Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

This year, an overwhelming amount of industry and media attention has been focused on sky-high neobank valuations, big tech’s continued foray into banking, and emerging finance trends, like buy-now-pay-later and the growing cryptocurrency market. Community FIs are critical to maintaining competition and equity in the U.S.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

A profitability strategy has a lot to factor in given today’s uncertain market. Here’s what community bankers need to know when planning their budgets for the next year. Luckily, there are several strategies in community banks’ toolbox for boosting profitability, even in a low interest rate environment. By Cheryl Winokur Munk.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Photo by Radachynskyi/Adobe Using ICBA’s Marketing Communications Toolkit, your community bank can tell its story with intention and precision. For the banking industry, marketing can be finicky. It offers professional tips that will help fine-tune your approach and set your marketing strategy up for success.

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Abrigo

MARCH 15, 2022

Offering Digital Consumer and Commercial Accounts Benefits Financial Institutions Banks and credit unions that enable online/digital account opening win new customers and members and retain existing ones. . Takeaway 1 Many financial institutions are adding or improving online or digital account opening capabilities. .

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 21, 2021

includes (from left): Christina Johantgen (head of marketing and creative), Joe York (head of product), Kelsey Cahill (summer associate), Jackie Charron (chief operating officer and executive vice president), Debbie Morin (chief financial officer), and CEO Charley Cummings. The team at Walden Mutual, a planned de novo in Concord, N.H.,

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 25, 2021

Metrick also outlined a 3-point “Luxury Disrupted” strategy which consisted of edicts such as don’t forget the fashion, make it easy for customers and the need to use data to improve both online and in-store shopping experiences. The Digital Shift Is Permanent. sustainability manager for H&M told the NRF conferees.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. Customized, well-thought-out interactions—especially in the online banking space—are integral to wooing new customers and retaining existing ones. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community. Photo by Janimal Photography.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

That’s even more true for community banks, which lack the resources larger FIs have to support modernization initiatives and technology investment efforts. At the same time, the logistical challenges and competitive pressures associated with digitization remain just as pertinent for community banks.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2020

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. However, through an embrace of FinTech collaboration and industry consolidation, community banks appear poised to further dispel assumptions of a lack of digitization. has dropped from 8,000 in 2004 to about 5,400 in 2018. Strengthening SMB Ties.

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FICO

JULY 15, 2021

As the market for global payments and financial services grows, criminals develop new strategies and technologies to make illicit gains. The FICO community allows you to engage with peers and FICO experts to find resources, get answers to questions, submit ideas, and share your knowledge and experiences. by TJ Horan.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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PYMNTS

JULY 27, 2020

Digital commerce has skyrocketed at Albertsons , as the supermarket giant posted a triple-digit increase in online sales for its most recent quarter amid soaring demand for grocery delivery and curbside pickup. The increase in online sales also helped offset declines from the closure of some stores and a drop in fuel sales. “We

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Among the numerous ways small businesses have been affected by the global pandemic, the sudden race to launch online operations has been among the most profound — and may ultimately be among the most long-lasting changes to the SMB community. “It does seem absolutely logical, up until the point that you start calculating costs.”

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Bank Innovation

JUNE 19, 2018

Finastra, which was formed from the union of Misys and D+H, and calls itself the world’s third largest fintech company in the world, has acquired American software company Malauzai in an attempt to strengthen its foothold in the American banking market.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 10, 2020

Despite being less than halfway through, it seems clear at this point that the second week of March will make the list for wildest weeks in the market this year, or even possibly this decade. This, according to some reports , has caused some system-wide refocusing, as marketing and advertising budgets are shrinking drastically.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

Unanswered customer complaints is one common example, particularly for companies that are new to amplifying their online channels. A new category is starting to grow around this area of online reputation management, with Lexus one of the latest brand names to embrace it.

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Bank Innovation

DECEMBER 18, 2018

Many financial institutions—especially small, community-focused ones—have limited marketing budgets. Today we’re discussing five keys to effective financial content marketing that can help your institution get plenty of bang for its buck. Invest in mobility Any millennial will […].

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PYMNTS

JULY 6, 2020

The risk of closing malls, the report said, has the potential to reshape entire communities, which are debating whether abandoned malls can be turned into office space or affordable housing. on the residential component. Brookfield declined to offer a cost estimate for the project.)

