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Can AI assist in vendor management challenges?

Independent Banker

And yet, some industry experts have observed that AI is not yet being used to its full advantage in vendor management—one of the thornier problems that community banks are wrestling with today. If a community bank has just a handful of vendors, managing those vendors is fairly straightforward. based cybersecurity technology firm.

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The United States Of Fintech Startups

CB Insights

The fintech space is gaining momentum. Last year saw a double record of $46B invested across over 2,800 deals to fintech startups — a 92% uptick in funding year-over-year. GET THE 83-PAGE q2 2019 FINTECH TRENDS REPORT. Q2’19 fintech funding topped $8.3B, boosted by a record quarter of $100M+ mega-rounds. KEY TAKEAWAYS.

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Super apps: The rise of an all-in-one platform

Independent Banker

So, what does this intersection of regulation and technology competition mean for community banks? For starters, they will need to institute a strategy for managing the emergence of super apps. In addition, community banks need to evaluate their partnerships with fintechs and other third parties. Community bank considerations.

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How to navigate payments trends

Independent Banker

The financial services industry is acting on this digital demand, incorporating fintech solutions, instant payments offerings and crypto banking products. For example, enabled by application programming interfaces (APIs), many community banks are embracing fintech solutions. Colleen Morrison is a writer in Maryland.

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Bitcoin Tracker: Up, Up And Away?

PYMNTS

First, bitcoin has managed to stay above $1,000 for a record 10 days, leading some to speculate that the cryptocurrency could be developing a new, $1,000 price floor — though it may still be too early to tell. Locations on the radar for new Coinsource ATMs in 2017, according to Sharp, included in Maryland, Massachusetts, Washington, D.C.,

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The community bank guide to FedNow resources

Independent Banker

You have to educate yourself; you have to educate your employees and your management team. Your Fed account executives are great places to start, as well as your technology solution providers, based on the product lines you think are going to use FedNow,” says Kari Mitchum, vice president of payments policy at ICBA.

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Maryland Launches eProcurement Portal With Nitor, Ivalua

PYMNTS

The state of Maryland has launched a new eProcurement system for the Maryland Department of General Services following a collaboration with source-to-pay and eProcurement FinTechs. With the successful launch of eMMA release 1.0,

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