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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost

PYMNTS

However, there may be an opportunity to get more contactless cards into the hands of consumers — an opportunity that involves community banks and is backed by financial incentives. ICBA Bancard’s 1,600 community bank customers have issued more than 7.3 million payment cards, Giorgio said.

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Community Banks, Where Moving Beyond Interest Income Is In The (Credit) Cards

PYMNTS

Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities. And yet, sometimes community banks, opt to stick to their lending knitting, forfeiting the potential to earn non-interest revenue and cementing their ties with both individual and corporate customers.

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The Impact of Mobile Card Apps On FI Customer Retention

PYMNTS

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. It’s a story told by the data itself, Lesher said. Square announced $1.3

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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

PYMNTS

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? With various banks and FinTechs producing innovative solutions — like mobile banking and P2P tools aimed at improving the speed of payments — the pressure is on for community banks to keep up. faster payments system.

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DoorDash, Airbnb IPOs; BNPL Trends; Pet Fraud Top This Week's News

PYMNTS

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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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

Consumer Demographics and Changing Customer Demands Remember all the pre-pandemic talk about millennials? You couldn't go to a conference without every presenter having millennial this or millennial that on their slide decks. Now the oldest millennial is 43 (see table by Statista).

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How community banks can help young homebuyers

Independent Banker

As house prices skyrocket, student loan debt grows and wages stagnate, many Gen Zers and millennials are watching their homebuying dreams move out of reach. But there are ways community banks can help mortgage-seekers get on the property ladder. So how can community banks help? By Beth Mattson-Teig.