PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2019

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.

Community Bank 116

Community Bank Community Fintech New Jersey 116

Jeff For Banks

JULY 5, 2022

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. First Internet Bank in Indiana was founded in 1998. billion in total assets.

Millennials 78

Millennials Community Pennsylvania Community Bank 78

Jeff For Banks

MARCH 31, 2018

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 trillion this week.

FDIC 60

FDIC New Jersey Pennsylvania Community Bank 60

Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 28, 2023

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. Our competition in this line of business are software solutions providers.

Groups 85

Groups Capital US Community 85

Jeff For Banks

APRIL 17, 2010

The Pennsylvania Turnpike’s Valley Forge rest stop is a common waypoint for me on my travels. So why can’t we achieve premium pricing in community banking? A response I often receive is that money is a commodity, and one bank’s greenbacks are the same as another’s. I paid 32% more so my cup would say Starbucks on it.

Branding 60

Branding Management Community Bank Community 60

Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 29, 2012

But retail investors were nowhere to be found. This was one of the points made by Lisa Schultz of Stifel, Nicolaus, Weisel, an investment banking firm that specializes in FIs, at a recent Pennsylvania bankers conference. Ms Schultz said retail investors were absent for all industries, not just FIs. I would like to know.

Capital 84

Capital Retail Pennsylvania Community 84

Jeff For Banks

JULY 14, 2021

J4B Take : The greatest uncertainty facing community banking is relevance. JFB Take: The market leader in mortgage origination in my home state of Pennsylvania is Quicken. Imagine if in the late 1990s bank CFOs projected a twenty year decline in mortgage market share driven by a piece of technology?

Capital 78

Capital Strategy Management Company 78