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Developing leaders in mortgage lending – Navigating uncertainty with leadership strategies

Independent Banker

What it means for community banks is clear. Throughout the near future, similar market volatility and uncertainty is likely to plague mortgage lenders, calling on community bank leaders to develop new strategies to aging challenges. Download white paper. Developing leaders in mortgage lending.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Navigating the digital movement

Independent Banker

In addition, ICBA Bancard has produced a digital transformation white paper and workbook to guide community banks more specifically in their evaluation process of digital payments and strategies. So, as you read this issue, I encourage you to think of the articles as resources in your digital evolution.

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ABA Foundation Highlights Strategies for Expanding Financial Inclusion to Persons with Criminal Records

ABA Community Banking

Banks are employing a number of successful strategies to help promote financial inclusion among individuals with criminal records, the American Bankers Association Foundation noted today in a new white paper.

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A 10-Part Plan For Victory on the Small Business Lending Battlefield

Independent Banker

Community banks who are considering entering the small business lending space are already challenged by several barriers to entry: Inefficiency of traditional loan processing. New competition from emerging categories (Fintechs, Challenger Banks, Neobanks). Download the entire white paper on Velocity Solutions’ website.

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ABA, Trade Groups Release Report on Improving Financial Inclusion

ABA Community Banking

The American Bankers Association, along with five financial services trade groups, released a white paper today outlining obstacles and solutions for improving financial inclusion for the unbanked population and for reducing the use of high-cost nonbank financial products and services.

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Making the move to becoming a data-driven bank

NCR

Putting data at the heart of everything a bank does may seem like a major undertaking, particularly for smaller community banks that may not have the resources of their larger competitors.

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In Banking, Soft Skills Remain Blah Blah Blah

Jeff For Banks

Why is it so common in community banks? Peter Principle is alive and well in banking. So what does a $40 million in revenue community bank do? So why not have the employee do a white paper on leadership and management best practices for re-enforcement? Weakness: Middle Management. I hear this often.