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The Four Pillars of Smarter Bank Leadership

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions standing in 2030 will have completed a significant and gut-wrenching transformation of their leadership talent. Every year, digitization further rattles the relevancy of the traditional hierarchical banking organization. That’s the new DNA we need to increase across the banking industry.

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Charles Potts: Innovation trends for 2023

Independent Banker

Image by Worawut/Adobe By Charles Potts As we turn the page to a new year, the innovation evolution continues. ICBA is leaning into it, bringing its ThinkTECH Accelerator program and innovation efforts in-house to provide community bankers with targeted solutions. Momentum around faster payments, real-time payments and FedNow.

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Charles Potts: Being comfortable with discomfort

Independent Banker

As ICBA’s chief innovation officer, it’s my job to push the envelope, to make people uncomfortable. Last week, I talked to a community bank president and CEO who faced this challenge head-on. Community bankers can, through their leadership and action, change culture and spark innovation in various ways, including: 1.

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Charles Potts: Challenging the status quo

Independent Banker

ICBA has preached the importance of innovation, not as a project or something to silo inside a department but as an inclusive cultural and philosophical endeavor that should be part of an organization’s DNA. By investing in small businesses and creating jobs, community banks are helping support local economies throughout our nation.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. This is why sharing our customer stories is so important.

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Who Owns Digital? Ugh, That’s the Problem for Bankers

Gonzobanker

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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How Community Banks Can Stay Relevant in the Face of a Digital Assault

The Financial Brand

Traditional strengths still count, yet the ability to innovate and adapt are key. The post How Community Banks Can Stay Relevant in the Face of a Digital Assault appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights. Asset size does play a role, bankers and others note.