PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

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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Community Bank Community Payments Fintech 123

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 17, 2023

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Texas Community Bank Community Lending 78

CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 23, 2023

The CFPB has filed its opposition to the motion for a preliminary injunction filed by the intervenors in the Texas federal court lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule). The intervenors are several credit unions, community banks, and credit union and community bank trade associations.

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Texas Lending Community Bank Community 78

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With the record growth of San Antonio, Houston and Austin, southern Texas is becoming a hub for business. Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. There’s a lot of energy in the southern half of Texas, and it’s not just the resources that power our homes and cars. Photo by Dennis Burnett.

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Texas San Antonio Community Bank Community 182

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

The Kentucky plaintiffs chose to file a separate lawsuit rather than intervene in the lawsuit pending in a Texas federal district court challenging the Rule filed by the American Bankers Association, Texas Bankers Association, and Rio Grande Bank and in which several credit unions, community banks, credit union and community bank trade associations, (..)

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Kentucky Lending Texas Community Bank 88

American Banker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Robotic process automation is normally the province of large banks, but Extraco Banks in Texas and Carter Bank in Virginia are training bots to perform repetitive, mind-numbing tasks.

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Community Bank Virginia Community Texas 77

Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff.

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Community Bank Kansas City Community Lending 195

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. of banks’ revenues come from payments. Payments account for up to 30% of bank revenue, and that income stream is under attack. As 2023 kicks off, community banks can respond to today’s payments landscape by addressing five key trends.

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Trends Payments Community Bank Texas 140

Banking Exchange

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Combined firms will expand into Austin, Houston, San Antonion, Corpus Christi and Bryan-College Station Management Feature M&A Feature3 Community Banking.

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Texas Houston Austin Community Bank 78

Banking 2020

SEPTEMBER 16, 2014

Sageworks recently ranked more than 6,600 banks in the United States to find the 15 best-run community banks. banks and credit unions. banks and credit unions. Notably, small community banks took a large portion of the list with two-thirds of banks listed having less than $500 million in assets.

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Community Bank Community United States Texas 78

Banking Exchange

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

The new branch will expand operations in the Fort Worth market Community Banking Feature3 Feature Retail Banking Branch Technology/ATMs Customers People.

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Fort Worth Texas ATM Community Bank 78

Banking Exchange

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Plus: Georgia’s Piedmont Bank buys stake in lender; Texas-based Fidelity to change ownership Management Feature M&A Community Banking Feature3.

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Pennsylvania Texas Community Bank Community 78

ABA Community Banking

MARCH 30, 2023

The ABA Banking Journal Podcast wraps up Women's History Month with a conversation on an early Texas banking pioneer: Anna Mebus Martin. The post Podcast: Meet Anna Martin, a Texas banking pioneer appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Texas Meeting Community Bank Community 52

American Banker

JULY 13, 2022

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Community Bank Texas Community Lending 74

PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

22) it launched a new app dubbed Business Banking Mobile. The app will enable community financial institutions (CFIs) to compete with larger financial institutions by providing their business banking customers with iOS and Android access to this secure and easy-to-use account management platform. NCR announced on Thursday (Sept.

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El Paso Community Bank Community Mobile 100

Banking Exchange

MAY 17, 2021

Pioneer Bancshares acquisition creates combined entity with 60-strong branch network Management Feature M&A Feature3 Community Banking.

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Texas Community Bank Community Management 78

American Banker

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

Dogwood State Bank and Community First Bancorp plan an all-stock deal to create a $2.2 billion bank, technology firm Fiserv announces a partnership with the National Hockey League's New Jersey Devils, former Texas secretary of state will join Cullen/Frost's board and more in our weekly banking news roundup.

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Community New Jersey Texas National 36

Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Capital market access and employee ownership help fuel Veritex Community Bank’s rapid growth. After a career of nearly three decades as a banker serving various community and regional institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, C. Veritex is a combination of the words “veritas,” which means truth in Latin, and “Texas.”

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Texas Fort Worth Dallas Community Bank 70

Banking Exchange

JUNE 9, 2021

The latest C-suite appointments at US banks Management Feature Human Resources Feature3 People Community Banking.

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Texas US Capital Community Bank 78

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Working with a community bank is like being welcomed into the fold, and that’s why we choose our partners with care. But when I think about what makes this time of year special, it’s the sense of community it creates. I guess it’s no wonder that I’ve been drawn to community banking, where connectedness drives that all we do.

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Community Bank Community Austin Texas 152

Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Location: The Woodlands, Texas. Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank. Assets: $9 billion. It supports many life endeavors.”.

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Austin Texas Community National 91

Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

At this year’s ICBA LEAD FWD Summit, up-and-coming community bankers gathered from around the country to strengthen their leadership, technical banking and advocacy skills. The leadership conference hosted 26 speakers that helped attendees prepare for the future of banking.

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Fort Worth social media Leadership Conference 91

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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Community Bank Community Montana Taxes 172

American Banker

FEBRUARY 5, 2021

First Foundation is relocating its corporate headquarters to Dallas, where the tax burden is lighter and it sees more opportunity to beef up lending, add wealth management clients and pursue acquisitions of community banks.

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Taxes Texas Dallas California 65

BankInovation

JULY 20, 2022

Real-time payments platform Pidgin and community bank services provider Bankers’ Bank are partnering to simplify and streamline payment processes.

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Oklahoma New Mexico Texas Community Bank 52

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2015

For the second year, ICBA recognizes the exceptional work of the individual employees of community banks with its. Community Banker of the Year award program. The association accepted nominations online during the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration. George, Utah.

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Community Tulsa Texas Utah 70

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

To satisfy the banking needs of some commercial and high-net-worth clients, some community banks provide trust and tax strategy services. These banks report that specialized services are a way to deepen their already close customer relationships. United Community Bank in Mount Sterling, Ill., By Don Sadler.

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Taxes Community Bank Community Strategy 91

American Banker

DECEMBER 17, 2019

Wichita Falls Bancshares will gain four branches when it buys Chico Bancorp.

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Wichita Community Bank Texas Community 48

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Community Bank Community Texas Leadership 164

American Banker

JUNE 28, 2023

Dallas-based Texas Capital Bank believes virtual credit cards, offered through a new fintech partnership, can help small business customers make their payment processes more efficient

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Texas Dallas Capital Fintech 36

American Banker

SEPTEMBER 11, 2020

At a time when many lenders are shying away from an industry hit hard by the pandemic, State Bank of Texas is going all in.

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Texas Lending Industry Community Bank 83

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

It’s hard to put my finger on exactly what makes ICBA LIVE so special, but I believe it is in a shared sense of purpose that arises whenever community bankers convene. I’ll be prepping for and then attending ICBA LIVE 2022 in San Antonio, Texas. And that sense of community extends to the providers who support our efforts.

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San Antonio Community Texas Meeting 157

American Banker

AUGUST 7, 2023

Texas State Bankshares has agreed to buy Estrada Hinojosa & Co., one of the nation's biggest municipal underwriting and advisory firms.

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Texas National Community Bank Community 36

American Banker

JUNE 14, 2021

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Community Bank Texas Community Lending 44

American Banker

MAY 1, 2024

Texas Dow Employees Credit Union has agreed to acquire Sabine State Bank and Trust in Louisiana to raise its profile in the oil-and-gas industry. The deal coincides with record levels of U.S. drilling this year.

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Houston Louisiana Texas Lending 83

Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. Bankers and industry observers have several recommendations for how community banks can come up with risk ratings and rankings that foster safe growth in a volatile economic climate.

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Management Community Bank Community Regulation 103