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Why Community Banks Can’t Afford To ‘Wait and See’ About Faster Payment Innovations

PYMNTS

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? However, if recent developments in the financial services industry are any indication, innovation waits for no institution, company, agency or, for that matter, Fed report. faster payments system. faster payment system. faster payment system.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Finding the right place, at the right pace in a volatile and uncertain mobile marketplace. Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices?

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The BaaS Gold Rush is On

Gonzobanker

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. While customer relationships are being redefined by fintechs, there will always be a place for community banking. Early leaders like Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash.,

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Fighting Digital with Digital

Independent Banker

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. Competing and beating FinTech’s digital-platform lenders. By Jonathan Rowe.

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Game On

Independent Banker

Will community bankers be playing with ‘gamification’ soon? which has sold more than 25 million mobile activity tracking devices, is successful because it makes measuring health activity and data—from how many steps someone walks in a given day to how much sleep a person gets—fun. By Elizabeth Judd. Fitbit Inc.,

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William Mills Agency Issues Bankers as Buyers Report Which Explores Technology Decisions and Forces Impacting Innovation in 2018

William Mills

The report includes industry research about what technology, solutions and services U.S. Leading industry analysts, consultants, bankers and financial technology professionals also share commentary and their insights on trends for 2018. Mobile Developments. Mobile Payments. Branch Technologies. Introduction.

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Banking on a Winner: Fostering innovation to compete in today’s financial environment

ZootBlog

There are several ways for banks to elevate their game—fintech houses, neobanks, alternative lenders, in-bank labs. There are now more than 8,000 financial technology companies in the United States with the potential to shake up traditional financial institutions. Fintech Houses. Alternative Lenders.