South State Correspondent

MAY 1, 2024

With financial hardship, competition from dominant players, and a startup budget, Gentle Monster faced many of the same challenges as a community bank. Leveraging social media, Gentle Monster started to get traction. These striking designs paid for themselves in media exposure.

Innovation 195

Innovation social media Branding Marketing 195

Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

Community Bank 239

Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

“GPay has a supportive ecosystem from G-Group with above 20 million users of financial platforms, game community, social network and technology companies. The G-Group ecosystem includes Vietnam’s social media network Gapo and P2P lending platform Tima.

Payments 154

Payments social media Groups Taxes 154

Gonzobanker

AUGUST 17, 2022

Thankfully, there was still a smartphone and social media to commiserate. Lending Tech With Almost Steady Grades (Even With Rough Semesters). Then, bad grades came in right as summer party season kicked off, mom and dad took away the car and credit card, and the Venmo transfers came to a screeching halt.

Fintech 182

Fintech Lending Software Compliance 182

South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2022

In this age of social media, global interconnectedness, and market volatility, banks can be one tweet torrent away from a lightning-fast onset of risk. One morning, President Trump tweeted his desire for an additional tax on all foreign-owned companies operating in the US. Some risks occur slowly; others strike quickly and hard.

Risk Management 195

Risk Management Examples social media Management 195

South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 4, 2023

You can’t get ten triple-digit project ROIs in a row in lending, credit, mortgage, wealth, insurance, or several other areas. Most of these campaigns revolve around an email drip campaign, digital advertising, retargeting, social media, podcasts/video, and print. Marketing is one of the largest value drivers in banking.

Marketing 195

Marketing Taxes Training Management 195

Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

The old borrow short, lend long strategy. When the Taxpayer Relief Act of 1997 passed, the top capital gains tax rate was lowered, providing yet another incentive for equity speculators to pour money into the fledgling internet industry. Most of the more than 500 financial institutions that failed were community banks.

FDIC 78

FDIC Community Bank Regulation Lending 78