Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

Early adopters are earning prestige while investors and a hoard of community banks explore the opportunity to tap into this new source of revenue. While customer relationships are being redefined by fintechs, there will always be a place for community banking. Early leaders like Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash.,

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 25, 2019

This deal impacts not just the payments space but the whole financial services ecosystem, and the implications will take a while to unpack. Whether you are a community bank or a fintech provider, that makes sense. In the short term, it’s hard to see why this acquisition makes things better for Fiserv’s core banking clients.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Midsize bank stalwart Synovus went after the embedded finance market with the April acquisition of a 60% stake in payments processing firm Qualpay , launching Maast money-as-a-service. Acquisition of the Year: Fintech Acquiring a Bank. SoFI gets a commercial bank that brings deposits, compliance, AND business lending.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. The suboptimal structure of the bank tech world today has several root causes: Bank functional requirements go wide and deep. team focused on UX, data, integration, and risk.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

. ————————————————————————— The ‘En Vogue’ Trend of the Year – Credit unions buying community banks. Accounts that maintain an average balance of at least $10,000 get paid higher rates.

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