Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2019

Lucky for us, community bankers know a thing or two about staying the course. From successes in getting the Federal Reserve involved in real-time payments to our ongoing efforts to wake up Washington to credit union injustices, we are present, committed and confirmed in our efforts to level the playing field for community bankers.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. To address these issues, some community banks have turned to artificial intelligence. In finance, too, AI has been held up as the answer to any number of challenges that community bankers face.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 1, 2018

Between 2015 and 2017, the amount of lending to small businesses by the five leading online lending providers increased 50 percent, according to a new report from NDP Analytics, a Washington, D.C.-based communities.”. communities.”. in gross output in local communities across the country.” based economic research firm.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

.” Other critics have raised the issue that the OCC is advising examiners to take community group concerns into consideration separately from their M&A approval processes. ” Now, Powell is also raising concerns about how bank industry consolidation could negatively impact the small business community.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2020

Bankers and fintech executives want lawmakers returning to Washington to focus on streamlined forgiveness and a second round of Paycheck Protection Program loans for small businesses.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 13, 2017

Seattle, Washington is known for a great many things including its rainy weather and many pop culture phenomenas. The city has a strong entrepreneurial community and great schools along with a large network of financiers and advisors. PYMNTS: What is Seattle’s FinTech sector like? How has it changed or grown in recent years?

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CFPB Monitor

FEBRUARY 28, 2019

The CFPB has published notices in the Federal Register announcing that its Consumer Advisory Board , Credit Union Advisory Council , and Community Bank Advisory Council will hold meetings in Washington, D.C. on March 14, 2019.

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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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CFPB Monitor

MAY 18, 2016

In his April 2016 appearance before the Senate Banking Committee, Director Cordray made clear that FinTech companies are on the CFPB’s radar screen. On June 23, 2016, the OCC will hold a forum in Washington, D.C. on “Supporting Responsible Innovation in the Federal Banking System.”

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

A mix of players, FinTech firms pose threats and opportunities. Call them disruptors, upstarts or the voguish FinTech companies. Regardless of the name, nonbank technology firms are wedging themselves between community banks and their customers by offering a slew of traditional and nontraditional banking products. By Kelly Pike.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2017

While it may not be the oldest credit union around, the Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) of Tukwila, Washington, has been in business since the days of the Great Depression. FinTechs: ‘A wonderful threat and opportunity’. It all starts with listening.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 19, 2016

Spokane, Washington-based Obloco will beta test its white-label expense reporting solution with area businesses and Washington Trust Bank (WTB). Washington Trust Bank was founded in 1902, and now has more than 40 branches and offices in Washington, Idaho, and Oregon. .” Think global. Test local.

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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. With clearance to move forward with its plans, the community banking landscape will see its first new industry player in years. have emerged to do.

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CFPB Monitor

OCTOBER 11, 2018

At the Online Lending Policy Institute’s (OLPI) annual summit in Washington, D.C. The summit speakers included Grovetta Gardineer, the Senior Deputy Comptroller for Compliance and Community Affairs at the OCC. For an analysis of the DFS lawsuit, click here.). In her remarks and responses to questions, Ms.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Washington Federal -- a $16.4 billion regional institution based in Seattle -- had a problem: many in the general public didn't realize exactly what it did. The post Podcast: With Rebrand, WaFd Puts Its Bank Identity Front and Center appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 25, 2015

Even with technology’s increasing influence on retail banking, it’s not typical for a community bank to have one of its most senior and trusted executives concentrate primarily on leading consumer product and payments innovation. billion-asset, 85-branch community bank based in Rockland, Mass., Photo by Ken Richardson. is not typical.

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William Mills

OCTOBER 13, 2017

Attendees could customize their day – picking and choosing from 70 different sessions on five separate stages featuring a wide range of topics including payments, fraud, fintech, marketing/product development, channel optimization, sales, compliance, business banking, artificial intelligence (AI) and community-based banking.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JANUARY 18, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms. If we are missing anything, please drop me a note.

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Fintech Labs Insights

JULY 11, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 2, 2023

These are the largest events in the financial services industry geared towards banking technologists, program managers, marketers, developers and C-Suite execs at both legacy financial institutions and upstart banktech and fintech firms.

