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

Gonzobanker

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.” In a recent American Banker. Source: DeBanked ). Technology Utilization. Opportunity Identification/Training.

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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.