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5 payments trends you should know about

Independent Banker

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. As 2023 kicks off, community banks can respond to today’s payments landscape by addressing five key trends.

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Can AI assist in vendor management challenges?

Independent Banker

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. To address these issues, some community banks have turned to artificial intelligence. Greg Ohlendorf, First Community Bank and Trust. Photo by MirageC/Getty Images.

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Innovation Conversations: Rockland Trust

Independent Banker

When Rockland Trust synced up with an ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator grad to launch a virtual digital banking platform, it took relationships between the community bank and its customers to a whole new level. For Rockland Trust, a $20 billion-asset community bank in Rockland, Mass., By Colleen Morrison.

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Capitalize on social payments

Independent Banker

So how do social payments fit in community banks’ long-term future? Social payments have taken today’s digital environment by storm. Those behaviors may pose a real threat to community banks. Super apps like PayPal have about $3 billion stored in their digital wallet, and Cash App by Square has well over $1.5

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Tech Flex

Independent Banker

At some community banks, budgeting for technology has become a more important focus over the past several years. If the project is something that can make a bank more profitable in the short term or long term, the bank should make the purchase, whether it was budgeted for or not. State Bank and Trust Co.

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FinovateFall 2017 Live Blog – Day 2

William Mills

Digital banking solutions for community banks and credit unions. A turnkey solution incorporating CRM, invoicing and payments into a simple solution for the business delivered through the bank’s digital banking solution. Digital banking is the new core.” MalauzaiMonkeys.

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i2c Announces Processing Partnerships, Product Launches

PYMNTS

Digital payment and banking technology provider i2c on Wednesday (Jan. 27) announced partnerships and product launches with Archa , Community Bank of the Chesapeake (CBTC) and Credit Sesame , according to a press release. The company wanted to boost growth and expansion across services geographies.

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