PYMNTS

MARCH 12, 2019

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said Kevin Tweddle, chief innovation officer for the Independent Community Bankers of America ( ICBA ). Community banking is no exception. Leveling the Playing Field.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Illustration by The Laundry Room/Stocksy Customer data fuels efficient and effective marketing these days. Community banks own an enviable amount of data, but not all are leveraging it to its fullest extent. By Mindy Charski People share important data about themselves with their community bank in myriad ways.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2024

In 2024, Smarter Banks will go on offense and differentiate with the customer experience. When it comes to client experience in banking, the last three years have been a long, reactionary grind of responding to COVID, a white-hot labor market driving up turnover, and rapidly shifting competitive dynamics.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 10, 2020

The technological upgrades Happy State Bank made prior to the COVID-19 crisis has helped the lender service and onboard customers digitally and deploy its own SBA Paycheck Protection Program platform in a matter of days, CEO J. Pat Hickman told Bank Innovation.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2020

The Carrboro, North Carolina-based chain has used its technology-first strategy to get, keep and grow its customer base – even while its stores were shut down early in the pandemic. Fleet Feet has come up with proprietary technology to address that. More than one million Fleet Feet customers have used the technology.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Technology can create efficiencies that allow them to reimagine customer interactions moving forward.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Small business credit analysis company PayNet is linking up with a community bank to streamline SMB lending for the institution. Santacroce said the collaboration with PayNet “will improve the loan process and as a result, the customer experience.” In another statement, BNB Bank EVP and Chief Lending Officer Kevin L.

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ABA Community Banking

JANUARY 5, 2022

What's on the community bank roadmap for digital process improvement in 2022? The post Podcast: The Community Bank Digital Transformation Roadmap for 2022 appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Many of today’s banks have recognized this shift and are looking for new ways to attract, engage, and retain their customers, all while providing a great experience. Increasing role of technology. For community banks who are known for putting their customers first, this could be an area of concern.

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Perficient

AUGUST 1, 2022

This product represents Salesforce’s initial entry into blockchain technology. It is a component of the Commerce Cloud suite and allows customers to sell NFTs on the Salesforce Customer 360 Platform. Later this year, anticipated to be in October, Salesforce will make the product available to the public.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 9, 2023

How does a community bank whose bread and butter was mortgage lending make the business sustainable in a time when mortgages have increasingly moved to the nonbank sector? The post Podcast: How a community bank boosted its consumer mortgage program appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Bobsguide

MARCH 30, 2022

Finastra announced that 27 community bank customers are working with Finastra to upgrade their legacy core banking solutions to Fusion Phoenix. Built on Microsoft technology, Fusion Phoenix’s open APIs ensure it is fully adaptable to new emerging technologies and scalable to meet the bank’s needs.

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Insights on Business

JANUARY 10, 2017

For traditional businesses, adapting to this trend involves fundamentally reinventing strategy, operations and technology. Strategically, digitally reinvented businesses maintain an overarching focus on experience rather than production. RBS soon will deploy a chat bot using IBM’s Watson technology to answer customers’ questions.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

DOWNLOAD Takeaway 1 With generative AI technology improving by the day, the question is not if the banking industry will utilize it, but when. Takeaway 2 AI can lead to more accurate and consistent outputs or predictions, better risk management, and improved customer experiences. So, what is generative AI?

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 2, 2020

Key Takeaways With more customers leveraging channels like online and mobile banking, community financial institutions are trying to solve how to maintain their hallmark community focus in an increasingly digital world. Technology can create efficiencies that allow them to reimagine customer interactions moving forward.

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Banking Exchange

JUNE 19, 2019

Retail banks need creative ways to excite their workforce and train them for the new banking experience Retail Banking Financial Trends Technology Customers Human Resources Feature Management Feature3 Fintech Mobile Online Tech Management Community Banking.

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Bank Innovation

APRIL 13, 2020

Rapidly deployed automation technologies are helping community and regional banks keep up with the deluge of applications. The Small Business Administration launched its Paycheck Protection Program loans more than a week ago and banks have been racing to keep up with the volume ever since.

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ZootBlog

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

However, it took one full hour to accomplish this simple task at my local community bank where I have been a customer for more than a decade. The experience left me wondering, with today’s technology how could this be possible. In fact, nearly 15 years ago I opened an ING account entirely online.

