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Top concerns and growth strategies of community banks: Part I

Abrigo

This article is the first in a two-part series on top concerns and growth strategies of community banks. These are all phrases that resonate with community bankers. Data from Bank Director’s 2014 Growth Strategy Survey in August confirms that these are bankers’ greatest concerns. Regulatory compliance.

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Super apps: The rise of an all-in-one platform

Independent Banker

Across the world, people are using super apps to send messages, purchase tickets and, of course, bank online. What are they, and how can community banks stay on top of this trend? Super apps, or apps that aggregate online or mobile user experiences into one central location, have taken off globally. billion users.

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Indian FinTech Creates Inclusive Services For Rural Underbanked

PYMNTS

While much has been written about India’s vast unbanked population — roughly one-eighth by the World Bank’s estimates — the more important issue to really look at is how much of India ’s population is under banked , Mandar Agashe , founder, managing director and vice chairman of Sarvatra Technologies told Karen Webster.

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Banking-As-A-Service Takes On The Underbanked SMB

PYMNTS

There is good news, and there is bad news with regards to the path to addressing the unbanked and underbanked in the United States. ” At the same time, ongoing shifts in customer expectations and demands mean that addressing the underbanked does not necessarily mean having to build more physical bank locations.

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BECU On Why It Pays To Think Like A Challenger Bank

PYMNTS

Consumers’ affinity for online banking solutions, especially mobile banking, is far from new. The COVID-19 pandemic is highlighting how necessary these solutions are for consumers’ banking needs, however, and how high their standards for these channels have become. Around The Credit Union World.

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WSFS Bank: Plain Vanilla Digital Banking Won’t Cut It Any More

PYMNTS

The new coronavirus had an immediate and profound effect on the financial services industry, as brick-and-mortar bank branches closed to protect public health. Those closures meant that many consumers in countries like the United States were left only with digital platforms to access their bank accounts or to conduct necessary transactions.

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AI, Security And Loosened Rules: How The US Wants To Boost FinTech

PYMNTS

Loosening federal regulations, enacting national data breach protections and drafting “model laws” at the state level to reduce overlapping red tape, could help promote FinTech in the United States, according to report released Tuesday (July 31) by the U.S. In the United States, U.S. Treasury Department.

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