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Regional Banks Guide Corporates To Future-Proof Accounts Payable

PYMNTS

People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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Why this regional bank is dumping N.Y. multifamily loans

American Banker

People's United in Connecticut is letting the loans run off its books as it invests in higher-yielding commercial loans.

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No quiet retirement for longtime Webster Financial chief

American Banker

James Smith, who recently completed his gradual transition out of banking, was spearheading a public-private economic development plan for Connecticut when the coronavirus pandemic hit. The crisis made the need for the plan greater — and the job harder.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. Read: We needed greater scale to offer the products and services demanded by customers. Our combination. Oh, and the fact that the CEO is 65 is a mere coincidence.