American Banker

MARCH 11, 2016

The Federal Home Loan Bank of San Francisco is exploring ways to use $40 million it received as part of a private-label securities settlement to support small-business development and job creation to help future homebuyers.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

New Enterprise Bank, which would focus on serving "innovative firms," plans to open next year.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 8, 2020

The top banking and insurance watchdog in China is looking to crack down on the perceived Big Tech monopoly of financial data and further curb abuses of power, and will especially examine the “spillover” cross-sector between financial and technology. Synctera Brings 'FinTech As A Service' To Community Banks.

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American Banker

JULY 12, 2016

Mary Mack will step down as head of Wells Fargo Advisors in order to take on a bigger role in overseeing the company's Community Banking unit. Mack is replacing Carrie Tolstedt, who is retiring after 27 years at the San Francisco-based company.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 8, 2021

Aside from the cash infusions, the San Francisco-based bank will assign dedicated teams to provide the lenders with financial, technology and product expertise.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Elsewhere, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman said last week, as reported in ABA Banking Journal , that outsourced risk management guidance may need to be reworked, as complex regulations have been hindering community banks’ efforts to embrace innovation.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 11, 2021

Keller, President and Chief Executive Officer of Community Bank of the Bay, a Community Development Financial Institution serving the San Francisco Bay area from its base in Oakland, Calif. “The application came out Friday and we worked on it all through the weekend along with our partners at Abrigo, and we’re ready. “The

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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ABA Community Banking

JULY 1, 2020

Based in San Francisco and leading California's market for the Bank of Guam, plus currently serving as chairman of the Western Bankers Association, Dave Joves shares a trans-Pacific view of banking on the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

Scaling through community banks and credit unions is, of course, another move plenty of fintech companies seek. Beanstox Chairman Kevin O’Leary said it was looking for a bank partner at the conference. Older adults – the vast majority of our country – need better banking options. But ditto for younger people.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Last week, the CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its advisory committees: Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and Academic Research Council (ARC). Leigh Phillips, President and CEO, EARN DBA SaverLife (San Francisco, CA).

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 24, 2019

In a San Francisco Chronicle op-ed today, ABA President and CEO Rob Nichols warned that California’s municipalities should avoid chartering new public banks under recently enacted state law A.B. The post Nichols Op-Ed: California Public Banks Would Be ‘Solution in Search of a Problem’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Paulina Gonzalez, Executive Director, California Reinvestment Coalition, San Francisco, CA. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

The above chart is from a Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco Economic Letter: Slow Business Start-ups and the Job Recovery published in July. But in strategic planning retreats that I moderate, community financial institutions insist that they lend to small businesses. I posed this question to a Fed economist today.

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NCR

MAY 9, 2017

Most community banks and credit unions have only one app, their banking transaction app. Hawaii National Bank’s Hawaii Score enables existing bank customers and non-customers the capability to access a TransUnion credit report and score without the need for a credit card or an existing account with Hawaii National Bank.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Technology companies are releasing ever-more sophisticated and accessible biometric authentication systems for banks, from real-time voice recognition, to fingerprint and ear scans, to facial scans via selfies, to detecting an individual’s particular behavior patterns. Avivah Litan, a technology analyst at Gartner Inc. in Potomac, Md.,

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Technology companies are releasing ever-more sophisticated and accessible biometric authentication systems for banks, from real-time voice recognition, to fingerprint and ear scans, to facial scans via selfies, to detecting an individual’s particular behavior patterns. Avivah Litan, a technology analyst at Gartner Inc. in Potomac, Md.,

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American Banker

JUNE 3, 2016

New Resource Bank has opened its first branch outside its home base of San Francisco with an eye toward furthering its green-lending mission.

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American Banker

MARCH 30, 2016

San Francisco has an Office of Financial Empowerment that oversees all sorts of programs designed to help residents handle their money better and recruits banks and credit unions to participate. As other cities adopt a similar approach, more financial institutions have an opportunity to get involved.

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American Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

A ninth-grader challenges Bank of America's CEO; the San Francisco Fed has a lot of interest in fintech; FinCEN's Jennifer Shasky Calvery is leaving, possibly for a banking job; Wells Fargo's Secil Watson talks up a new biometrics option; and Sallie Krawcheck appreciates Carla Harris' career advice.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 3, 2021

Banking: Deposits held by Coastal Community Bank ( press release ). HQ: San Francisco. Online billpay. Insurance (coming soon, see press release ). Insurance: Next Insurance ( press release ). . Company Vitals. FAB Score = 187. – Founded: 2013. Raised: $768M ( Crunchbase ). Valuation: $1B+ (estimate).

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

Who would’ve thought lending $1 million to a San Francisco cab driver to buy a house at 100% loan to value would go bad? Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate? Most of the more than 500 financial institutions that failed were community banks.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 5, 2019

Sprawling across 11 city blocks in San Francisco, over 170,000 attendees weaved their way through endless speeches, vendor demos, sales pitches, networking sessions, game shows, concerts and late-night parties. Cornerstone attended Dreamforce in the shoes of a community financial institution in search of the CRM unicorn: ROI.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

Webster says 75 percent of Private Bank’s borrowers select the electronic signature option after its loan officers explain the process to them. “We Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Legal aspects. Fewer errors.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

This gives California-based Personal Capital access to BancAlliance’s network of 200 community banks. BancAlliance’s member banks, which range in size from $200 million to $10 billion AUM across 40 U.S. Wealth management platform Personal Capital is partnering with BancAlliance.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 12, 2016

This gives California-based Personal Capital access to BancAlliance’s network of 200 community banks. BancAlliance’s member banks, which range in size from $200 million to $10 billion AUM across 40 U.S. Wealth management platform Personal Capital is partnering with BancAlliance.

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Fintech Labs Insights

DECEMBER 14, 2015

Four Finovate alums were among the bunch: CBANC Network took in $4 million for it’s community bank information network. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. HQ: San Francisco, California. Source: Crunchbase. BankersLab.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 16, 2016

Making the loan origination more efficient is the goal of any firm that provides mortgage solutions to community banks and credit unions. ” Founded in 2014 and headquartered in San Francisco, California, Roostify demonstrated its technology at FinovateSpring 2016.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

have found creative ways to adapt to life in a banking desert, but their experience augurs a worrisome future for many other rural communities. The people of tiny Duncan, Ariz.,

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

To that end, earlier this month FinTech firm SoFi made the leap beyond San Francisco to Hong Kong, having bought online brokerage firm 8 Securities. percent of consumers are either “very” or “extremely” likely to use or already use national banks, and 60.1 percent feel the same toward local and community banks.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Directed at regional and community banks and credit unions, the solution gives them the kind of the technology customers are increasingly expecting – and getting – from larger FIs. This is in addition to the role the solution provides in helping customers become better banking consumers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash. Eric has always been a student of innovation, and now at Coastal, this fearless leader has spearheaded a number of high-profile banking-as-a-service partnerships. Goes to Zelle from this San Francisco Giants game street vendor. THE SMARTER BANK AWARDS.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. MainStreet Bank has a sizable hotel loan portfolio with roughly $100 million in loans on 15 properties. Sushil Patel, State Bank of Texas.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Fidor Bank introduced community banking more than five years ago and were early enablers of Bitcoin and Ripple. Now we are the first bank to offer open RESTful APIs secured with OAuth2.0, Fidor Bank is a fully licensed online bank with both a user-oriented and tech-driven mindset.

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