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Community Banks Accelerate FinTech Integrations

PYMNTS

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. of bankers are either strongly interested in or already working with fintechs in digital account opening. Matt Gallman, Drummond Community Bank.

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$175M Acquisition Turns Community Bank Into Fintech Player

Bank Innovation

Community banks can also play the fintech game. BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We We are no longer a partner or a division of […].

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How To Ensure Community Banks Aren’t Left Behind In The Digitization Revolution

PYMNTS

But for financial institutions (FIs), some of which have been around for decades, understanding how to take the first steps in the digitization process can be an overwhelming task. That’s even more true for community banks, which lack the resources larger FIs have to support modernization initiatives and technology investment efforts.

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7 ways community banks can boost profitability

Independent Banker

Here’s what community bankers need to know when planning their budgets for the next year. of digital banking customers said they switched to digital banking because of the pandemic. Source: 2021 Provident Bank survey. Here are seven factors community banks should consider as they enter budgeting season.

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Visa Expands Fast Track Program To Give FinTechs A Post-COVID Digital-First Edge

PYMNTS

Collaboration and not competition, Visa’s Senior Vice President, Global Head of FinTech Terry Angelos told Karen Webster in a discussion on the recent advancements and updates to Visa’s Fast Track program , is quite evident — particularly when one observes that a number of Visa’s partners are many that, on paper, might appear to be competitors.

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Do Community Banks Really Need Zelle?

Bank Innovation

Bank-backed payment service Zelle crossed $32 billion in transactions in the last quarter, almost twice that of Venmo, but the P2P provider is not as omnipresent among banks as one would expect it to be.