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Easing SMBs’ Digital Transformations Through Online Payment Acceptance

PYMNTS

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. ” A Digitization Strategy. The Payments Path.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

“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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Preparing Merchants For The Coming Mobile Wallet Boost

PYMNTS

We’re still navigating the pandemic — which means doing what we used to do offline, increasingly, through digital means. As PYMNTS found in a recent consumer study, 40 percent of individuals are doing more of their daily retail and transactions online, partly because, well, there’s no other way to do it. Getting Prepared.

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Paid social media’s place in your marketing strategy

Independent Banker

They share tips for how community banks can get started. Social media has made it easier for community banks to nurture connections with prospects, customers and the community. In its simplest form, it expands the reach of a community bank’s content. By Amy Geist. What is paid social? Paul, Minn.,

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Is Small Business Lending Facing a ‘Moment of Reckoning?’

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article , former Small Business Administration administrator Karen Mills said community banks with strong small business customer bases that don’t find new ways to serve them digitally are going to face a “reckoning.” While online lenders Kabbage and OnDeck lent $2 billion and $2.5 In a recent American Banker.

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This Week In Payments: Saving Small Business

PYMNTS

But for many of them, this has also been an opportunity for them to really develop their digital strategies. That relates to storefronts, that relates to collaborating and being able to work remotely, and it also relates to digital payments. We think a lot of these trends that we’re seeing are long-term trends,” Helekar said.

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Two Executive Views of Digital Transformation, and Why They Both Matter

Gonzobanker

Some examples: My colleague Ron Shevlin pointed out in a recent study conducted with StrategyCorps that Chime, the big dog challenger bank, now has nearly 8 million customers who consider it their primary bank. Community banks and credit unions, in total, have 56 million.