Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

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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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

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

There’s community-based and community-driven. The brand is well-known for using its community of skateboarders for design ideas and marketing. The studio will serve as a central hub for consumers and creatives, with the goal of giving back to the local community. Our downtown L.A. “Downtown L.A.

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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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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, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Fintechs know how to reach and work with the community.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 14, 2022

In 2012 the Obama administration launched "Operation Choke Point" ("OCP") which was designed to ensure banks considered the risk of banking payday lenders that were engaged in abusive practices. But in January 2021, the new OCC announced it would pause the "Fair Access" rule that was intended to prevent another Operation Choke Point.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

smaller community banks and credit unions (CUs) stepped up to the plate and, according to the Small Business Association (SBA), ended up facilitating more than half of PPP loan volume to SMBs. That's good news for community banks and credit unions, which could see a wave of new SMB customers and members in the coming months.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 9, 2024

We estimate that the average contractual loan commitment for term credit at community banks has decreased from just under five years in 2022 to just under three years currently. Community banks should carefully consider the prudence of such a strategy from both a risk and revenue perspective. cuts through the end of the year.

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Bobsguide

JULY 21, 2022

Montréal, July 19, 2022 – TS Imagine , a global leader in trading, portfolio, and risk management solutions for capital markets, is expanding its presence in Canada with new facilities in Montréal to boost its North American operations and drive its international growth.

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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

JANUARY 25, 2021

Over the past 10 months, that embrace has been retooled and refined to the point where today the IT department appears to be embedded in the marketing department. At the same time, Travis Boyce , head of global retail operations at fashion sneaker maker Allbirds seemed to straddle the benefits of both selling formats.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

To help local businesses encountering difficulty because of the coronavirus or civil unrest, the Mall of America is contributing a 5,000-square-foot retail space to local businesses called the Community Commons. 1 and will stay in operation up to next spring on Level Two on the south side of the mall, KARE 11 reported.

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Perficient

JANUARY 5, 2021

The expanded executive leadership team will drive continued growth and operational excellence across Perficient while delivering superior solutions for clients. “As ” Prakash Chembai, AVP of India global delivery operations. She will provide resources to scale client projects and speed time to market. Ostasz, AVP of U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 14, 2021

In June of 2008 I gave a speech titled "The Death of the Community Bank" and in that speech I made predictions. Much like the General Store fell victim to the supermarket and the lumber yard fell victim to Home Depot, I predicted the community bank that did not pick targeted customer niches or develop product expertise will meet it's doom.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. A different kind of peer-to-peer payment service is now available, “built by community banks for community banks.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 4, 2018

Reports in The Washington Post this week profiled Severn Savings Bank, a community bank in the state that is said to be providing services to legal marijuana businesses. That’s the biggest concern for financial institutions across the country that may be operating in states in which marijuana is legal, but remains illegal under federal law.

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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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Abrigo

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

Community bankers are largely positive about the future, based on the first results of a new index gauging business sentiment among the financial professionals who serve a critical role in local economies. These insights have the potential to inform the market and policy makers on the overall health of the economy, opportunities, and risk.”.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 18, 2019

JPMorgan Chase is planning the consolidation its corporate payment operations by combining small business (SMB) and large enterprise solutions, the Financial Times ( FT ) reported on Thursday (Jan. and internationally,” said Co-President and Chief Operating Officer Daniel Pinto in the memo. commercial clients for Brexit.

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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

APRIL 12, 2019

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The Wall Street Journal said Thursday (April 11). Community banks say their services are often too expensive and can sometimes be delayed.

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Perficient

JULY 27, 2023

The Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) is a federal law in the US that promotes the interest of financial service firms to serve their communities’ credit needs, including low- and moderate-income neighborhoods. CRA remains essential today because many businesses are struggling to operate post-pandemic and have shut down.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 16, 2024

With the development of the term SOFR market, BSBY offers no perceived advantages over SOFR, Fed Funds, or Prime. BSBY was not well received by US regulators from its inception, but the market eventually embraced SOFR over BSBY. Historically, community banks have hesitated to adopt derivatives for several reasons.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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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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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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Payments Source

DECEMBER 6, 2018

The plunge in the cryptocurrency market is weighing on the software-development community that spawned over 1,000 digital coins amid dreams of independence from traditional financial systems and instant wealth.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 27, 2017

As such, there will likely always be a need to adjust staff and operations from time to time. To do this, the company, which currently runs 44 locations, chose to make its operations leaner with the elimination of its community manager. This is a lesson on-demand delivery service Postmates just recently learned.

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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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Insights on Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. Drivers for Operational Innovation. These terms look good on paper, but what do they mean in practice for operational innovation?

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 22, 2021

In " A Look Forward: What Executives Wish for America and the World in 2021 ," Herrero discusses how his firm's community-based digital literacy and entrepreneurship programs are harnessing technology and connectivity to improve education provision and livelihood outcomes for previously disadvantaged groups.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 16, 2018

Small business credit analysis company PayNet is linking up with a community bank to streamline SMB lending for the institution. “The economy appears to be firing on all cylinders, and the stock market surge shows that public companies have been taking advantage of the pro-business environment,” he said at the time.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 4, 2024

The Fed has paused for nearly a year now, and it was our experience in 2006-07 that bank cost of funds continued to increase as the market closed the delta between what someone could earn in a money market mutual fund and a bank account. But not until $1 trillion went from banking to money markets.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 6, 2021

CEO survey reveals banks’ resilience, commitment to employees and communities. The post How Community Banks Survived the COVID Pandemic appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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PopularBank

MAY 1, 2020

A Message from Chief Operating Officer Manuel Chinea. Dear Customers, Partners and Community Members, Thank you for being part of our Popular Bank family. As we face the immediate and serious health concerns as a community, we are also seeing a much wider impact on all our lives as well as our local, national, and global economies.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 6, 2020

Addressing common loan and deposit operations process inefficiencies can help financial institutions deliver optimized value to customers and stockholders. In recent years, many financial institutions have been focused on improving their digital delivery capabilities, often at the expense of their operational groups.

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