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Digital Banking, With Millennial, Mobile – And Governmental – Tailwinds

PYMNTS

As many as 72 percent of bridge millennials say mobile apps are important for accessing bank accounts. Last week, money transfer company B2B Pay said it plans to become a regulated financial institution and is raising money to pursue licensure. The age of personalized service is upon us. Circling back to the U.K.,

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How Small FIs’ SMB Lending Journeys Nudge The US Toward Open Banking

PYMNTS

As Mark Rockefeller, co-founder and chief executive officer of small business lending-as-a-service provider StreetShares , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, that pressure to digitize expands to credit unions and community banks in their SMB lending offerings, too, and do it profitably. “This is an extraordinary thing. .”

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

Consumer Demographics and Changing Customer Demands Remember all the pre-pandemic talk about millennials? You couldn't go to a conference without every presenter having millennial this or millennial that on their slide decks. Now the oldest millennial is 43 (see table by Statista).

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How CFIs Can Remain Relationship-Focused in a Digital World

Abrigo

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

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NY Regulators Investigate Whether Earnin Is Covertly Offering Payday Loans

PYMNTS

Silicon Valley-based financial services startup Earnin has potentially run afoul of New York State regulators with its payday advance product for consumers. New York is one of 15 states where payday lending has been banned and interest rates have been capped at 25 percent.

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How CFIs Can Remain Relationship-Focused in a Digital World

Abrigo

The PPP might have been the first time many community financial institutions saw such clear returns on digitization investments, but the same automation and efficiency gains can be found in other end-to-end lending solutions. Community financial institutions' experience with PPP technology also translates to other areas of lending.

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China’s SMB Push Continues Amid Alibaba’s Taobao Festival

PYMNTS

Amid China’s efforts in recent months to boost small business activities – notably through initiatives that focused on small business lending in that country – Alibaba Group’s Taobao expanded its Maker Festival to be global in scope, with a spotlight on the youngest of entrepreneurs. The September event, which spanned Sept.