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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Abrigo

MARCH 21, 2023

With signs continuing to point toward additional rate hikes, albeit smaller, many financial institutions are uncertain how they can and should manage their balance sheets to effectively combat interest rate risk both in the present moment and to come in 2023 and beyond. You might also like this video on managing interest rate risk.

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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. These experts share nine tips and credit risk best practices to offer stability in an ever-changing market. If their financing costs go up, they can’t renegotiate the contracts.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

All of you with your hands up… … uh huh. It would have required a few trips to the local dispensary to dream up what bankers have endured this year. 1 issue raised by CEOs in our surveys, bankers had to craft a new and compelling post-Covid value proposition to attract it. OK, show of hands. Pull ’em down. Nobody did.

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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. You have a bank that was born out of COVID and could have gone the other direction but ended up thriving.”. Photo by Sammy Tillery. By Tom Groenfeldt. Name: Lexicon Bank.

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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 16, 2020

In terms of timeline, In an email obtained by the Select Subcommittee dated March 28, 2020, the head of the American Bankers Association (ABA) described to ABA’s board that there had been a call with Treasury officials on March 27 (the day the CARES Act was signed into law, which got the PPP off the ground). On Friday (Oct.

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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.”. Total venture capital across the global FinTech market between 2010 and 2017 hit a combined $97.7 For markets like the U.K., For markets like the U.K.,

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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 chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. And I am weary of the persistent "get big or get out" mentality of many industry pundits.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 3, 2014

I learn a lot from bankers and industry experts as I visit their offices, speak to them on the phone or at industry events. And very difficult for bankers to put on their books. Occasionally they will offer an insight that I think my Twitter followers would find interesting. I quote people anonymously to protect the innocent.

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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. And you may find yourself living in a shotgun shack And you may find yourself in another part of the world And you may find yourself behind the wheel of a large automobile…” -David Byrne.

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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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FluentBanking

APRIL 18, 2020

Banking diploma is a very common and recognized professional certification from The Institute of Bankers, Bangladesh (IBB). Though there are so many contradictions about this course, every banker wants to pass this certification. Today we are going to provide you a better insight into IBB, Bangladesh, and their banking diploma course.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 21, 2015

Robert told the banking industry to embrace compliance as “the hard thing to figure out” that investors look for in startups. This was the clever multi-media marketing of clever multi-media marketing. We took it as an inadvertent Steve Jobs call-to-action: How do bankers more effectively get the word out on our stories?

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

A deep mistrust is growing for anything that feels bureaucratic or obfuscated, and bankers stand at a crossroads as to where they may fall in this shakeout. In the post-Wells-scandal world where the shift from people and bricks to machines and digital is getting very real, bankers are scrambling to build new generations of their businesses.

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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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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

The Garb: Despite the exhortations in the conference guide that attendees should be in resort casual, it never ceases to amaze me that bankers still take themselves so seriously. What we do is really not that self-important; we borrow money from businesses and consumers and lend it back to them. Post-breakfast break with snack.

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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 Around Christmas it jumps up, too.”. The use of cash in small or rural communities remains strong, community bankers say. That will change as time goes on.”.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2014

We are seeing it show up lots of places, it’s real and it’s great for this industry. That’s one helluva move up. Cornerstone: Okay, let me back up a second. We could hand you a load of bull about skewering the guilty and praising the exalted, etc., but let’s just dive into it! THE BANKING AWARDS. Buena suerte, Bradley!

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 31, 2015

Bankers spend 75% of their time during the new customer/account process on the computer versus building relationships. It could stem from an overreaction to a regulator or an overzealous compliance employee with too much power. Let’s dig into the details for a minute and research the causes and solutions for each of these.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Sure, we bought some December options on west Texas crude at $100 a barrel, but it was only with a third of the 401(k)—plenty of time to make that up, right? It’s hard for any banker to avoid gulping at the sheer long-term performance of George Gleason II and his team at the Bank of the Ozarks. ” – Tom Armstrong. That’s two.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Further, tools such as smart contracts promise to automate many of the tedious processes within the banking industry, from compliance and claims processing, to distributing the contents of a will. Last September, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon took a stab at Bitcoin: “It’s worse than tulip bulbs. It won’t end well.

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Fintech Labs Insights

OCTOBER 3, 2016

With the third annual FinDEVr Silicon Valley 2016 only a few weeks away (and tickets still available ), it’s a great time to look back and see what the FinDEVr alums have been up to this year. Teamed up with Harman to safeguard IoT data. Signed deal with Vision FCU to provide its money management app. in one year.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 9, 2016

Check back for new updates throughout the day. An App Store for FinTech applications. I’ve seen these folks before, it’s pretty slick. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. Showing how someone can connect to other vendors for free for their clients. I like what they are doing and I think they could be very big.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

So pick up your ticket while you still can and join the 1,500-person gathering in Manhattan September 16 & 17. Market segments include insurance, banks, telecom, utilities, and property management. Using cutting edge technology, Auvenir is setting the new standard in compliance and assurance.

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