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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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A Decade On, Lending Transformed By Crisis And Innovation

PYMNTS

And in lending, with the financial crisis in the rearview mirror, a decade on, invention – okay, innovation – has become a hallmark, at least in some corners. The traditional banking model may be disrupted, or about to be disrupted, depending on where you look. Necessity is the mother of invention.

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Community Banks, Where Moving Beyond Interest Income Is In The (Credit) Cards

PYMNTS

Think of banking and you might think of lending and deposits, where firms make money on the spread between what they pay savers and what they take in from borrowers. But banks cannot live on interest alone. Additional financial products and services must round out traditional banking activities.

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How CFIs Can Remain Relationship-Focused in a Digital World

Abrigo

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. A relationship-based, community focus in a digital world.

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How CFIs Can Remain Relationship-Focused in a Digital World

Abrigo

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. A relationship-based, community focus in a digital world.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast Ahead of the Curve: A Banker’s Podcast has insights from banking leaders and advisors across the banking industry. Breaking Banks Breaking Banks , billed as the #1 global fintech podcast and radio show, began in 2013 and is hosted by media firm Provoke.fm. Lending & Credit Risk.

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