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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” This time around, Sweetbridge is using blockchain in a lending context.

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Former Pennsylvania Secretary of Banking Lays Down Ideas on How to Lover Your Regulator

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Glenn Moyer, the former Secretary of the Pennsylvania Department of Banking and Securities (pictured), spoke at a banking industry event this past week. His subject: How to love your regulator. Regulator relations is a pressure point in our industry. Never ask your regulator “What would you like me to do?

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Wells Fargo Taps Former Mastercard Exec To Run Merchant Services

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She graduated from Spelman College and earned her MBA from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. The company revealed that David Kowach has been named head of community banking, while Jim Hays has come on board as president and head of Wells Fargo Advisors. Her first day will be Aug.

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As DOJ Probe Widens, Fulton Financial Overhauls Fair-Lending Efforts

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The Pennsylvania company has redoubled its outreach to low- and moderate-income consumers by partnering with Operation Hope on a down payment assistance program and naming a veteran banker to the newly created post of director of fair and responsible banking.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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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. The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award!

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

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Importantly, both grew their banks bigger and bigger while their egos remained as humble as ever. Goes to Greg Smith, retiring CEO of Pennsylvania State Employees Credit Union. Bank Purchase of the Year. CVB Financial acquires Community Bank. We hope we see you on the green boys! Easy as a golf swing.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

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The “Slo Mo” Merger Award – Goes to New York Community Bancorp for its glacial wait for approval of its proposed acquisition of Astoria Financial Corp. Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Best Free Market Research a Retail Banker Will Ever Get.

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