South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2023

The high profitability for banks in 2022 was propelled by an increase in net interest margin (NIM), primarily due to rising interest rates as the Federal Reserve embarked on the most severe hiking cycle in the last four decades. Data Visualization and Bank Profitability. Operating Leverage – Scale matters.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2020

To regain some of that ground, Connie Davis, senior vice president at FIS , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, FIs — particularly credit unions (CUs) and community banks — must transform the way they think about digital offerings and connected experiences. That means they can compete more effectively against digital-only competitors.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 4, 2019

Payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) have partnered to bring real-time payments technologies to the community banks on PayFi’s Branch99TM Real-Time Platform, according to a release. “We We are in the middle of an unprecedented disruption in the banking and payments industries,” PayFi Head of Growth Peter Gordon said.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

The concern is grounded in data as higher balance accounts are more interest rate and risk-sensitive than lower balance accounts. While every bank is now tracking the general metric, only a few banks monitor deposit performance in the category. For example, while banks in the Southeast and Mid-Atlantic regions of the U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 6, 2023

We argued that community banks should favor 1.40X to 1.50X DSCR credits, as that is the minimum cash flow required to withstand a standard recession. Many national and regional banks incorporate a minimum debt yield ratio as an underwriting criterion. debt yield ratio ($135k divided by $1.5mm).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 21, 2020

Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. It’s a story told by the data itself, Lesher said. Square announced $1.3

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

In this article, we put some data behind the trends and provide optimal targets to help you run your bank more successfully. We used the S&P Global database, earnings releases, and investor calls to gather the first hundred banks releasing 2Q numbers as of 8/2/2022. Insights Based on 2Q Bank Earnings. Methodology.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Small Business Preferences for Choosing a Bank Are Changing Curinos presented some interesting data about the changing face of small business preferences when opening a transaction account. Other banks focused on the customer experience, while others looked at technology that enhanced cross-selling.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

They share tips for how community banks can get started. Social media has made it easier for community banks to nurture connections with prospects, customers and the community. In its simplest form, it expands the reach of a community bank’s content. By Amy Geist. What is paid social?

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The Financial Brand

AUGUST 12, 2019

Giant issuers have scale, but openings exist for community and regional card issuers that use their advantages, like tapping customer data. The post 5 Ways Community Banks & Credit Unions Can Compete in Credit Cards appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

A recent data report culled from Sageworks Bank Information , a web-based data platform that includes financial and regulatory information on every U.S. bank and credit union, named the “ Top 15 community banks by commercial loan growth.” Blog Bank' From that subset of all U.S.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2020

But the latest initiatives reveal a growing interest in transforming internal processes, particularly among smaller banks looking to upgrade their core infrastructure and elevate small business lending operations. The regional bank also noted growing interest among smaller FIs to embrace the bank-FinTech collaboration trend.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 22, 2019

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks – those financial institutions (FIs) with less than $10 billion in assets. Other industry data further illustrates the issue. Deposit Trends.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Our partnership with Jack Henry helps us bring Plaid Exchange to hundreds of regional and community banks, and helps ensure millions of people can access digital finance apps and services no matter where they choose to bank, invest and manage their money,” Karvounis added.

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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

According to the FinTech’s latest “ Performance Against Customer Expectations (PACE) Report ,” SMEs are unhappy with a lack of options for high-tech products and services, and as more small businesses switch banks, analysts say this discontent could accelerate bank-switching among the nation’s small business community.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 25, 2020

Today in B2B payments, Barclays debuts a corporate trade finance platform, and Adobe introduces B2B data capabilities on its real-time Customer Data Platform. Plus, Zact introduces its expense management solution, Monit adds new small business Banking-as-a-Service features and Plaid teams up with Jack Henry.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Measuring the success of your community bank’s campaigns can lead to greater ROI, increased conversion rates and a game plan for future initiatives. From mailers and e-newsletters to social media posts and events, there are countless ways to spread the word about your community bank and its offerings. By Taylor Hugo.

