PYMNTS

MARCH 6, 2020

According to Jon Rigsby, co-founder and chief executive officer of loan origination software company Hawthorn River , the sheer age of many U.S. “The technology transformation that has taken place in the last 10 or 20 years has put a strain on many community bankers,” he told PYMNTS in a recent interview.

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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. Gonzo readers, 2021 was just plain schizophrenic.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

5), Alenka Grealish, senior analyst at Celent, penned an article for American Banker with a prediction: The small business (SMB) credit space is headed for a “shake-up.” Between market consolidation and partnerships with traditional banks, alternative lending is certainly already an in-flux market. Alternative Lending.

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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. These levels of revenue and EBITDA multiples have never been seen in the history of core banking platforms. Let’s take a closer look at each deal: Finxact Goes To Fiserv.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 14, 2021

But in a wrinkle — and with a nod to the “cash in, cash out” feature — the users also can visit one of over 60,000 JazzCash agents located in Pakistan, who can help users set up and use their JazzCash accounts (and transact in cash to buy goods). According to the World Bank , that represents a total of 100 million individuals.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. Everything.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 2, 2018

In addition, we saw more and more B2B FinTech models proving out at the banks, coupled with larger and later-stage investments as the FinTech world scales up.”. where slower economic growth and industry uncertainties due to Brexit have been an issue, it is an encouraging sign.”. Alternative Lending. For markets like the U.K.,

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PYMNTS

MAY 22, 2018

Even big brick-and-mortar players like Macy’s have shown signs of reversing their recent ill fortune by luring customers back into their stores. Even big brick-and-mortar players like Macy’s have shown signs of reversing their recent ill fortune by luring customers back into their stores. Auto Lending. household indebtedness.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 28, 2014

Let’s just get this out of the way right up front: most bankers rank going through a formal system selection process right up there with a trip to the dentist. So, having dispensed with the pleasantries we’ll move right along and in the spirit of Kramer, just say “Giddy Up!”. Online Applications and Borrower Portal.

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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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Gonzobanker

MAY 17, 2022

As technology buyers, banking executives need to up their game on tech purchases and technology performance management. Tech companies trying to support a bank stack have no easy task. For regional and community banks there has never been a more frustrating time to be a buyer versus a builder of financial technology.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

Blue Suit would listen to the customer’s pitch and decide whether to lend that person money. If Blue Suit’s kids were on the soccer team with the applicant’s kids, then the banker would likely consider that person trustworthy and would agree to the loan, regardless of how likely the customer truly was to pay it back.

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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

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. and William West , president and CEO of its holding company, the Tampa Bay Banking Company. Illustration by Jack Hudson. By Beth Mattson-Teig. If a recession does emerge, what will it look like? Koger Propst.

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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

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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CB Insights

JUNE 3, 2020

On the one hand, companies serving the restaurant industry are facing existential crises. At the same time, those payments companies serving the e-commerce space are seeing their transaction volumes sharply accelerate. Banking & Lending. Short term: some P ayments companies will face existential challenges.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 14, 2020

Sign up for my health plan's virtual doctor visit portal. Here is what my family is doing to reduce the risk of contracting or spreading coronavirus: 1. Washing hands with greater discipline for 20 seconds per wash. Which is difficult. I'm singing the "Baby Shark" song. Coughing and sneezing into our elbows. In case we need it.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

In 2022, things changed with whiplash speed, as the Fed hiked interest rates to quell inflation, the mortgage refinance market dried up and the effects of macro changes, from the Russian invasion of Ukraine to a talent shortage, began to be felt keenly. Illustration by Jill DeHaan. By Elizabeth Judd. Quick Stat.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

Our teams just returned from back-to-back weeks at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando and Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. Despite those challenges, we pulled out the top ten needle-moving ideas and ten smaller, exciting ideas to bring to your organization.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

A badly needed cost restructuring is being executed at Bank of America while the company’s digital prowess grows, and a stock once below $4 when TARP was passed is now approaching $30 nine years later. Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

ICBA Independent Banker is happy to report that robots aren’t marauding down Main Street. Or consider how jewelry, such as a gold necklace, might monitor a person’s vital signs in real-time and transmit that health data to an app on your smartphone, or to a local doctor’s office or hospital in case of unusual indicators.

