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Community Bank Outlook: Challenges and Opportunities in 2021 and Beyond

Abrigo

How can community financial institutions thrive in 2021? Community banks provide unique and important banking services for their customers, but they also face significant obstacles. Takeaway 1 Community banks play an important role in the economy and their communities, but they face significant obstacles.

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Bowman Concerned About Community Banks’ Exit from Mortgage Markets

ABA Community Banking

Speaking to attendees at a mortgage industry event in Kansas City, Missouri, today, Federal Reserve Governor Michelle Bowman expressed optimism about the trajectory of the housing market but raised concerns about the declining number of community banks remaining in the consumer real estate mortgage market.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Chase Plans Expansion In Top US Markets In 2019

PYMNTS

Chase has announced it is expanding its retail footprint into nine of the top American markets, as well as opening dozens of new locations in the greater Washington, D.C The bank said about 30 percent of the branches will be in low or moderately low income communities. area, Philadelphia and Boston.

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Charles Potts: Opportunities in the fintech landscape

Independent Banker

A convergence of economic and marketplace factors presents community banks with new opportunities for innovation and growth as they look to the new year. While challenging for some, this convergence of economic and marketplace factors presents community banks with new opportunities for innovation and growth as they look to the new year.

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At home with HOA banking

Independent Banker

Academy Bank COO Tom Kientz notes that the community bank was eager to expand its deposit and loan services. Looking for an avenue to increase its deposit base, Academy Bank tapped into a market it hadn’t explored before: homeowners associations. Today, the community bank has successful relationships with HOAs across the country.

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Lime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion

PYMNTS

Micromobility is a rapidly growing market that is here to stay, with millions of riders using e-bikes and scooters to commute,” the company said. The new funds will give us the ability to expand into new markets, enhance our technology, strengthen the team and pilot new opportunities. billion, according to reports.

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