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36 Hours at Fintech Meetup: Three Themes from the Las Vegas Event

Gonzobanker

It happened this week: Fintech Meetup , one of the newer trade events that brought 4,000 or so fintech and banker types to Las Vegas. Distribution, distribution, distribution The quest to scale a fintech company while maintaining high-quality business models came up on repeat.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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Community financial institutions – get personal to stay competitive

NCR

It’s an interesting time to be a community financial institution (FI) right now. There are plenty of challenges to face up to, from regulatory changes in Europe and fintech disruption, to the startlingly rapid evolution of technology and consumer expectations. “They get better service. . “They get better service.

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. FinTech threats and distractions. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Payments chaos.

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Finovate Alumni News

Fintech Labs Insights

Huron Community Bank of Michigan to leverage Insuritas to launch insurance agency. Around the web. PayPal partners with Discover. Experian partners with reporting and analytics platform dv01 to enable dv01 clients to access to richer borrower credit attributes.

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VC Seems To Fizzle Out For B2B FinTechs

PYMNTS

Instead, VCs leaned conservatively toward a mix of B2B FinTechs operating in the financial management space for small businesses (SMBs) and in the treasury management market for mid-level and larger enterprises. It seems VC has cooled off a bit in the B2B FinTech front. All in all, investments totaled more than $178.6 Catfoss Finance.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking.

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