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Gonzobanker

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

Money20/20 became quite the event in a very short time, with 10,000 – count ’em – attendees up from 2,300 only three years ago. Bankers had long suspected MCX’s plan was to bypass the Visa/MasterCard rails by processing transactions as ACH. The logistics. Would we all take that growth? Big stories/buzz. Apple Pay … not.

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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

In 2013, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer saw an opportunity in Nokia, a Finnish phone company that was losing ground to competitors. Ballmer left Microsoft that same year and new CEO Satya Nadella had to do significant restructuring and layoffs to streamline the company, including cutting 15,000 Nokia employees. Microsoft and Nokia.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 2, 2022

As a result, bankers love the idea of a sales funnel – put enough prospects at the top of the funnel, and a certain number of customers will fall out the bottom. Some will not know the answer, and other bankers will talk about more marketing, more salespeople, more geography, better follow-up, or a more focused sales effort.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 12, 2016

If unanimously positive perceptions are the hallmark of a bubble, then rest assured that the alt-lending market has moved past that stage. So if there’s no bubble in the alt-lending part of the fintech universe, should we fear a bust? Diverging fortunes among these companies is a good sign.

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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. We focus on building the people up so they can execute.”. Photo: Getty Images / Martin Barraud. Ideas, programs and resources to boost local entrepreneurship.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

Myth 3 >> Marketplace (P2P) lending won''t be used by "our" customers Truth : Consumer and SMB lending could be disrupted by new players (but that''s far from a given) Prediction : Marketplaces take 5% to 10% share by 2020 Thoughts : I''m not one to throw "disruption" around lightly. My wife loved Blockbuster. It took an hour!

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Independent Banker Survey. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Technology sets up future lending success. Here's what they're doing. Would you like others articles like this in your inbox?

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Tomorrow's Transactions

DECEMBER 5, 2016

By “European lines”, I meant that a regulatory framework which separated systemically risky operations such as lending people money from systemically unrisky operations such as low-value payments would benefit all concerned. From In payments, the US is an emerging market | Consult Hyperion. This announcement is, I think, really important.

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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. Keeping up communication. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. LESS THAN $250 MILLION.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. There is an understanding that technology and fintech are going to cause radical change, but the how, how big and when are still very unclear. But that’s for next year. First, find a comfy chair.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 28, 2022

These trends received more support this month when the President signed an Executive Order supporting the legal and equitable use of technology around a digital currency and digital assets ( HERE ). By way of background, we gave bankers a primer on how to work with defi and blockchains a while back ( HERE ).

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 22, 2016

Samantha and Nick would boot up “Jack” every couple of days. The storyline, of course, seems a bit at odds with the title of the show (which not surprisingly lasted only one season) but it stayed with me. He’d teach them about a variety of things going on in the world – science, math, archaeology, literature. He’s a pretty smart guy.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Large banks and nonbanks, merchants and technology companies are pressing to solidify their inroads into the financial transaction business. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. Research and everyday observation show how consumers are increasingly using mobile technologies. Fees follow.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Bob Moore, Augusta Food Bank’s executive director, says traffic was backed up for miles. That day’s event was just one of the many ways in which Kennebec Savings Bank stepped up to help its community in 2020. A local stalwart since its founding in 1870, the community bank was signed into existence by Civil War hero and Gov.

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Fintech Labs Insights

MAY 18, 2015

As always, we had a blast watching the 71 companies demo their new tech, live in front of the FinovateSpring audience in San Jose. American Banker. Sizing Up Small Business Lending: Onsite Coverage. Moven and Accenture team up to sell digital tools to banks. Lend Academy. Below is the press coverage so far.

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