Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

Treasury management provider Dragonfly Financial Technologies launched independently from an ACI Worldwide sale. Alkami partnered with Clinc for conversational AI, Atomic for direct deposit switching and FINBOA for payment dispute management. Personal loan and credit card provider Avant secured funding from Ares Management Corporation.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photos by Luke Copping Photography BankOnBuffalo has hit the road with its new mobile bank, BankOnWheels, to meet the needs of underserved communities. We are providing banking options in areas that have been known as ‘bank deserts,’ which is very important to us as a community bank.” By William Atkinson Name: BankOnBuffalo Assets: $1.1

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Academy Bank COO Tom Kientz notes that the community bank was eager to expand its deposit and loan services. Today, the community bank has successful relationships with HOAs across the country. billion-asset community bank is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dickinson Financial Corporation, a $3.5 Photo by Jason Tracy.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 21, 2019

Aura , a community development financial institution that provides cost-friendly loans to families, has completed a $50 million private social bond issuance, the company announced on Thursday (Mar. The money from the issuance will allow for 32,561 credit-building loans to what the company calls underserved and underbanked communities.

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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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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

One Community Bank’s 30-year relationship with All-Color Powder Coating is carried on by banker Steven Erickson (left) and Dan Anderson. Whether achieved by internal or external resources, community banks provide valuable support for small businesses. To achieve this, community banks use a number of strategies.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

of adults have left a job to get away from a manager as a way to improve their overall life. Source: Gallup, “State of the American Manager” report. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. Quick Stat. Put people first. Malvern Bank’s personal touch.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

community bankers at Apex Bank jumped into action to help their neighbors. Community banks go above and beyond the call of service to their communities in various ways. Apex Bank was among those leading the recovery efforts in its community. Being there for the community. “I office branch manager.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 17, 2017

Reports late last week said the bank will work with SME lending portal Accion, a nonprofit company, to facilitate the financing of these companies across five states: Florida, Indiana, Illinois, Michigan and Ohio. They are essential to economic growth and development.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

It’s no secret why Alpine Bank’s mystery shopper program has helped the community bank meet and exceed customer expectations over the past two decades. Alpine Bank’s vendor partner in its mystery shopper program is Second To None, a customer experience research and insights firm that schedules and manages the shopper reporting. “We

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Similarly, Illinois is eying close to $400 million in new annual sales tax revenue on ecommerce items shipped into the state. A plan backed by the Illinois Retail Merchants Association places the burden on sales tax collection on the marketplaces, which will then settle up with the state Department of Revenue. Implementation.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 22, 2020

On the optimistic side Elliot Nassim , president of Mason Asset Management, which co-owns the University Mall in Carbondale, Illinois, says: “We have always felt that the retail industry is evolving, despite what doomsday headlines would have you believe.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Sageworks banking industry experts are winding down a busy year of disseminating information and facilitating discussions on regulatory changes, such as the FASB’s upcoming move to the current expected credit loss model (CECL), and on best practices for portfolio risk management and credit analysis.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

community bank during the pandemic. The community bank, which was started de novo in 2006, already had numerous commercial clients in the city; they had been referred by existing customers of Providence Bank’s five existing locations, clustered about 45 minutes east of Raleigh. We thought COVID would be a two- or three-week shutdown.”.

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 16, 2020

So says Tim Barry , co-founder and CEO of VillageMD , which through its subsidiary, Village Medical, provides value-based primary care services by 2,800 physicians in 9 states including New Hampshire, Texas, Florida and Illinois. Why It Takes A Village of Experts To Properly Manage Primary Care .

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

There is no secret sauce to our community bank’s recent strong performance. Simply put, our board of directors has empowered a young, energetic, educated and motivated management team to make things happen. The housing market in central Illinois has remained strong, and Goodfield State Bank has focused on residential real estate.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Community banks are vital providers of small-business credit because of their extensive local market knowledge and deep customer relationships. The company had strong management and was growing quickly, but as a young company, its historic cash flow did not support the proposed expansion. By Jessica Milano. million of their $5.1

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 31, 2020

Out-of-stock situations are one of the hobgoblins of unattended retail, and the March 2020 Automated Retail Tracker™ details pilots of systems such as SmartSight from Illinois-based Zebra Technologies. Now, it’s downright fun.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 24, 2017

In this week’s Tech Center Tracker, Marc Harris, managing partner and founder of Occly , a wearable safety device company, shared with PYMNTS his views on how the windy city is becoming a new tech spot for entrepreneurs. As a company, Occly is closely involved with the Chicago tech community.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

In Delaware’s local business community, David Ferguson is known as someone who “knows his stuff,” particularly when it comes to commercial lending. As vice president of commercial lending for Artisans’ Bank, what sets him apart as a community banker, however, is his passion for sharing his knowledge with colleagues.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

With mobile banking and mobile payments the financial services topics du jour, vendors are promoting several features and functionalities as “must-have” options, but there are really only a handful that set apart the capabilities of one community bank over another financial institution, according to consultants.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Share of community banks and credit unions offering the following mobile banking features and functions: 84%.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Share of community banks and credit unions offering the following mobile banking features and functions: 84%.

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Community Bank Boston Community Iowa 70

PYMNTS

MAY 11, 2016

Uber is writing a new chapter in its estranged relationship with its driver community. According to the terms of its five-year agreement, the guild members will hold monthly meetings with company representatives to voice their problems and appeal any decisions made by the upper management.

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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

JULY 31, 2022

These community banks share how they have (or haven’t) altered their hiring strategies. According to the BLS, “quit levels and rates” by employees is higher in all employment sectors than it is in “finance and insurance” specifically, which is where community banks would fall (see table below). Photo: Colin Conces. By William Atkinson.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

We still have a high demand for cash,” says Tylynn Theis, vice president of Harvest Bank, a $130 million-asset community bank in Kimball, Minn. also sees a continuing, important role for cash and coins, even as the use of hard currency skews toward older customers at his $131 million-asset community bank. “We

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions. Several retail service experts say it will apply to your community bank, if it doesn’t already.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 16, 2021

But General Motors managed to be the big winner of the headline war this year — because while other makers BMW and Mercedes came with upgrades to their infotainment systems and voice technology platforms, Cadillac had the true "go big or go home" moment this year by bringing a flying car to the party. Users will have the choice of 16.8

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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

SEPTEMBER 26, 2014

Many community bankers concluded that the EGRPRA is little more than a “check the box” process for regulators. Community Bankers Chosen as CFPB Advisors. The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau named nine community bankers to serve new terms on the bureau’s Community Bank Advisory Council. Starting fresh.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

imberly Anderson, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Cañon National Bank in southern Colorado, became her community bank’s loan compliance officer in 2003. Over the next three years, Anderson enrolled in all three of Community Banker University’s in-depth compliance certification training programs. By Ed Avis.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 3, 2019

Old gum , entire towns, Justin Timberlake’s half-eaten French toast and a cornflake in the shape of Illinois are just a short list of some of the weirder things that have been bought and sold on eBay over the years. However, coming out of Labor Day weekend 24 years ago — eBay was far from a household name, for two main reasons.

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