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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

PYMNTS

Collaboration amid competition has been a hallmark of the financial services space, as traditional financial institutions (FIs) join forces with FinTech startups. The group, to be known as Alloy Labs Alliance, according to a press release , is being managed by FinTech Forge. Guidelines From The UK. and MarketInvoice.

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Fundation Pulls Community Bank Into FinTech Collaboration

PYMNTS

Large financial institutions (FIs) are increasingly turning to FinTech firms and alternative lenders to augment their small business (SMB) offerings, but community banks are beginning to get on board with the partnership strategy , too.

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Community bank, fintech team up to serve gig-economy workers

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Somerset Trust in rural Pennsylvania has partnered with RoamHR, a financial platform that assists the self-employed, to add tax-withholding help for contract and temporary workers to the bank's services.

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Fintech BM makes first acquisition after going public through a SPAC

BankInovation

is turning the typical banking tie-up formula on its head with plans to acquire First Sound Bank, a Seattle-based community business lender. a share in a deal valued at $23 million, the Radnor, Pennsylvania-based firm said Monday in […]. Financial-technology firm BM Technologies Inc.

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BankMobile Is One Of Six New FIs To Offer Smart Digital Bank Accounts Via Google Pay

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BankMobile, BBVA USA, BMO Harris, The Coastal Community Bank, First Independence Bank (a federally designated minority depository institution) and SEFCU will join Citi and Stanford Federal Credit Union in the offering beginning next year. BankMobile, a division of Pennsylvania-based Customers Bank, serves about one in every three U.S.

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Crowdfunding, Deferred Loan Payments Jumpstart SMB Relief

PYMNTS

Each week, PYMNTS will round up some of the latest initiatives from governments, banks and FinTechs around the world to lend support for small businesses struggling as a result of the coronavirus. Pennsylvania Offers State-Level Support. FinTechs Encourage SMB Crowdfunding. Several FinTechs in the U.S.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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