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 2 Small banks can better serve customers when they free up staff to focus on fostering relationships.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Last year was earth-shattering in many ways. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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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 3 Articles specific to small community banks were among the most-read blogs, with best practices for construction lending at the top of the list.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

The right talent and tools can equip bankers to take advantage of opportunities in the small business market. As bankers continue to fight the deposit wars, they must move past the polite talk and build a true go-to-market plan to capture the lucrative U.S. No two markets are created equal.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. The bank is one of several newly proposed community banks in the region, with goals of disrupting the financial services landscape, including business and corporate banking.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio. SVB’s 43% LTD used to be talked about with reverence.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While there’s no cyber or data security silver bullet, by bringing the theoretical into a true banking environment, we can begin to establish action plans that speak to real-world attacks.”. Cyber and data security have long been areas of emphasis for community banks, but in today’s escalating digital environment, that focus has grown.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. THE BANKER AWARDS The Bank Acquisition of the Year – goes to the unique PacWest and Banc of California deal. Employees are back to work. We are in awe.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Here are Abrigo’s top banker resources related to managing ALM and portfolio risks: Click the header next to each number to visit the corresponding top banking risk resource. A CECL prep kit was also popular. It covered the significant ways banks and credit unions measure interest rate risk and manage liquidity risk.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

AI, payments, data, and other aspects of innovation are dropping behind the scenes. Our teams just returned from back-to-back weeks at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando and Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. Small Idea – It’s Our Kid’s Technology.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

It happened this week: Fintech Meetup , one of the newer trade events that brought 4,000 or so fintech and banker types to Las Vegas. The experience felt akin to entering a mosh pit but instead of musicians, you are in it with bankers and entrepreneurs and there are chairs. He likened it to regression testing.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. He exemplifies the best of next generation bank leadership, with eyes wide open to the next iteration of banking in our rapidly changing environment. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. million in loans.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. 1 issue raised by CEOs in our surveys, bankers had to craft a new and compelling post-Covid value proposition to attract it. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down. Nobody did.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We spoke with industry specialists about the priorities for community banks as they build a digital loan process for small businesses. It’s critical for community banks to have online loan applications, process automation staff skilled in digitization and more. Doing so can help community banks: Optimize the loan cycle.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

In this article, we explore the data around customer problem resolution and show why measuring associated metrics may be the most important thing you can do to be able to deliver on your value proposition of service. Ask almost any community banker, and they will tell you their value proposition around their bank revolves around service.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

You need something that fits and adapts to your needs, and sets your business up for growth. When deciding on a new provider, ask the critical questions before signing on the dotted line. At IBT Apps, we know what community bankers need to make the right core decision. Consider if the vendor is the right “fit.”

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Independent Banker Survey. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Here's what they're doing. Would you like others articles like this in your inbox?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson. Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic.

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Abrigo

MARCH 28, 2020

But important components are clear, SBA officials and leaders with the American Bankers Association said during an ABA webinar Thursday before President Trump signed the finalized bill on Friday. Start reaching out to business customers now, and begin preparing the financial institution's own processes.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 2, 2021

Takeaway 3 Signing up for 2022 conferences is another smart use of surplus budget funds, because some events are offering early-bird discounts. Indeed, deposit levels to transaction accounts among community banks exploded 74% to $896.5 31, 2019, and June 3, 2021, according to the Community Banking in the 21st Century report.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Our clients showed banking at its best – obsessed with customer well-being, good corporate citizenship, and strong community focus. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

In Texas, data security, debit card surcharges and compensation for records searches become legislative issues. Some of the most pressing issues this year involved data security breaches, patent trolls, debit card surcharges and reimbursements for litigation records search requests. Data security breaches. By Steve Scurlock.

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Abrigo

JUNE 13, 2022

The NCOA estimates the cost of elder financial abuse to older Americans to be up to $36.5 billion annually. A recent American Bankers Association Foundation (ABA) research study found that older Americans hold 65% of the deposited wealth in the United States. Would you like other articles on BSA/AML training in your inbox?

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Perficient

MAY 21, 2021

Perficient Bright Paths is a program designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities. Grow Better is a web app where users can log data and photos to document every step of their plant’s growth. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths.

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

On September 17, 2021 in the Scottsdale, Arizona desert, I delivered a speech to a ballroom full of bankers titled: 5 Things I Wish We Did Better. It was well received and was recently picked up by a banking school as an elective class. I used the embedded commercial as indicative of the life span of a project at a community bank.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The House is expected to pass the measure on Thursday (April 23), with President Donald Trump signing it into law by week’s end. million SMBs so far, according to Small Business Administration (SBA) data. The initial $350 billion in PPP funds allocated as part of the massive $2.2

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Earnings were up from a year ago, loan portfolios grew, asset quality improved, the number of problem banks declined, and only one insured institution failed.” The FDIC said that the percentage of loans and securities with maturities of three or more years hit the highest percentage in the 18 years of data records, rising to 34.6

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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

As technology buyers, banking executives need to up their game on tech purchases and technology performance management. For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology. Tech companies trying to support a bank stack have no easy task.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. Brutal competition is an everyday affair, as are product and price commoditization. But that’s for next year. THE BANKING AWARDS.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Advocacy Advocate—ICBA’s Joshua Harbursky works to assist community bankers with their industry policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators. ICBA has a great infrastructure in place and a lot of active advocates among community bankers. Anyone with an interest in promoting community banks can be an ICBA advocate.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. “At

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Koger Propst.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

As September is gearing up to go into its last week, the waning warm days of the summer season certainly went out with a bang — care of the largest data breach ever recorded. It’s also a pick-up for Lyft, which can now compete with Uber, which launched its own Instant Pay service with Go Bank earlier this year.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. “At

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2014

I learn a lot from bankers and industry experts as I visit their offices, speak to them on the phone or at industry events. Since I estimate my Twitter community only reads about 10% of their tweet stream, and so many of my blog readers do not follow Twitter, below are selected quotes that I tweeted since version 6.

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