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Developing leaders in mortgage lending – Navigating uncertainty with leadership strategies

Independent Banker

Les Parker, Managing Director for Transformational Mortgage Solutions for example, predicts that interest rates could fall temporarily below 1 percent in 2022 as continued COVID outbreaks spark economic uncertainty. What it means for community banks is clear. Download white paper. How to turn insight into action.

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A 10-Part Plan For Victory on the Small Business Lending Battlefield

Independent Banker

Community banks who are considering entering the small business lending space are already challenged by several barriers to entry: Inefficiency of traditional loan processing. New competition from emerging categories (Fintechs, Challenger Banks, Neobanks). Manage Documents Effortlessly. Changing regulatory guidance.

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In Banking, Soft Skills Remain Blah Blah Blah

Jeff For Banks

Weakness: Middle Management. Why is it so common in community banks? Peter Principle is alive and well in banking. But that doesn't mean that the experienced and high performing loan servicing person cannot become a great manager of Loan Servicing. So what does a $40 million in revenue community bank do?

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Making the move to becoming a data-driven bank

NCR

Putting data at the heart of everything a bank does may seem like a major undertaking, particularly for smaller community banks that may not have the resources of their larger competitors. Among these, it said banks must prioritize and support investments that help centralize data and standardize process.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Meanwhile, technology changes continued at a breakneck pace, with generative AI the biggest topic around management tables. Importantly, Huntington has continued to focus on digital investments and its strong legacy of product management to remain a progressive regional bank. The laser eyes are shining brighter going into 2024.

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The Modern Currency

Independent Banker

To that end, banks are turning to the latest customer relationship management (CRM) solutions that, through integration with the core platform , gather precise data that helps them proactively anticipate customers’ product and service needs individually and pinpoint their channel preferences.

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New Marketing Competencies for Community-Based FIs

Gonzobanker

Hey, community bank and credit union marketers: Imagine that you’re sitting in your office, and your CEO comes in and says, “Got a minute? We’re watching our favorite TV program when a commercial for a bank comes on and tries to convince us to switch banks. 2) Commonwealth Bank. What do you say?