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Fundation Pulls Community Bank Into FinTech Collaboration

PYMNTS

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too.

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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

Jeff For Banks

Indeed, since the banking laws that were spawned from the Great Depression, banking has been stable, reliable, and boring. I know, my first job in banking in 1985 at Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania was making microfiche. The money market mutual fund became a formidable competitor to the bank account.

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A Time of Reckoning for Your Bank's Core Deposits?

Jeff For Banks

So worries New Jersey Banker's Association CEO John McWeeney since state-owned bank advocate Phil Murphy was elected governor. The state's municipal deposits approximate $20 billion , $13 billion of which are in community banks. Marcus is Goldman Sachs online bank. And Mid Penn Bank is a $1.2 By default.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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Bankers: Here's What We Do

Jeff For Banks

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve. We do the costing, funds transfer pricing, report building, and education.

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FI Highlight: S&T Bank

NCR

April kicked off Financial Literacy Month so we recently talked with Becky Stapleton, senior executive vice president and chief banking officer at S&T Bank, to learn about the various initiatives they host in order to promote financial literacy in their local community. Is there anything else you would like to add?

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Why Does Kim Kardashian Kick Your Bank's A**?

Jeff For Banks

I have heard her claim to fame is an online sex video. In fact, when I searched (via Bing) "Washington Trust Bank", a $4.7 billion in asset community bank based in Spokane and founded in 1902, I had 74,900 hits. This credit union has made a celebrity out of their CEO, and he is widely recognized in the community.