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Capitalize on social payments

Independent Banker

Social payments methods like Venmo and Cash App continue to grow in popularity, and the data is there to prove it, creating an opportunity to give customers what they want: 24/7 access to cashless, P2P and mobile transactions. So how do social payments fit in community banks’ long-term future? By Colleen Morrison.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Predicting the Next Banking Crisis Is a Fool’s Game. Not Learning From the Last One: Equally Foolish

Jeff For Banks

Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? In many respects, community banks were caught in the cross-fire through the purchase of those mbs instruments – and subsequent trial through public sentiment. Remember K Bank in Maryland?

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Stand Up. Step Up. Speak Up

Independent Banker

That dynamic provides a unique opportunity for individual community bankers to tell their stories to their federal lawmakers, which has always been a vital part of getting ICBA’s pro-community banking legislative agenda enacted. Use social media channels to engage your congressional representatives.