Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Much like we saw with some concentrated initiatives in 2020 with the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) and the CARES Act, 2023 will bring a more granular focus to community banks’ lines of business. Embedded finance is expected to increase exponentially over the next few years, opening up new markets and enhancing customer experiences.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

By investing in small businesses and creating jobs, community banks are helping support local economies throughout our nation. As prudent lenders, community bankers make every effort to mitigate risk. All too often, community banks fall prey to the we’ve-always-done-it-that-way mindset. By Charles Potts, ICBA.

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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.”. Cultivating a collaborative environment.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). The difference could be seen in what alpha bankers bragged about.

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Cisco

JANUARY 10, 2023

As a change agent serving the financial services industry for over 20 years, it is a great privilege to collaborate with Bank, Insurance, and Wealth Management institutions to devise and execute digital transformation strategy, solve complex business problems, and leverage technology to strengthen business results.

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ZootBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

How long should it take to add your spouse to your bank account? However, it took one full hour to accomplish this simple task at my local community bank where I have been a customer for more than a decade. The experience left me wondering, with today’s technology how could this be possible.

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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

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This conference is crucial because it provides insight into small business banking and has a good mix of essential banking-focused topics with a heavy emphasis on the customer experience. Increasing lifetime value was a common discussion with every bank. However, banks differed in how to get there.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 12, 2021

“Our customers need financial technology tools that align with their personal and business needs. A lot of what the pandemic did was force our industry to truly be digital, to facilitate frictionless transactions,” TCH Senior Vice President Elena Whisler said in a recent conversation with PYMNTS. “It

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Improving the small business loan experience is a great way to build new relationships and deepen existing ones. We spoke with industry specialists about the priorities for community banks as they build a digital loan process for small businesses. Doing so can help community banks: Optimize the loan cycle.

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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. From an income perspective, BaaS partner banks create a new revenue stream that has shown to increase non-interest-income, ROA and ROE. assets, citing high NIE.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

In our industry, the only constant is change. From new competition and new technology to new regulation, we have adapted and continued to offer the relationship-centric experience that our communities, customers and missions depend on. We have had a significant evolution in financial services over the past decade.

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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. That’s the new DNA we need to increase across the banking industry.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

We may not be benefactors of self-preparing meals and hovercraft transportation, but all the same, technology plays a major role in our daily lives—and in the banking business. Burgeoning customer expectations demand that technology plays a pivotal role in community banks’ strategies. Where I’ll be this month.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. Experts point to a strategy built on customer input and relationship-building. Banking-as-a-service (BaaS). Central bank digital currency (CBDC). The customer connection. The customer drives everything,” Laverdure says.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Money 20/20 (M2020) is the only conference in the industry where it is both possible and expected to pull off two breakfasts, two lunches, three cocktail parties, and two dinners PER DAY. Generative AI: Traditional AI was ever-present in touted solutions regarding fraud, risk management, and the customer experience.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2019

The company revealed that David Kowach has been named head of Community Banking, while Jim Hays has come onboard as president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors. Andy Rowe is Enterprise Customer Excellence executive, and Elli Dai has been hired as Small Business and Personal Lending Group executive.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2018

This year, you’ve probably heard me say that ICBA is focused on three pillars: community bank advocacy, education and innovation. As I put on three hats—consumer, community banker, and ICBA president and CEO (in no particular order)—I see three specific opportunities for innovation. Exciting, right?

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Cisco

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

In today’s post pandemic world, the need for innovation at pace and scale is leading to the growing adoption and expansion of partner ecosystems to support the delivery of innovations to both customer experiences and process improvements. Managing those applications in financial services is different than in any other industry.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

“The three verticals that we service at NCR today — banking, restaurants and retail — I think they had the common bond for us that they was all about, ‘how do you simplify operations and the customer experience?’” Open Banking And The Future. When it comes to open banking , Brown said that NCR is all in. “We

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Abrigo

MAY 5, 2022

Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry.

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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. Corey Neil.

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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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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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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 31, 2019

. “With a strong alignment to the bank’s ambitious growth agenda, we believe our fully integrated IDC 19.1 will support their vision of becoming an innovative and responsive digital bank.

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Abrigo

JUNE 14, 2017

Technology partners offer much more than just software to banks; a fintech partnership provides delivery channels, convenience, corporate governance , advisory services, and industry data. Software solutions can both make your team more efficient and improve the customer experience. Are customers requesting new products?

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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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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 7, 2021

My case in my book, Squared Away-How Can Bankers Succeed as Economic First Responders , was that pursuing stakeholder primacy mitigates one of the greatest threat to the community bank-relevance. If you matter to your stakeholders, you are relevant, maybe even important, to your employees, customers, communities, and shareholders.

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ABA Community Banking

MAY 22, 2019

"Customer experience is really the only durable or sustainable differentiator in our industry," says Rodney Shepard, who was recently promoted to be Arvest Bank's first-ever chief customer experience officer. The post Podcast: A Customer Advocate Inside the Bank appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 14, 2019

However, in the 2019 Retail Banking Report, a study by Reputation.com that analyzed online data relating to retail banking locations for 23 major U.S. banks, the banking industry was found to be lacking. The study didn’t examine in-depth why particular banks outperformed others.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Key Takeaways Gain an understanding of the current state of banking and future expectations. The banking industry has faced many challenges in 2020, from transitioning to CECL, managing Paycheck Protection Program loans, and navigating an unprecedented economic recession. Plan for new technology and innovations. Drive Growth.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After 40 years in its Cape Giradeau branch, Wood & Huston Bank moved to a new building and allowed firefighters to train in its former building. Before Wood & Huston Bank’s former headquarters was demolished, the community bank lent the space to a local fire department for critical, hands-on training.

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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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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 21, 2020

Banking executives should take a page out of the software industry playbook and adopt an agile approach to planning. Rather, financial institutions should take a page out of the software industry playbook and adopt an agile approach to planning. First, the uncertain economy (local lockdowns, variability in industry impacts, etc.)

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Fintech Labs Insights

MARCH 14, 2024

For financial marketers, especially those in credit unions and community banks, the biggest event of the year, The Financial Brand Forum , is just two months away. For the most part, early-bird (or very-early-bird) prices are still in effect, so you can easily save $1,000 or more on a pair of tickets.

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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2015

It’s not just the technology industry that is constantly evolving – many other industries must also remain adaptable to the changing landscape of the American consumer. One such industry is banking. Other tech updates in banking aim to make their customers’ experience more personal and convenient.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 24, 2021

Reality According to Customer Experience Executives. Executives at the financial institution who have responsibility for customer service, digital banking and retail sales have one perspective. Community banks and credit unions, in total, have 56 million. Here, things have not changed much for the industry.

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