudently with borrowers. . Takeaway 2 Meanwhile, banks and credit unions will likely see a beefed-up regulatory emphasis on credit risk management practices, especially tied to CRE. .

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Although the magi's perils were greater and their journey quite significant than the modern day banker, I too see headwinds for community financial institutions, and wish for three gifts for them during this holiday season. My Wish For Bankers in 2019 1. The accompanying chart should be quite alarming for bankers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. “I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.” ” – Hunter Thompson. Well, HST and Big Bird had it right. Everything.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. million in assets and $233.7

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I call this "pulling into the pits" in my book: Squared Away-How Can Bankers Succeed as Economic First Responders. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. Silvergate Capital Corporation (NYSE: SI) #2. And I am weary of the persistent "get big or get out" mentality of many industry pundits.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Beneficial State Bank was born from a bold idea and a gift of capital from activists and philanthropists Kat Taylor and Tom Steyer. The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. By Roshan McArthur. Assets: $1.5

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

It turns out that confidence is more valuable than capital. This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. The ratio would provide a bank’s current core capital position to risk-adjusted assets. SVB’s 43% LTD used to be talked about with reverence.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Illustration by Jack Hudson. We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year.

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Banking 2020

MARCH 10, 2015

Daily, I have been reminded by the government, that the signs of economic recovery are all around me. The signs of change are around us, but it’s more likely that the US economy is rearranging itself rather than simply recovering under the old umbrella of Wall Street. My answer, combine the best of both worlds.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 10, 2016

Clerico has built WePay from the ground up through his innate love of people and by building relationships with customers to provide them with a payments platform that is exactly what they want and need. What have the powerhouses Starbucks and Airbnb managed to do better than anyone else? BC: Well, no day is ever the same.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2023

This article gives bankers a background on what it is, its risks, and how it will change everything from your infrastructure to your hiring practices. In less than 30 seconds, AutoGPT retrieved a list of the highest-rated restaurants, checked availability, and made the requested reservations at the auto-chosen Capital Grille (below).

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2015

A banker told me yesterday that if I wanted headlines in American Banker , put FinTech in my copy. So far I'm up to five mentions. If a bank deems a vendor critical to its operation, it must analyze the vendor's financial statements to be confident in its viability. We all know there is something to it. Legit question.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 21, 2016

These purchases included operating systems, hardware, application software, maintenance—you name it. These purchases included operating systems, hardware, application software, maintenance—you name it. In fact, up until the late ’90s one of the largest vendors didn’t have a list price. I’ve seen it all.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 15, 2011

I think both bankers and Occupy Wall Streeters are falling into a whining trap. We ignored the signs of globalization, and instituted wage scales and inefficient work rules that made manufacturing things overseas much more attractive to companies (and buyers of the goods manufactured). Who are these people and what do they want?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. Well, you can cross the last one off your list, because THE AWARDS ARE HERE.

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CB Insights

JUNE 3, 2020

Wealth & Capital Markets. This comes as no surprise, as Covid-19 is keeping the venture landscape broadly in something of a holding pattern. At the same time, the story for fintech is more nuanced. While funding is down and certain sectors are hurting, others actually stand to benefit long-term from the pandemic. Take the payments sector.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The concept that we allow the customer to choose how they want to bank often enables the bank to be passive in its position and give up agency. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? Branching, for example, is too expensive to be all things to all people.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 26, 2020

In the US, legislation emerged to forbid investment banks from prop trading, or trading with their own capital, and forcing them to keep more capital on hand. While the rules against prop trading have more recently been loosened, the restriction has still changed how investment banks operate. Some banks have collapsed.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Money20/20 became quite the event in a very short time, with 10,000 – count ’em – attendees up from 2,300 only three years ago. Bankers had long suspected MCX’s plan was to bypass the Visa/MasterCard rails by processing transactions as ACH. The logistics. Would we all take that growth? Big stories/buzz. Apple Pay … not.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. 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. But that’s for next year. First, find a comfy chair.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

However, capital isn’t the only or even primary need of startups, various business incubator experts agree. Some entrepreneurs have never raised capital. We focus on building the people up so they can execute.”. Photo: Getty Images / Martin Barraud. Ideas, programs and resources to boost local entrepreneurship. By Judith Sears.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. The storyline, of course, seems a bit at odds with the title of the show (which not surprisingly lasted only one season) but it stayed with me. He’d teach them about a variety of things going on in the world – science, math, archaeology, literature. He’s a pretty smart guy.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 15, 2015

In its first outside capital raise, personal investment management platform, Blooom has hauled in $4 million. Blooom operates in one of the more interesting niches in personal investment management, 401(k) accounts. Also participating in the round were DST Systems Inc, Commerce Ventures, Hyde Park Venture Partners, and UMB.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 28, 2020

Greek challenger bank Praxia , founded by British-American banker and former Barclays CEO Bob Diamond, will be sold to payments processor Viva Wallet after the country’s central bank intervened, according to a report. Talks began with Pancretan Co-operative Bank but didn’t get anywhere, and then Viva Wallet stepped in.

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Within mere weeks, 22 women are in the final stages of completing a Perficient-sponsored coding bootcamp in Detroit; their final project includes designing their own apps, all of which serve the world in various ways and all certain to make an impact. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths. Celeste Rowe’s Bright Paths Project: Grow Better.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Here are Abrigo’s top banker resources related to managing ALM and portfolio risks: Click the header next to each number to visit the corresponding top banking risk resource. The eBook also explained the critical steps of capital planning to meet financial institution goals and critical modeling assumptions for key funding sources.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

My grandparents operated a much-loved corner grocery. I''ve got another installment or two in the pipeline, but since it''s already starting to feel like we are making our final descent into 2015, I wanted to take a step back and explain WHY those projects rose to the top. My wife loved Blockbuster. It took an hour!

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Bob Moore, Augusta Food Bank’s executive director, says traffic was backed up for miles. That day’s event was just one of the many ways in which Kennebec Savings Bank stepped up to help its community in 2020. A local stalwart since its founding in 1870, the community bank was signed into existence by Civil War hero and Gov.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Independent Banker Survey. 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. Meanwhile, businesses that flourished in the pandemic may look to expand operations.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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. THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Employees are back to work. We are in awe.

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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. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down. No, you didn’t.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I’ve seen these folks before, it’s pretty slick. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. I like what they are doing and I think they could be very big.

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