Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Blue Ridge Bank uses one of its new branch locations as an innovative, hands-on classroom for local high school students. are getting a behind-the-scenes look at the world of community banking thanks to an innovative partnership between Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. Introduction to community banking. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 27, 2019

The Federal Reserve’s buildup to faster payments innovation came to a head in August when it announced FedNow , its proposed real-time payments infrastructure under the draft Payments Modernization Act of 2019. Reception toward the initiative was not, however, universally positive. payments ecosystem. Accessibility Beyond Big Banks.

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Banking 2020

FEBRUARY 1, 2016

Innovation requires understanding your client base and providing differentiated services that clients will find value in. Banks must innovate and be nimble to address emerging client needs in the neighborhoods they serve. As community banks, we must recognize and be responsive to what our clients are demanding of us.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 22, 2016

The CFPB has announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, Credit Union Advisory Council, and Academic Research Council. Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Raul Vazquez, Chief Executive Officer, Oportun, Redwood City, CA.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 5, 2019

In an effort to innovate a solution to these cash flow challenges, Washington founded Onward Financial. Founded in 2016, the firm ended 2018 as one of 10 firms nationwide to be awarded $1 million grants from the Rockefeller Foundation and the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Communities Thrive Challenge.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 25, 2019

Cloud technology is relatively old, considering the pace of innovation in the back office. However, that doesn’t mean every business has taken this seemingly basic first step in digital transformation.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Hats off to Greg for taking a $600 million credit union to a $5 billion innovator over his 25 years at the helm. CVB Financial acquires Community Bank.

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Tech and Finance

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Specifically, research conducted by the Brookings Institution, Pew Charitable Trust, Center for Financial Services Innovation and others has illustrated the prohibitively high costs of our nation’s slow payment system and the sizable benefits for communities of color that would begin to accrue savings from adoption of real time payments.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This group is known to be pretty adaptive and innovative, so prepare to test the agile skills. While the Commerce implementation is still in progress, signings of Varo Bank and PayPal followed as well as the 2018 acquisition of high-end origination provider Avoka. Importantly, no one at Temenos is claiming, “It will be business as usual.”

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