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Community Banks Voice Frustration With Core Tech Providers

PYMNTS

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The Wall Street Journal said Thursday (April 11). ” Fiserv, FIS and Jack Henry have secured 90 percent of U.S.

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How One Community Bank’s RTP Journey Offers A Path For Others

PYMNTS

PYMNTS' latest Real-Time Payments Report done in collaboration with The Clearing House looks at the matter through numerous use cases, none more informative than that of New Jersey-based community bank Cross River , with its enthusiastic embrace of real-time payments (RTP). If only enthusiasm were enough.

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Now is a prime time for digital account opening

Independent Banker

How Americans bank has been changing for years, including how they start their banking relationships. Offering the ability to open an account online can be one way to reach customers who are unable to join your community bank in person. In 2019, the two merged brands again under IncredibleBank.

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4 tips for better vendor management

Independent Banker

Community banks use dozens or even hundreds of vendors—making it critical that they have an efficient way to stay compliant, track performance and more. Some banks are using a combination of software and internal personnel and systems to do just that. billion-asset 1st Security Bank of Washington in Mountlake Terrace, Wash.,

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How to collect positive customer reviews

Independent Banker

These community bankers share how they collect positive reviews, and how to respond to negative ones. Customers do their due diligence to make decisions that are important to them, especially their financial security. Community banks need to pay attention to what’s being said about them in those spaces. Quick Stat.

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Will "Plain Vanilla" Kill Community Banking?

Jeff For Banks

I was at a strategic planning retreat a few weeks back where a colleague lauded the concept of bankers getting back to plain vanilla community banking. But if you read or watch interviews of CEOs of community FIs from 2008 forward, you will be bombarded with the message that they didn''t engage in the things that led to the collapse.

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New Jersey bank sells lower-yielding securities after rate hikes take bite

American Banker

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