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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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Innovation Versus Cost Management

Alex Jimenez

Cost Management The myopia exhibited by organizations single threading their strategy is breathtaking. The reality is that organizations that are successful in innovating, and transforming their business models, include cost management in their main capabilities. Innovation and cost management aren’t mutually exclusive options.

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Why construction loan risk management software is so valuable

Abrigo

Driving efficiency and reducing risk Construction loan risk management software leverages technology and sound process management to pull construction lending away from its manual roots. You might also like this webinar, "How to manage a high-performing construction loan portfolio." Construction loan risk management.

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Bank Branch Closings Take Toll On Rural Communities 

PYMNTS

Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities saw the most closures, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas lost 9 percent of branches in 802 communities. More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S.

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Using The French Defense in Deposit Management

South State Correspondent

Banks can use the French Defense in deposit management. The French Deposit Management Defense. ” The answer is the French Deposit Defense and it is one of many tactics in a seasoned banker’s deposit management playbook. Now, Bank B uses its bishops, knights, and rooks for enhanced deposit management.

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Preparing Merchants For The Coming Mobile Wallet Boost

PYMNTS

To that end, said Matt Good , senior vice president and general manager of Elan Advisory Services , the shift to contactless payments is well underway — and the stage is being set for mobile wallets to gain a much wider embrace. The result: Mobile payments, and mobile wallets, will be embraced more fully.

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Regional, Community Banks Face Digital Challenges Post-Pandemic

Banking Exchange

Greenwich Associates reports widening gap in digital investment between national and regional banks Community Banking Feature3 Feature Technology Retail Banking Covid19 PPP Customers Tech Management Mobile Online.