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Bankers Are Navigating a Brave New World with Mergers and ESG

Gonzobanker

Cornerstone Advisors estimates $145 billion of pre-tax revenue has disappeared for bankers via margin compression in only the past two years. On another front, you have digital disruption and fintech innovation, forcing bankers to step up their investments in transformation and more aggressively attack their existing business models.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

We must also keep our focus on protecting the 2017 tax cuts and, as always, monitoring and confronting credit union overreach. We must continue to fight increased regulation, specialty charter considerations and the potential for more fintech access to traditional rails without the same oversight.

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Fundbox, Tipalti Tip The B2B Payments VC Scales

PYMNTS

s Nationwide Building Society did not disclose how much it invested in BankiFi , but it did say that it’s support to the open banking FinTech comes as Nationwide plans to launch a business current account. The firm operates a platform to automate tax and financial management processes for gig workers, sole traders and contractors.

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Threats, Risk Coming At Businesses From All Sides

PYMNTS

Dabbling in FinTech innovation, expanding internationally, integrating digital systems — businesses must make progress, but they’re facing unfamiliar threats as they make these moves. And we’re not just talking about cyberattacks. 40% more cyberbreaches impacted U.S. businesses in 2016 than the year prior, found CyberScout.

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To be or not to be? The ethical conundrum at the heart of fintech and banking

Jessica Ellerm

Fintech startups may find it easy to sit back and bemoan the ethical failures of CBA. Last time I checked most fintech startups were still profit driven, answerable to shareholders – private or public – and operating by very similar business models to banks. But for general banking and fintech, where to from here?

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

A few years ago, very few people would have guessed that tens of billions of dollars would be invested in fintech vendors and solutions annually – except it happened. 2021 fintech investments, merger activities, and overall focus were off the charts. Best Fintech Acquisition by a Bank. Fintech Acquiring Bank.

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

Independent Banker

Badger Bank is having trouble finding staff “across the board,” from operations to tellers and trust officers. “We will continue to work with fintechs, says president and CEO Steve Dehnert. This year, Red River Bank will enhance its mobile banking and treasury management services and automate more back-office operations.