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Fundation Pulls Community Bank Into FinTech Collaboration

PYMNTS

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too.

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NJ-based Provident Bank upgrades digital channels amid pandemic 

Bank Innovation

For one community bank in New Jersey, its digital overhaul came at a crucial time, and Provident Bank has been pushing its digital capabilities to customers during the novel coronavirus pandemic since revamping its online banking earlier this month.

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How to collect positive customer reviews

Independent Banker

Community banks need to pay attention to what’s being said about them in those spaces. Northpointe Bank, based in Grand Rapids, Mich., billion-asset community bank also keeps an eye on more niche websites and platforms, where it knows potential customers may be. At Northpointe Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich.,

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4 tips for better vendor management

Independent Banker

Community banks use dozens or even hundreds of vendors—making it critical that they have an efficient way to stay compliant, track performance and more. Some banks are using a combination of software and internal personnel and systems to do just that. billion-asset 1st Security Bank of Washington in Mountlake Terrace, Wash.,

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Will "Plain Vanilla" Kill Community Banking?

Jeff For Banks

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. A similar argument could be made for the former Commerce Bank of Cherry Hill, New Jersey. I hear and read this often.

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A Time of Reckoning for Your Bank's Core Deposits?

Jeff For Banks

So worries New Jersey Banker's Association CEO John McWeeney since state-owned bank advocate Phil Murphy was elected governor. The state's municipal deposits approximate $20 billion , $13 billion of which are in community banks. I got news for you John. Bye-bye municipal deposits. trillion this week.

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Shaping the Message

Independent Banker

“It’s becoming more and more important for community banks to emphasize that they have the same products and services as large banks.” Eric Morse, Needham Bank. Mental cobwebs of outdated perceptions can sometimes be hard for a community bank to shake off. Needham Bank. Retail locations: Eight.