Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Digital lending capabilities are quickly becoming table stakes, particularly when it comes to small business lending. However, banks should first consider their customers’ needs and the infrastructure and features needed in a lending platform before adopting a new digital strategy. Benefits of digital lending.

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Abrigo

MAY 24, 2023

If signed into law, the SAFE Act would allow banks to provide services to cannabis-related businesses (CRBs) in states that have passed the legalization of marijuana in some form. According to a letter from the American Bankers Association (ABA) to the Senate Banking Committee, only about 11 percent of all U.S.

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Abrigo

JUNE 4, 2020

Eight weeks at the beginning of this PPP process may have seemed sufficient, but with states opening back up at various paces and staging and delays of the businesses openings referred to as non-essential, the longer covered period is a welcome update.’” 75%) of loan proceeds required to be spent on payroll.

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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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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. Bank Deal of the Year.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. ” – Hunter Thompson.

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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

MARCH 2, 2018

and India drove a surge in FinTech venture capital funding in 2017, and Accenture Financial Services Senior Managing Director Julian Skan pointed to the B2B business model as a significant presence in this trend. where slower economic growth and industry uncertainties due to Brexit have been an issue, it is an encouraging sign.”.

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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. Twenty-six percent of the bank is owned by the Board, Executive Management, and the ESOP. Twenty-six percent of the bank is owned by the Board, Executive Management, and the ESOP.

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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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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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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

It’s a CDFI, which means that 60% of lending is made to low- and moderate-income customers or underserved communities. The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. By Roshan McArthur. Name: Beneficial State Bank. Assets: $1.5

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Abrigo

AUGUST 28, 2022

Develop better ag lending workflows before demand picks up. A better ag lending process makes applying smoother for borrowers and can allow efficient ag loan growth without adding a lot of staff. Takeaway 1 Now is the time to plant the seeds for harvesting growth in the ag loan portfolio by creating a better ag lending process.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 18, 2017

Commercial cash management/fee income (sixth in 2015, second for 2016 and 2017). As a former commercial lender, I love the focus and attention on commercial lending, but I also see the small business market as an exciting and dynamic segment. And six places later …. <= $10B. > > $10B.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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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. Changing role of cash.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 7, 2024

While it is tempting to sign the contract for Copilot at a starting cost of $30 per person and distribute the technology bank wide, bank management should understand the greater context of the strategy and investment. This tight integration allows bankers to boost productivity, be more accurathave more creativity.

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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. Jeff Reynolds, managing director at Darling Consulting Group in Newburyport, Mass.,

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Abrigo's most popular whitepapers and checklists on lending and credit risk Abrigo experts' insights on CFPB 1071, loan policies, and risk ratings were popular with banking professionals. Watch NOW Takeaway 1 Abrigo's experts produced many pieces on lending and credit risk to provide strategies and tools to help banking professionals.

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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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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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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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CB Insights

JUNE 3, 2020

Banking & Lending. This comes as no surprise, as Covid-19 is keeping the venture landscape broadly in something of a holding pattern. At the same time, the story for fintech is more nuanced. While funding is down and certain sectors are hurting, others actually stand to benefit long-term from the pandemic. Take the payments sector.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

Endless CRM and data management projects that shook our foundations and gutted our PMOs. 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. Heavy core conversions weighing us down. FinTech threats and distractions. Payments chaos.

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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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CB Insights

OCTOBER 29, 2018

On the eve of Yahoo’s acquisition of social networking platform Tumblr, then Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer wrote a Tumblr post promising “not to screw it up.” Below, we look at some the worst mergers and acquisitions undertaken by large corporations, and how the good times went bad. The Sad State of Corporate Innovation. Microsoft and Nokia.

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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. They’re not managed well. We focus on building the people up so they can execute.”. Photo: Getty Images / Martin Barraud. By Judith Sears.

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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. It’s our job as management to put a team together so that the strengths are complemented. Keeping up communication. LESS THAN $250 MILLION.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. It’s become a familiar story, usually with a new splash. s entry into the payments business with Apple Pay.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

billion of assets under management. 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. Brutal competition is an everyday affair, as are product and price commoditization. They have a very simple answer to all of these headwinds: Bring.

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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.

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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. Meanwhile, businesses that flourished in the pandemic may look to expand operations.

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Fintech Labs Insights

NOVEMBER 18, 2014

My grandparents operated a much-loved corner grocery. I''ve got another installment or two in the pipeline, but since it''s already starting to feel like we are making our final descent into 2015, I wanted to take a step back and explain WHY those projects rose to the top. My wife loved Blockbuster. It took an hour!

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Top banking risk management papers and infographics Abrigo experts' insights on deposit pricing, stress testing, loan review, and CECL were popular with banking risk professionals. Indeed, regulators and management alike focused on these risks more and more in 2023 following the failure of Silicon Valley Bank and repeated rate hikes.

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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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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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