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

Perficient’s AVPs represent a cross-section of the firm’s end-to-end digital consulting portfolio, and will provide leadership and strategy for areas including management consulting, cloud platform solutions and integration technologies, custom software development and mobile solutions, and optimized global delivery capabilities.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 22, 2023

download NOW Takeaway 1 The most popular blog posts on the Abrigo site reflect many of the priorities community banks and credit unions had in 2023. Takeaway 2 The top lending and credit blog posts focused on the benefits of banking technology, interest rate management, and developing risk ratings.

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

This conference is crucial because it provides insight into small business banking and has a good mix of essential banking-focused topics with a heavy emphasis on the customer experience. In recent years, product selection, advisory, technology, and a commitment to help support growth have jumped up in importance.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

Smiley Technologies, a core banking provider focused on community banks, is trying to help its bank clients secure larger deposits by partnering with deposit technology company Reich & Tang.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 30, 2020

Farfetch, a luxury technology platform, has raised $250 million from Tencent and Dragoneer through the sale of convertible senior notes, according to a release. Tencent is a global technology company based in Shenzhen, China, and Dragoneer is an investment firm based in San Francisco.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

“Today’s technology environment opens the door to a world of opportunity for community bankers.”. Fueled by visions of flying cars and robot maids courtesy of The Jetsons, I was sure technology would dominate the landscape. In fact, today’s technology environment opens the door to a world of opportunity for community bankers.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

Rather, the difference could be seen in just how significantly technology disruption has slammed its way into bankers’ discussions regarding shareholder value. 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.,

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

That’s why we’ve spent the past three years educating community bankers on the why of innovation: why bankers should be thinking about innovation, why innovation is a top priority in a digital-first environment and why now is the time to act. This allows community banks to triage, evaluate and rectify issues before they become problems.

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Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2021

MY PREDICTION: Leaders from the Provider community will work with the new Federal Administration to develop a “third way” to improve quality and manage costs that is reliant neither fully on the private insurance market nor on governmental backing. The patient journey will be re-understood as unfolding over time, technology, and channels.

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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Construction loan administration Find out how today's technology has changed the shape of construction loan administration, creating a better customer experience and reducing risk. Technology can reduce both issues. Technology can reduce both issues. That’s where technology can help.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

That uncomfortable feeling you get in the pit of your stomach when you decide to try something new serves as a motivator and is why I tell community bankers: “To succeed in today’s rapidly evolving digital landscape, you need to get comfortable with feeling uncomfortable.”. Facilitating open communication. Get out of your comfort zone.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Volvo Financial Services (VFS), the captive financing arm of Volvo Group, has announced that Payer will help it optimize payments and improve the customer experience for auto service and repairs, a press release says. Payer works in payments technology. I think it’s a great fit.”.

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

Plan for new technology and innovations. From economic forecasts to company culture, there were important takeaways for all community financial institutions. . Millennium Bank, like many community financial institutions, is heavily concentrated in commercial real estate (CRE). Drive Growth.

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Perficient

SEPTEMBER 15, 2020

Consumers expect technology to work intuitively, regardless of its underlying complexity. And in healthcare – an industry that tends to segment consumers into patient or member experience silos – consumers increasingly expect a seamless, holistic, digital health journey. Consumerism has reached critical mass in healthcare.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

With technology upgrades and customer experience consistently ranking as chief priorities for community banks, there’s no question that innovation serves as a strategic imperative. By Charles Potts, ICBA When it comes to innovation, understanding how we do it may be even more important than why.

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The Financial Brand

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Community banks and credit unions outpace megabanks and even neobanks in key areas, but that edge won't sustain those that lag in technology. The post Square, PayPal Pose Grave Threat to Community Financial Institutions appeared first on The Financial Brand - Banking Trends, Analysis & Insights.

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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. This is why sharing our customer stories is so important.

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Perficient

JULY 30, 2020

Low-code technologies offer the promise of effective “citizen development”, where business users can rapidly produce their own applications with little to no support from developers. See open jobs or join our community for career tips, job openings, company updates, and more! What is a Low-Code Application?

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The Financial Brand

NOVEMBER 17, 2022

This article How Digital CX Technology Gives Local Financial Institutions an Edge appeared first on The Financial Brand. There’s no reason community banks and credit unions can’t provide an omnichannel experience. Here are four essentials for any CX solution.

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