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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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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

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. Kansas City.

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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. Takeaway 3 With effective technology, the bank can continue to grow its portfolio without necessarily adding staff.

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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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Tech Center: Fishers Deepens Its Technology Innovation By Launching IoT Lab

PYMNTS

Technology innovation can happen at any place at any time. While some cities like Kansas City hoped to attract entrepreneurs and technology innovators with its Google Fiber installation, it wasn’t enough. This city took a different approach to bring in the tech community.

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Back to school

Independent Banker

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. The $762 million-asset community bank’s involvement started in 2018 when Blue Ridge Bank president Bill Esry happened to sit next to the ISD superintendent at a local rotary club meeting.

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Lime Raises $310M For Micromobility Expansion

PYMNTS

The new funds will give us the ability to expand into new markets, enhance our technology, strengthen the team and pilot new opportunities. It’s only through new and existing partnerships with local governments that we are helping communities to elevate micromobility in public policy development,” the company said.

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