American Banker

MAY 18, 2016

A study commissioned by the Massachusetts Bankers Association found a correlation between a spike in credit unions with low-income designations and an increase in member business lending in the state.

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Lending Massachusetts Study Community Bank 31

American Banker

SEPTEMBER 12, 2016

Cambridge Bancorp in Massachusetts has recruited two finance executives to spearhead its new asset-based lending practice.

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Lending Massachusetts Community Bank Community 28

Payments Source

JANUARY 9, 2017

Eastern Bank in Boston has hired a former Citi Cards executive to oversee its consumer-lending business.

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Lending Cards Boston Massachusetts 60

American Banker

MARCH 11, 2016

Berkshire Hills Bancorp in Massachusetts invested in technology to beef up its small business lending, an area ripe for the picking by alternative lenders.

Massachusetts 28

Massachusetts Online Lending Technology 28

American Banker

OCTOBER 12, 2016

Hingham Institution for Savings in Massachusetts said a double-digit spike in lending contributed to a strong third quarter.

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Massachusetts Lending Community Bank Community 28

Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Building a low-cost core deposit base is arguably the most difficult task in banking, and it creates significant value to the publicly traded bank because it is difficult to replicate. Selection: Mitch Englert, EVP of Community Banking, Capital City Bank Group, Inc. What has Monty delivered to Security Bank?

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Community Bank Lending Community Security 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

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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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2018

Six years ago I asked in a blog post Will Plain Vanilla Kill Community Banking ? Leader Bank - A $1.2 billion in assets Massachusetts bank developed Zrent so it's landlord customers could more efficiently collect rent from tenants. The bank now licenses the product to other financial institutions.

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Apple Millennials Massachusetts FDIC 67

Jeff For Banks

MAY 9, 2019

Online banks already use automated processes. The ability to deliver community banking services in the manner desired by your customers. And that, my readers, is why branches (and in most cases, lending functions) have been so slow to transform their capabilities to meet the modern customers' needs.

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Survey Community Community Bank Resources 60

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. THE BANKING AWARDS. The Real “Lending” Stock Award – Goes to longtime player LendingTree.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital banking solutions for community banks and credit unions. A turnkey solution incorporating CRM, invoicing and payments into a simple solution for the business delivered through the bank’s digital banking solution. An industry leader in lending and benchmarking solutions for financial institutions.

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Samsung Mobile User Experience Google 69

American Banker

JANUARY 17, 2020

People's United in Connecticut is letting the loans run off its books as it invests in higher-yielding commercial loans.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 15, 2018

Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the White House press secretary, was pleased with the result: “The bill provides much-needed relief from the Dodd-Frank Act for thousands of community banks and credit unions and will spur lending and economic growth without creating risks to the financial system,” she said.

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