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10 Lessons From The Small Business Banking Conference

South State Correspondent

Recently, the American Banker hosted their annual Small Business Banking Conference in Nashville, and as always, it was one of the better banking conferences of the year. A critical takeaway from the conference was the changing nature of small business needs and the changing nature of the small bank persona.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; CNB Bank, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb. Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana. What great resignation?

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. Julieann Thurlow, CEO of $730 million-asset Reading Cooperative Bank in Reading, Mass.,

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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge

PYMNTS

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. A Consolidating Industry. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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New Community Bank Sentiment Index Shows Bankers Largely Positive

Abrigo

Community bankers are largely positive about the future, based on the first results of a new index gauging business sentiment among the financial professionals who serve a critical role in local economies. 70% of community bankers said that now is a good time to expand in their market. Grow your loan portfolio. Learn More. Credit Risk.

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How Community Banks Can Win Treasury Management Business

South State Correspondent

If you have to battle the large national or regional banks for treasury management business, then you are in luck because competition is easy. Of course, many community banks don’t feel that way, but often that is because they have the wrong approach.

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The Role Of SMB Lending At Community Banks Is Changing

PYMNTS

Small business (SMB) lending is big business for community banks , which are a popular destination for small business borrowers, thanks to strong approval rates on loan applications. But new analysis from the Federal Reserve has identified a reversal in community banks’ position in the small business lending market.