The Emmerich Group

JULY 12, 2023

EVERY bank is facing these challenges. bank is facing these challenges. bank is facing these challenges. this episode, I’m going to show you how to take your already good customer experience and turn it into an experience your customers can’t help but talk about.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Community banks have long been a bastion of relationship-focused service. But what happens when a community bank makes the decision to put technology—specifically, AI—at the heart of its customer service strategy? For Union Savings Bank (USB), a $3 billion-asset community bank in Danbury, Conn.,

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

The payments landscape is evolving, and customers’ needs are changing. Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. of banks’ revenues come from payments. Payments account for up to 30% of bank revenue, and that income stream is under attack. Chris Doyle, Texas First Bank.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. How Banks Can Leverage: Niche markets abound in banking, and community banks are in the perfect position to create a following on a national level should they desire.

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The Emmerich Group

DECEMBER 28, 2022

EVERY bank is facing these challenges. bank is facing these challenges. bank is facing these challenges. this episode, I’m going to show you how to take your already good customer experience and turn it into an experience your customers can’t help but talk about. Continue Reading.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. The estimated amount of money banks will save by using AI applications by 2023. How can AI accomplish this? Quick Stat.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

That uncomfortable feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you decide to try something new serves as a motivator and is why I tell community bankers: “To succeed in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, you need to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable.”. All you have to do is figure out how to tap into it.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

They can more easily consider how to harness genAI's power to enhance their operations, compliance, risk management, and member or customer experience. GenAI use case for fostering relationship banking Abrigo client BAC Community Bank in Stockton, Calif.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. Bank execs looking to champion a BaaS initiative must find the balance between the traditional business case model and an innovative investment strategy to drive future growth.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 20, 2022

Bank executives are coming to understand that in today’s world, the customer experience (CX) is the product, although not all have made a serious commitment to address newfound competition. Experience design is a specific skillset that is needed to steer the execution of a bank’s digital strategy. Among 300 U.S.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. See how digitization can improve customer experiences. learn more.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. See how digitization can improve customer experiences. learn more.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

In the throes of managing balance sheets and loan portfolios and at the same time executing daily “run the bank” operations, bankers are faced with the need to continuously develop new customer experiences and scale enterprise capabilities. And, quite frankly, they’re struggling.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

“I’m not sure how we would have processed all of the PPP loans and everything else in the last 18 months without some of the technology that we have implemented,” says Chris Jundt, senior vice president and chief lending officer at First State Bank & Trust. Northpointe Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., Cashing in on efficiencies.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

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. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Banking on Digital Growth Banking on Digital Growth , hosted by James Robert Lay, CEO of the Digital Growth Institute, interviews marketing, sales, and fintech leaders and discusses ways financial institutions can maximize their digital growth potential. keep me informed. Whitepaper. Asset Liability Modeling. Asset/Liability.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This was followed by a focus on banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, open banking, Web 3.0, Most of the conversations at the conferences were around how to architect, execute, and attract/retain the required talent to pull these solutions off. Small Idea – How Do I Sell to Machines? A balance sheet matters.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

At SouthState, our commercial lending teams use an online proposal generator, and we make that same app available to any community bank. In this article, we step through why it works and how you can get it. Sometimes just a graphics tool can help a banker win more loan business. Why The Loan Proposal Generator Works.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 15, 2022

At SouthState, our commercial lending teams use an online proposal generator, and we make that same app available to any community bank. In this article, we step through why it works and how you can get it. Sometimes just a graphics tool can help a banker win more loan business. Why The Loan Proposal Generator Works.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 21, 2019

As a thought experiment, imagine if one evening Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos had one too many cocktails and errantly gave an order to purchase your bank. The framework to assess the acquired bank is based upon Bezos’ famous 2016 shareholder letter that outlines Amazon’s core business philosophy.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

From panels to keynotes to hallways, here are a few things that caught my attention: AI: Next-gen customer experience? Mary Wisniewski, John Spottiswood, Srinivas Njay, Jerry Ryan Hildebrand The issue of customer service came up on repeat in my panel exploring artificial intelligence and customer engagement.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Today, many community banks are exploring how to “go paperless”—whether for cost reasons, a better customer experience or a deliberate outreach to a younger, technology-oriented demographic. Easier access and affordability of digital signature creates an opportunity for growth-oriented, competitive community banks.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 17, 2020

In the soon to be released What’s Going On In Banking study, Cornerstone ’s Ron Shevlin shows that both bank and credit union execs are most fearful of big tech (Amazon Prime, Venmo, Apple Card) primarily because of their great data reach and ability to drive customer experience.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 27, 2023

It’s a way for banks to speak with each other, and it started to be phased in during the first quarter of this year with the goal of a complete conversion by 2025. While this is mostly the domain of large banks, there are three reasons why your community bank should consider adopting this language to increase future bank performance.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 21, 2020

Can current digital and other remote capabilities support growth and a competitive customer experience? How will our board of directors support critical investments in the face of dwindling profits and shifting capital management priorities? View planning as a continuous conversation.

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Gonzobanker

JUNE 22, 2017

The people who know how this works and how to do it well will add major value to banks. But, they are going to have to learn how to do this in an evolving world of tools, data and SEO-driven strategies. Why on earth would we pay somebody outside of the bank to obtain this knowledge and value-creating capability?

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

New inspirations, fresh experiences await at ICBA’s national convention. Welcome to the Crescent City, where the largest educational gathering of community bankers convenes this month. It’s Community Banking LIVE 2016 in New Orleans. For the most current information about Community Banking LIVE 2016.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Key Takeaways Gain an understanding of the current state of banking and future expectations. Learn how to support company culture and hiring long-term talent. There is a demand coming from our customer base to make things easier, less cumbersome, and faster. Plan for new technology and innovations.

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2017

Borrowers want as much information as possible on the website so they can easily determine how to apply,” he said. They want to know how long the approval process will take, and they want financial institutions to communicate throughout the application process.”

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FICO

JUNE 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn have reinforced the following belief – having fewer community banks during a crisis hurts consumers and small businesses. And it wouldn’t have happened without community banks. banking assets) approved nearly 20% of loan dollars. The Value of Decentralization.

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FICO

JUNE 15, 2020

The COVID-19 pandemic and associated economic downturn have reinforced the following belief – having fewer community banks during a crisis hurts consumers and small businesses. And it wouldn’t have happened without community banks. banking assets) approved nearly 20% of loan dollars. The Value of Decentralization.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 1, 2019

Because while a relationship of trust gives credit unions a powerful infrastructure from which to build a more innovative customer experience, it is also a mandate pushing them forward to live up to the faith their customers have put in them. But, Lynch noted, it is still a starting point.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. The Smarter Bank Customer Experience Award. Provident Financial Services, Inc.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve. We guide your institution into creating an operating plan, or the "how" to strategy execution.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 10, 2023

Maybe an incoming payment was not processed by another bank, for example, and the customer never received funds. It eats up a substantial number of resources for a bank and often causes a less-than-optimal customer experience. A typical community bank may pay $1.5M

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Cisco

AUGUST 16, 2019

First, it’s important to note that while banks continue to open new branches, they’re not building at quite the same pace as they’ve done in the past. Chase might be the exception, pushing ahead with 123 new banks in the last three years, compared to a more modest 54 from BofA and 45 from Wells Fargo.

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