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

As social media platforms tinker with their algorithms, marketing experts say one trend is clear: Paid social campaigns are becoming increasingly necessary to cut through the noise and reach customers. They share tips for how community banks can get started. In its simplest form, it expands the reach of a community bank’s content.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 7, 2018

Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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Perficient

MARCH 23, 2021

We’ve broken it down into market segments, in both U.S. broken out by market category: This gives us a quick view into mobile-dominant market categories, such as news, food and drink, people and society, sports, beauty and fitness, shopping, and arts and entertainment. and global views. in every category. data views.

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Perficient

FEBRUARY 10, 2021

While the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention(CDC ) recommends healthcare consumers over 65 get vaccinated, few communications have targeted these groups or provided understanding and navigation to how to access the vaccine in their community. Create a rollout plan that considers your older patients. How are you reaching them?

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 4, 2020

The decision opened the floodgates to legalized sports betting – both in-person and online – in the U.S. RotoGrinders is a website that provides the DFS community with various bits of data, including game-specific weather forecasts. All in, counting online and in-person wagers, Super Bowl betting was worth roughly $6.8

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 9, 2018

With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Sales of counterfeit goods, particularly on third-party sites that facilitate transactions between individual buyers and sellers, have skyrocketed with the advent of online shopping. Online Luxury and the Importance of Authentication. Millennials and Gen Z are driving the growth of the secondhand market and eCommerce, generally.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 14, 2020

The company saw strong momentum in its business model marked by the acceleration of online adoption during the pandemic, attracting a record amount of new customers. But the industry’s biggest brands – Louis Vuitton, Dior, Hermès and some others – have held up better than the industry as a whole and taken market share in the crisis.”.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 12, 2022

However, as of Q2/22, the average community bank’s COF has risen only a few basis points. Community banks should be concerned about their COF because looking at current deposit conditions is like driving a car while looking at the rearview mirror. Community banks will feel the effects of these hikes over the next few quarters.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 10, 2020

Lime is striving to reach profitability in 2020 and is laying off about 14 percent of its workforce — roughly 100 people — and ceasing operations in 12 markets, according to reports on Thursday (Jan. These market closures have an effect not just on riders, but on our whole Lime community.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2021

Now is the time to market for loans. Thanks to COVID, 22% of consumers intend to switch banks, and the opportunity for community banks to acquire new customers is ripe. It’s possible to attract highly engaged consumers if you have the right products and marketing strategy. Every marketing dollar matters.

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South State Correspondent

NOVEMBER 13, 2023

Our article last week ( HERE ) discussed the “power of three” marketing rule and how to use it for loan proposals. We have enhanced our website to be a marketing resource for our lenders, and we make it available to all community bankers (without charge or any other obligations).

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Abrigo

JANUARY 22, 2015

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. Small regional and community banks had a much higher approval rate (90 percent) for those firms classified as “Growers.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2016

Online shopping cart software provider 3dcart announced its partnership with Vantiv to bring “flexible eCommerce processing choices” to more than 20,000 online merchant sites. Recently, Vantiv launched its BizBuz community, an online platform centered on fostering and supporting small businesses.

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Perficient

JANUARY 25, 2021

MY PREDICTION: Leaders from the Provider community will work with the new Federal Administration to develop a “third way” to improve quality and manage costs that is reliant neither fully on the private insurance market nor on governmental backing. The only positive increase in spend has been online video.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

consumers shifted from dining in to ordering out when the pandemic began and approximately 26 million of these customers plan to keep ordering food online once it ends. . Online engagement differs significantly between more-populated and less-populated areas, for example. Recent PYMNTS research found that 31.6 million U.S.

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PYMNTS

MAY 26, 2017

Fortunately, it appears the recreational market is getting some much-needed innovation to help organizations and associations process payments and participant registration. One company that is innovating in the sports and recreation industry is Amilia, an online registration and membership management platform. In the U.S., In the U.S.,

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PYMNTS

JULY 12, 2018

New York’s Department of Financial Services is recommending that online lenders are subjected to the same scrutiny and regulations that traditional banks face. Cuomo on June 1, 2017, required DFS to study online lending in New York State and submit a report of its findings. A bill signed by Governor Andrew M. Superintendent Maria T.

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