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4 ways to get more out of your core

Independent Banker

Not keeping up with a core vendor’s releases can also be costly to a community bank if it doesn’t leverage them, as releases often provide critical and important regulatory, compliance and feature function updates, says Maria Schuld, division executive, Americas Banking Solutions at FIS, which is headquartered in Jacksonville, Fla.

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Rolling the Rock

Independent Banker

Tips on how to keep up with never-ending Bank Secrecy Act compliance. Compliance experts say that by planning ahead, reviewing current compliance status and risks, using technology when needed, and staying up-to-date with training, community banks can indeed weather the storm of regulatory exams and come out fine on the other end.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

To counter such competition, the $186 million-asset community bank plans to hire another lender to seek deals across the state, sticking to smaller towns and avoiding the saturated Milwaukee and Madison, Wis., Planning for increased compliance costs. Ponce Bank, a $1.5 Click to enlarge.

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Fintech Fundings: 102 Companies Raise $2.0 Billion in July

Fintech Labs Insights

HQ: Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Tags: Institutions, developers, storage, IT, security, compliance, HSBC (investor). Source: Crunchbase. Crypto-currency trading tools. Latest round: $400,000. Total raised: $500,000. Source: Crunchbase. Mobile accounting. Latest round: $235,000 Seed. Total raised: $235,000. HQ: Ulricehamn, Sweden.

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