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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Card Safeguards

Independent Banker

As chip cards become standard, counterfeit card fraud in the U.S. Here are five ways to fight fraud in the wake of the widespread deployment of EMV chip cards. Card-not-present fraud will likely rise, especially online. Both MasterCard and Visa have programs that establish a unique password for online purchases to combat fraud.

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Heartland discloses delayed closing for AimBank acquisition

American Banker

The Iowa company said the coronavirus outbreak and litigation against AimBank will postpone the deal's completion by a few months.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

In December, the founder and CEO of Crypto Exchange company FTX was arrested in the Bahamas (yah, don’t ask) and charged with fraud and conspiracy. 2022 was the year the fintech industry and venture capital firms figured out that banking is harder than everybody thought. The Smarter Bank Innovation Award. talent market.

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Q2 Acquires Social Money in $10 Million Deal

Fintech Labs Insights

.” Formerly known as Smarty Pig, Social Money helps financial services companies better engage their customers by offering them savings solutions such as GoalSaver , a customized, bank-audited goal-saving system. In July, Q2 Holdings acquired anti-fraud, risk management specialist, Centrix Solutions for $20 million.

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The 2014 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Bank Acquisition of the Year - BB&T Corp. Nice community bank culture fit between the two as well. Bank Merger of the Year – California United Bank and 1 st Enterprise Bank in Los Angeles. And won’t address the biggest area of fraud growth, which is card-not-present.