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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Core Unicorn Deals Rattling the Future of Financial Technology

Gonzobanker

While both firms have strong underlying technology and development shops, neither Finxact nor Technisys has the functional requirements to service all consumer and commercial account types for most regional and community banks. Let’s be clear Gonzobankers, these deals are NOT about massive numbers of bank core replacements.

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Simmons First to Close 10 Branches for $1.6M in Yearly Savings

American Banker

plans to close 10 banks across four states by the end of the second quarter: three branches in Arkansas, four in the Missouri and Kansas region and three in Tennessee. Simmons First National in Pine Bluff, Ark.,

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The future of workplace flexibility

Independent Banker

We asked community banks how they’re dealing with the resulting shifts in their employment models. Before remote work was an emergency measure to keep employees safe from a devastating virus, it was a perk some community banks offered to retain and attract talent. One bank that is not turning back. WesBanco, Inc.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2016 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia. (Nasdaq: SMMF) Summit Financial Group, Inc. Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary.