Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

In this article, we look at cell phone tracking data for about 1,000 branches across the industry to derive insights to help banks increase branch engagement and boost branch profitability. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch?

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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. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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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. Philadelphia.

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Abrigo

MAY 22, 2024

Takeaway 3 Depository lenders are enhancing their lending procedures and technologies to meet institution risk and return requirements as they grow. Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Photo by Zutik by Andoni/Stocksy Data analysis can illuminate patterns and trends in your customers’ transactions. Community bankers and industry experts share how to best put this data to use. By Colleen Morrison Data is the new currency for Big Tech, business, banking and beyond.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2024

The FedNow Service enables community financial institutions to stay competitive by meeting instant payment demands. Fraud detection and AML systems: Ensure these systems are integrated and operational at your institution to stay on top of financial crime. Make FedNow work for your bank or credit union.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

But as the prevalence of security breaches grows, so do the opportunities for community banks to position themselves as guardians of their customers’ personal data through compliance, technology and relationship building. Data privacy and security is a hot topic and is only getting hotter. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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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. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Takeaway 3 Depository lenders are enhancing their lending procedures and technologies to meet institution risk and return requirements as they grow. Small business lending is also a prominent line of business for many financial institutions, especially those driven by a mission to help their communities thrive.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. But there’s plenty community banks can do to meet this challenge. Fraud and cyber attacks are on the rise, and at great expense to the industry.

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Abrigo

MAY 30, 2017

One of the biggest obstacles for many community banks and credit unions with aggressive growth goals is staffing. Moreover, many community banks and credit unions are located in more rural areas. While these are wonderful communities to call home, it can be difficult to convince prospects to relocate to less central locations.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. A different kind of peer-to-peer payment service is now available, “built by community banks for community banks.”.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 16, 2020

Accelerated data sharing has become a focal point for small business lenders and FinTechs looking to speed up the time it takes for SMBs to apply for and receive much-needed funding. Funding Options struck a data-sharing agreement with 20 alternative lenders to make SMB loan applications more efficient, while in the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 27, 2021

26) compiling and analyzing data elicited from 6,000 restaurant operators and 1,000 adult consumers. The report looks at sales expectations for the coming year, operational changes in the industry, consumer behavior, menu trends, employment statistics and more.

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Abrigo

MAY 8, 2024

WATCH Takeaway 1 Understanding generative AI and how peers are using AI and genAI helps financial institution leaders and management vet the technology and related risks. Takeaway 2 Generative AI models emulate data put into them to generate apparently new content such as text, images, audio, or video. Credit unions are jumping in too.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 30, 2024

Marketing and technology (IT) are two budgets that have taken the most significant hit. Banks that want to be more aggressive with innovation and technology can show they are investing more in technology infrastructure, while banks with a strategy to be less tech-focused can be under. and 11.1%, with a median of 8.1%

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PYMNTS

APRIL 12, 2019

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The Wall Street Journal said Thursday (April 11). Community banks say their services are often too expensive and can sometimes be delayed.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

data software company Gresham Technologies has announced a collaboration with AccessPay to enable enterprise-to-bank data connectivity. Gresham is focusing on real-time financial data management for cash flow and payments control, it said. including Bacs , the company said. million for the firm.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2019

While there’s been talk of an economic slowdown ahead, and declining optimism among the business community, the latest stats on small businesses (SMBs) are quite positive. “But as they grow, they are being stretched by operational issues and manual processes.” economy,” said SBA Acting Chief Counsel Major L. .

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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. These terms look good on paper, but what do they mean in practice for operational innovation?

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Abrigo

JULY 5, 2020

Key Takeaways Credit unions participating in the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) found that the right technology helped them serve business members when they needed help and also gain new members. Technology can facilitate delivery on credit unions' brand promise of relationship-based services. get started.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

Micro-merchants, such as grocers and “mom and pop” stores, operate largely in cash rather than through safe, secure and swift, digitally enabled transactions. The companies will work together to develop solutions through research, data analytics and research and development capabilities for both existing and future programs.

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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. ” Analysis has also found that community banks are playing a larger role in small business lending. “Now, small businesses are stepping in to get a piece of the pie.”

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PYMNTS

APRIL 29, 2020

Banks have not faced issues in fulfilling their obligations to their various customers, Caldeira said, and technology has not proved a hindrance to meeting demand as businesses and individuals look for increased assistance in navigating a new reality of digitally delivered financial services. For them, the transition has been seamless.”.

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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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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

Addressing common loan and deposit operations process inefficiencies can help financial institutions deliver optimized value to customers and stockholders. In recent years, many financial institutions have been focused on improving their digital delivery capabilities, often at the expense of their operational groups.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Increasing role of technology. For community banks who are known for putting their customers first, this could be an area of concern. However, data from PwC shows that community banks are finding complementary partnerships that evolve their operations and the service they provide customers.

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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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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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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 19, 2019

FinTech and automation technology have cast a shadow of anxiety on the accounting industry in recent years, as certified public accountants (CPAs) began to wonder whether their jobs would be replaced entirely by robots. CPAs and their accounting firms often operate on the traditional nine-to-five schedule, closing at night and on weekends.

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PYMNTS

MAY 7, 2018

Whether robots will take our jobs or take over the mundane tasks for humans to shift to more strategic operations, one thing is for sure: Automation is changing the workforce. But as the tools SMBs adopt become increasingly sophisticated, the exact nature of how these technologies will change the small business workforce is unclear.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 7, 2024

Microsoft’s Office 365 CoPilot, the integration of the Microsoft version of OpenAI’s Chat GPT into the Office suite, represents the fastest, and likely safest way, to integrate the latest technology within your bank. However, the technology is not without its risks. What is CoPilot for Banks?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 13, 2021

The good thing is, despite all of those negatively impacted to the point of failure, the businesses that have embraced digitization and new technology are actually more optimistic because they believe their client base has expanded. Among those investments: data safety, fraud prevention and fulfillment. and around the world.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Dubbed the next-generation digital platform, it is expected to use an application programming interface API, a computing interface which defines interactions between multiple software intermediaries, and cloud technology to provide common processing services. “We

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South State Correspondent

DECEMBER 8, 2023

Small Business Preferences for Choosing a Bank Are Changing Curinos presented some interesting data about the changing face of small business preferences when opening a transaction account. In recent years, product selection, advisory, technology, and a commitment to help support growth have jumped up in importance.

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