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The Financial Brand

MAY 5, 2021

Debate has begun over the need for tighter rules to protect urban and rural communities. Here's what it could mean for the industry. The post Will New Administration Rewrite the Rules on Banking Mergers? appeared first on The Financial Brand.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

FinTech threats and distractions. Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. This year brought us: Mergers out the yin-yang. Payments chaos.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 24, 2016

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C. A few things stand out. .

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Fintech Labs Insights

JUNE 1, 2017

Terms of the deal were not immediately available; the 36 employees of the company that will join KeyBank will continue to work from offices in Washington, D.C. and Chicago. Pictured: HelloWallet founder and Chief Innovation Officer Matt Fellowes demonstrating Retirement Explorer at FinovateFall 2015.

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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. This FinTech app allows users to invest in a portfolio in their favorite brands or companies (DoorDash, Lululemon, Target, Costco, Amazon, etc.) Bright Paths Project: Plenti.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

If you are a community bank or credit union, then there’s a lot to like in the launch of Business Banking Mobile from NCR. The app brings the SaaS banking services platform to the mobile channel, giving small-and-medium FIs the ability to offer their business customers a range of services via iOS and Android devices.

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PYMNTS

MAY 15, 2017

Ever since, bitcoin’s been touted by the FinTech community as one of the most remarkable innovations of our time and a highly disruptive force for how money can be moved between people and institutions on a global basis. And the beginning of one death spiral in FinTech that might be well worth watching.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2016

The fintech sector attracted $332 million in new capital the first week of August. Fintech deals by size from 30 July to 5 August, 2016: Mosaic. HQ: Seattle, Washington. Distributed ledgers for financial community. The number of deals totaled 30, slightly above the YTD average 28 deals per week. billion, double the $9.8

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2016

Of that tally, FinTech was just about … everything, with more than 97 percent of the total. We started with one property that Eric [Vacasa’s other cofounder] and his wife owned on the Washington coast,” said Johnson. It’s very important for us to be part of the communities that we work within,” Johnson said. “We

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 21, 2015

The societal benefit of financing our communities has to beat sugar water, right? Washington Financial’s Betty Guerrieri and Jamie Anders with Eric Weikart. can make analog more valuable if we drive community interest in branch facilities to learn from one another instead of another investments seminar-lecture.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. Community bank marketing resources. Two very strong and focused community banks unite to combine big bank reach with community bank style and make the bet that it can scale to $15 billion and beyond. Did we hear a whaaaa?

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FICO

DECEMBER 15, 2020

Even by Washington standards, this bill is massive topping 4,500 pages. Banks and trade associations launched financial inclusion projects driving new product innovations designed to increase access to traditional financial services in minority communities. BSA/AML Reforms Are on their Way - Even With a Looming Presidential Veto.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

As fintech plays a larger role in the financial ecosystem, companies are looking for ways to use tech to solve problems and find new opportunities in the space. Partnership Fund for New York City and Accenture — FinTech Innovation Lab. Barclays Accelerator is a 13-week program run by a full-time fintech-focused team from Techstars.

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CB Insights

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

BOUTIQUE GYMS & CLASSES ARE spreading AS MILLENNIALS SEEK CHOICE AND COMMUNITY. One 2014 survey found that 63% of people who attended boutique studio gyms did so because of the “community aspect formed by other people attending,” with another 47% attributing their attendance to the atmosphere. Houseplants.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 9, 2016

Dimon went on to discuss, at some length, the “mission-critical” services that big banks can supply are the types of things “regional and community banks simply cannot do.”. The landscape presents some “real opportunities” for FinTech players, Cordray noted, even against lending practices that could prove to be “tricky.”.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In Partnership with: Join Fintech’s Largest Online Interactive Community! Fintech Spring Meetup ?—?Meet But remember, Fintech?—?including Unlike Fintech, which went after distribution, blockchain goes after manufacturing. Post-fintech-crypto-democratization and all. June 15–17, 2021. No Webinars. No Content.

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Lex Sokolin

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

In Partnership with: Join Fintech’s Largest Online Interactive Community! Fintech Spring Meetup ?—?Meet But remember, Fintech?—?including Unlike Fintech, which went after distribution, blockchain goes after manufacturing. Post-fintech-crypto-democratization and all. June 15–17, 2021. No Webinars. No Content.

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