Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

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. The digital world has opened vastly broader avenues for community banks to attract new customers—especially if they partner with fintechs in their endeavors.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. Bankers and industry observers have several recommendations for how community banks can come up with risk ratings and rankings that foster safe growth in a volatile economic climate.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 7, 2024

It happened this week: Fintech Meetup , one of the newer trade events that brought 4,000 or so fintech and banker types to Las Vegas. The experience felt akin to entering a mosh pit but instead of musicians, you are in it with bankers and entrepreneurs and there are chairs. He likened it to regression testing.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 9, 2020

Most of the letters from individuals, 2,246, argued the Federal Reserve should not operate in competition with the private sector and viewed the decision to implement FedNow as an expansion that is inconsistent with its historical purpose. They also proposed the implementation time frame for the service be moved up. payment system.

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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. million in assets and $233.7

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

We spoke with industry specialists about the priorities for community banks as they build a digital loan process for small businesses. It’s critical for community banks to have online loan applications, process automation staff skilled in digitization and more. Doing so can help community banks: Optimize the loan cycle.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. When it comes to supporting outliers in the Las Vegas community, Lexicon Bank knows how to play its cards. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Name: Lexicon Bank.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., When it comes down to it, though, the community bank’s mission is radically simple. Photo: Ashley Courter.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 9, 2022

Bank executives should take these new deals’ valuations as a sign that the free market sees the future of finance as unbundled from the traditional industry structure. As new cloud-native, API-driven solutions come to market, the term “core” seems to live in the eye of the beholder. Enter Finxact.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson. Bank Deal of the Year.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Community banks use dozens or even hundreds of vendors—making it critical that they have an efficient way to stay compliant, track performance and more. There’s a host of regulatory guidance when it comes to vendor management, but community banks also have wiggle room to craft their own policies. Photo by Jorg Greuel/Getty Images.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Our clients showed banking at its best – obsessed with customer well-being, good corporate citizenship, and strong community focus. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

FASB awoke wide-eyed and astonished to the liberating truth that community banks played no role in either triggering or participating in the Wall Street financial crisis. The good news is that FASB’s unfortunate remarks could lead to a desperately needed wake-up call and policy turnaround. Imagine that?

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Abrigo

JUNE 4, 2020

Eight weeks at the beginning of this PPP process may have seemed sufficient, but with states opening back up at various paces and staging and delays of the businesses openings referred to as non-essential, the longer covered period is a welcome update.’” 75%) of loan proceeds required to be spent on payroll.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Although the magi's perils were greater and their journey quite significant than the modern day banker, I too see headwinds for community financial institutions, and wish for three gifts for them during this holiday season. My Wish For Bankers in 2019 1. The accompanying chart should be quite alarming for bankers.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

I call this "pulling into the pits" in my book: Squared Away-How Can Bankers Succeed as Economic First Responders. And I am weary of the persistent "get big or get out" mentality of many industry pundits. If their platitudes about scale are correct, then the largest FIs should logically demonstrate better shareholder returns, right?

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. “At

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Koger Propst.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Having worked in banking for nearly 23 years and having been preceded in executive leadership by my father and grandfather at our family’s community bank, I have repeatedly heard similar statements from our mortgage customers. It upsets them, too. To say that we’re overregulated is a huge understatement!

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials. “At

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Leading a team of marketing and communications experts, he is an outside-the-box thinker who believes strongly in the mission of the organization and the importance of community banks. Our members are thought leaders and visionaries who are the backbone of every community,” he says. “Our Community Banking Month.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Nevertheless, cash—and coins for rounding up transactions—still plays a primary role in many millions of transactions every day on America’s Main Street. “We We still have a high demand for cash,” says Tylynn Theis, vice president of Harvest Bank, a $130 million-asset community bank in Kimball, Minn. That will change as time goes on.”.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Curry offers a brief update about a few current regulatory issues on his mind, including his agency’s concerns about signs of growing credit risk throughout the banking industry. Curry, U.S. Comptroller of the currency. An interview with U.S.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. Some form of this ratio will likely be applied to the national and regional banks, which means larger community banks will also be judged by this ratio. SVB’s 43% LTD used to be talked about with reverence.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 7, 2024

While it is tempting to sign the contract for Copilot at a starting cost of $30 per person and distribute the technology bank wide, bank management should understand the greater context of the strategy and investment. This tight integration allows bankers to boost productivity, be more accurathave more creativity.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

ICBA Independent Banker is happy to report that robots aren’t marauding down Main Street. The Internet of Things, also known as the Industrial Internet, is where networked smart devices communicate to powerfully automate a multitude of complex tasks for both consumers and businesses, potentially including community banks.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Last year was earth-shattering in many ways. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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Banking 2020

MARCH 10, 2015

Daily, I have been reminded by the government, that the signs of economic recovery are all around me. The signs of change are around us, but it’s more likely that the US economy is rearranging itself rather than simply recovering under the old umbrella of Wall Street. My answer, combine the best of both worlds.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. who oversees 32 loan officers dedicated to providing the loans.

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

A generation ago, bankers could count on young people –piggy banks in hand — riding their parents’ coattails to the neighborhood branch. But how do we attract a generation that communicates phone-to-phone and text to text, not face to face? In a few years, that meant a mortgage, a college fund for their children, or an IRA.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. For 35 years, Wilmers led M&T with creativity, integrity and the “old-school” wisdom of a community banker who created a $26 billion market cap company. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

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Jeff For Banks

OCTOBER 15, 2011

I think both bankers and Occupy Wall Streeters are falling into a whining trap. We ignored the signs of globalization, and instituted wage scales and inefficient work rules that made manufacturing things overseas much more attractive to companies (and buyers of the goods manufactured). Who are these people and what do they want?

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 31, 2023

The concept that we allow the customer to choose how they want to bank often enables the bank to be passive in its position and give up agency. The operative question is: given online and mobile banking, what is the new role of the branch? Branching, for example, is too expensive to be all things to all people.

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