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ICBA: Building Bridges For The Next Generation Of Community Banks

PYMNTS

Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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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.

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Getting Mobile Ready

Independent Banker

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. But how far are they willing to go to do their banking on small mobile devices?

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Banking Transformed Banking Transformed by the Financial Brand’s Jim Marous has new episodes several times a month and features executives from financial institutions, financial technology firms, authors, consultants, and other experts in the banking industry.

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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. But community banks should not be without hope, nor should they underestimate the significance of customer relationships.

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

ZootBlog

Banks need to decide if they can be nimble enough to compete on their own or if they should develop technology partnerships. There are several ways for banks to elevate their game—fintech houses, neobanks, alternative lenders, in-bank labs. Smaller community banks are finding it beneficial to collaborate with neobanks.

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Banking at the Grocery Store

Banking 2020

With all due respect to tradition, our business is on the cutting edge, which includes a steady stream of new tools and technologies. As we noted earlier, even e-mail is rapidly falling behind other forms of communication via social channels, so a vast infrastructure designed mainly to carry paper around hardly seems like a good match.