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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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Clear Mountain Bank reaches new heights

Independent Banker

The West Virginia community bank is helping small-business customers get the financing they need while continually seeking new ideas to plan for its own future. Clear Mountain Bank is embracing flexibility, innovation and collaboration as it continues its ascent as a small-business connector in West Virginia.

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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

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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Fed Tackles Fraud On Legacy Rails As New Infrastructure Gains Traction

PYMNTS

The Clearing House’s RTP finds expansion within the community bank arena, while abroad, the Bank of Thailand is planning its own infrastructure development to accelerate B2B payments. PYMNTS explores these stories and others in this week’s Payment Rail Innovation Tracker. RTP Gains Community Bank Traction.

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Walgreens And Wing Team Up For Drone Delivery

PYMNTS

Wing is the first drone operator to be certified by the Federal Aviation Administration as an air carrier, and the drone delivery service will be available to eligible residents in Christiansburg, Virginia, starting in October. . Department of Transportation’s Integration Pilot Program, starting in 2016.

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Drone Delivery Makes Steady Progress

PYMNTS

Questions still abound about privacy and public adoption of the technology, but according to a new report from the World Economic Forum ( WEF ) the pandemic might be on the verge of producing a “golden age” of drones. “At sentiment on the technology hasn’t been measured recently. Yet, the public jury on drones is still out.

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Can Robots Be The Future Of College Food Delivery?

PYMNTS

Students, staff and faculty at George Mason University, which is in Northern Virginia, can now order food and drinks through with the help of food service company Sodexo and robotics firm Starship Technologies. The aim is to serve students, who may be open to using the technology. CPG Brands Tap Into Robotics Technology.

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