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How To Do Better Against National Bank Lending Competition

South State Correspondent

Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage. Analyzing the competition can also help a bank be realistic about which products it can sell and at what price.

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The Growing Concern With Your Cost of Funds

South State Correspondent

The banking industry’s cost of funds (COF) is highly correlated to short-term interest rates. However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. The COF over the past five quarters is shown for three asset peer groups: banks under $1B (3.5k The Data on Cost of Funds.

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An API-Driven Fix To Digital-First Banking

PYMNTS

In the May Digital-First Banking Tracker® , PYMNTS explores the latest in the world of digital-first banking, including the challenges facing deployment of APIs amid the COVID-19 pandemic, new online initiatives from nationwide FI chains and community banks and the security challenges that are plaguing digital banking programs.

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations

PYMNTS

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the national experience of FinTechs and non-bank entities. Liu pointed out that the online database of the aforementioned state licensing and FinTech guidance will go live later in 2019.

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How Financial Institutions Focus on Customers Is Key

Abrigo

The community bank model is built around customer service, but for many bank and credit union customers, the definition of “good service” has been changing over the last couple of decades. customers than traditional retail banks earned in the firm’s study of retail banking satisfaction. Learn More.

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Brand Study Points to Positive Signs for Banks

ABA Community Banking

Bank Performance The Economy Financial Research Feature Financial Trends Technology People Performance Customers Branch Technology/ATMs Tech Management Mobile Online Community Banking Profitability Fintech Feature3.

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Preparing Merchants For The Coming Mobile Wallet Boost

PYMNTS

As PYMNTS found in a recent consumer study, 40 percent of individuals are doing more of their daily retail and transactions online, partly because, well, there’s no other way to do it. And that is something that merchants, as well as community banks and credit unions, must be prepared for.”. Getting Prepared.

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