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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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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 17, 2015

Community banks (under $10 billion in assets) and regional banks (between $10 and $50 billion) represent 21 percent and nine percent, respectively. Regional banks had the most diversified portfolios, but community banks generally had higher concentrations in CRE and agriculture loans.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 20, 2023

After partnering with Paramount Financial Technologies and interviewing hundreds of banks about their cash management platforms, we have compiled data to help banks benchmark their positioning in order to derive a roadmap for improvement.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 8, 2018

The impact of Europe’s General Data Protection Regulation ( GDPR ) continues to take shape roughly five months after taking effect, and Facebook could be on the hook for billions of dollars in fines tied to a data breach of about 50 million user accounts. That document focuses on budgets and regulatory efforts across the region.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 4, 2023

Popular projects for 2023 include online loan and deposit onboarding utilizing third-party data to speed the process, compliance-as-a-service, payments, card controls, service case management, leveraging data for customer insights, and providing open banking APIs to customers. In 2022, that number is now approximately 42.5%.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 18, 2018

Interestingly, while the report found that big traditional banks continue to increase their SMB lending activity, separate analysis suggests that these FIs are losing ground to their smaller competitors in the small business finance race. percent decline in shares at large banks , coinciding with a 7.8 percent in May, down from 40.2

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. Loans across categories increased, with commercial and industrial loans growing at the fastest rate, roughly 5.3 percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2016

The edge mid-sized and community banks have historically had on the big guys is that they put a face to banking. Today, though, FinTech has changed the game, and new customer demands could be taking away community banks’ leg-up on their largest peers. Power report on retail banking in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2019

Marie Wieck, general manager of IBM Blockchain , also noted that with the platform, credit unions can cooperate and receive shared value by exchanging sensitive data in a permissioned and transparent manner. “This decentralized approach using blockchain helps put the customer in control of their own identity,” she said.

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. team focused on UX, data, integration, and risk. Community banks, regional players, and credit unions are all in the fight of their lifetime with the need to transform their business.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Following their stints as interns, Malvern Bank retained the talents of (L to R) Cody Sorenson, Keegan Wederquist and Adam Konfrst, hiring them as full-time, mid-level team members. These community banks share how they have (or haven’t) altered their hiring strategies. Fortunately, according to data from the U.S.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2019

Among the most recent headlines, in Asia this past week, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) and the National Bank of Cambodia have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU), that Business Times said will boost partnerships on FinTech and financial services innovation. The banks have also agreed to share data on emerging markets.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

The solution will augment MineralTree’s existing solution set, which includes invoice data capture and management, payment approval and execution. The middle-market AP automation solution, Invoice-to-Pay, is integrating the Mastercard tool in an effort to promote the use of virtual commercial cards in accounts payable, MineralTree said.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 2, 2023

Based on our advisory work with hundreds of financial institutions and fintechs, Cornerstone has identified four Foundational Pillars of Smarter Bank Leadership. Think about the quality of candidates that top tech companies, Wall Street investment banks and Big 4 management consulting firms recruit.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Small businesses’ access to traditional loans continues to grow as loan applications at big banks reached new heights last month, the latest Biz2Credit data showed. 11), Biz2Credit found that big banks in August approved 26.5 According to Biz2Credit, this is the highest approval rate for small banks since November 2014.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 8, 2019

The talk came amid increasing attention from issuers about using automation and better software to reduce friction from cardholder onboarding , more focus on deploying real-time data to influence transactions, and to understand the contextual nature of consumer life so purchases can be made “in the moment.” Real-Time Data.

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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2019

One of the challenges regional and community banks and credit unions face is the complexity of physical data integration in their data centers,” said Prasanna Narayan, head of product at Ondot.

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PYMNTS

JULY 10, 2020

For several years, while state-level legalization has expanded, access to traditional banks remains an issue thanks to their status as federally regulated entities. Today, however, the banking challenge has largely been solved. According to Muller, data is often at the heart of this issue.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Maybe instead of Acquire or Be Acquired, this conference should be called Evolve or Be Acquired,” observed Eric Sprink, CEO of Coastal Community Bank in Everett, Wash., and a trailblazer in the world of banking as a service (BaaS). The difference could be seen in what alpha bankers bragged about. What does this mean?

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