Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

GonzoBanker mothership Cornerstone Advisors’ recent What’s Going On In Banking 2021 research points to digital account opening being the top bank tech replacement priority in mid-size banks for the third year in a row. Digital banking providers answered the demand with digital account opening solutions.

Digital Banking 97

Digital Banking Lending ATM Atlanta 97

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. 82% to over 2.3%

Fintech 143

Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 143

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore.

Conference 91

Conference Industry Community Bank Community 91

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

JP Morgan demoed their auto ecosystem that is embedded with payments at every turn. For banks, this means creating products that accomplish a task and then integrating banking in the background. Any community bank that believes it can keep up and thwart millions of attacks per second is fooling itself.

Conference 195

Conference Technology Las Vegas Trends 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

. ————————————————————————— The ‘En Vogue’ Trend of the Year – Credit unions buying community banks. Accounts that maintain an average balance of at least $10,000 get paid higher rates.

Idaho 148

Idaho Conference Data Marketing 148

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending. Seacoast Bank is at it again… and this time it is blowing past $10B in a big way. In just five months, Seacoast announced three bank acquisitions ( Drummond, Apollo , and Professional ) totaling a little over $4.7B

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216

Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

With a focus on digital banking and branch transformation, it was interesting to see the attendee list with lots of sexy new customer experience and analytics titles. In BAI’s “demo” sessions, we liked that vendors Malauzai and D3 were out there showing some fresh user interfaces. Where is the digital engagement energy?

Chicago 97

Chicago Retail Branch Design Training 97