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$175M Acquisition Turns Community Bank Into Fintech Player

Bank Innovation

Community banks can also play the fintech game. BankMobile — the digital bank, formerly a division of Customers Bancorp Inc. — was acquired by Flagship, a Florida-based community bank, for $175 million. “We We are no longer a partner or a division of […].

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Community Bank And FinTech Partnerships Gaining Traction

PYMNTS

Community banking may get a boost from technology, if recent activity is any indication. In Florida, reported American Banker – in the community banking realm – Seacoast Banking has paired with SmartBiz Loans to shorten the loan approvals process. They bank all these small businesses.

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New condo safety laws: Three things community associations should consider

PopularBank

Recently, Florida passed SB 4-D, a new safety regulation for condominium and cooperative association buildings. Florida’s new condo safety laws at-a-glance. Building inspections are required for community buildings in all 67 counties in Florida that are three or more stories in height. banks by assets.

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Gulf Winds’ Data Driven Approach To Member Retention

PYMNTS

However, it is a quickly changing industry, thanks to digital banking. Its omnipresence is altering how members want to interact with their CUs, though regulatory and compliance issues often mean that members cannot reasonably expect the same lightning-fast interactions they might get from banks and FinTech firms.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Bravo April!

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Veteran Florida banker hired to lead digital startup in Puerto Rico

American Banker

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

Gonzobanker

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Heavy-handed regulators. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. FinTech threats and distractions.