Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

There’s a host of regulatory guidance when it comes to vendor management, but community banks also have wiggle room to craft their own policies. Managing all of your bank’s vendors can be a tall order, especially for community banks that rely on dozens or even hundreds of vendors. In addition to its vendor management platform, $2.2

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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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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Kathy Strasser of IncredibleBank is evaluating marketing campaign management platforms. We asked several banking leaders how they’ve employed fintech to ramp up their marketing campaigns, hone their analytic strategies and gain new patrons in the process. Photo by Janimal Photography. Dick, Chairman and CEO, Mainstreet Bank.

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South State Correspondent

MARCH 7, 2022

As the pace of banking innovation speeds up, the OODA Loop, and its supporting concepts, can help a bank’s management team have a common framework to make decisions faster and more effectively. He is regarded as one of the best military strategists the world has known up there with Sun Tzu, Genghis Khan, and Napoleon.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Checklists, guides, and more to help you and your AML-CFT staff Thousands of FinCrime professionals have accessed these guides, checklists, and other resources produced in 2022 by Abrigo's team, which includes former bankers, BSA officers, and regulators. . Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Complimentary AML info.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

According to Kevin Wilzbach, director of technology product management for Wolters Kluwer Compliance Solutions, providing digital lending opportunities helps community banks stay true to their mission by providing the best customer experience. Offer the ability to speed up the entire process. By William Atkinson.

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South State Correspondent

JANUARY 3, 2024

Since many bankers likely have a self-improvement goal in their New Year’s resolutions, we wanted to put out our recommendations right from the start. To do this, we teamed up with Jack Hubbard, Managing Partner of the Modern Banker , to bring you our collective favorites. Heart Spoken , by Elizabeth Cottrell.

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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

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

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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Jeff For Banks

AUGUST 2, 2021

In June 2021, we were up to six locations, $327.6 In 2021, we are up to over $70 million, mostly investment properties. This is not a high level of revenues to handle all the expenses involved with operating a troubled banking organization at the time. It was so awesome I asked if I can reprint here. million in assets and $233.7

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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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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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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.” Taulia offers supply chain financing in addition to invoice discounting and management services for business traders. On Thursday (Oct. Alternative Lending.

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Abrigo

JULY 25, 2023

Financial institutions will have different appetites, so they will have time to learn about it and learn from the activity of others.” - Russ Chacon, VP of Product Management, Abrigo Here are some fast facts about FedNow instant payments to help financial crime professionals get up to speed: Not mandatory; no implementation deadline.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 6, 2021

Thus far, the numbers do not bear out a massive uptake of a business model, that for the stakeholders, is essentially free (There are roughly 38 banks signed on and 5 million users of CoDi, as measured in late 2020). There are some key differences in place between CoDi and what might be seen elsewhere. Solving For The Chicken And Egg Problem.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 24, 2018

Although the magi's perils were greater and their journey quite significant than the modern day banker, I too see headwinds for community financial institutions, and wish for three gifts for them during this holiday season. My Wish For Bankers in 2019 1. The accompanying chart should be quite alarming for bankers.

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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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PYMNTS

JULY 31, 2017

Is the credit union market ready for its close-up? It’s a market that is showing clear signs of growth. Another potential rule change is being considered in court, as the American Banker Association (ABA) is challenging the new membership rules of the NCUA, claiming the administration is overstepping the limits imposed by Congress.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

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 Location: Oakland, Calif. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., wears this mission proudly.

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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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South State Correspondent

MARCH 15, 2023

While we wrote about the root cause of the failure of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) HERE , the lessons of the current banking crisis go beyond interest rate risk management. This article highlights ten not-so-evident lessons of the banking crisis that every banker must consider going forward. This is compared to about 40% at most banks.

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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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Abrigo

MAY 20, 2022

Fraud on Alert for 2022 A review of SAR data , government agenc y releases, a nd fraud findings found these f raud c oncerns and trends to wat ch in 2022. Would you like other articles like this in your inbox? Takeaway 1 An Abrigo review of SAR data, government agency releases, and fraud findings revealed fraud trends to watch for.

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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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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 4, 2019

In addition, Early Warning Services, the network operator behind Zelle, announced that $49 billion was sent through the Zelle network on 196 million transactions during Q3 2019. Other Signs of Popularity. Venmo was up 64 percent year on year, said management. Venmo was up 64 percent year on year, said management.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Millennials have the greatest lifetime value of any customers that a bank can win today, and we’re the most up for grabs,” says Jason Dorsey of The Center for Generational Kinetics, which helped develop ICBA’s generational study on millennials. Out of Mom and Dad’s basement, millennials are primed to become your next best customers.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

Customers love digital self-service—right up until they don’t, and then they want a live person. In our work with banks and credit unions around the country, an unavoidable truth comes up again and again: Even the flashiest digital strategy falls flat without the backing of a strong contact center. Phone menus dead-end.

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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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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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Gonzobanker

APRIL 18, 2017

Commercial cash management/fee income (sixth in 2015, second for 2016 and 2017). More importantly, the small business segment is ripe to support the second growth priority – commercial cash management/fee income. CRE will generate some loan origination fee income, but commercial cash management fee income is rather elusive.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 11, 2018

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. Blue Suit would listen to the customer’s pitch and decide whether to lend that person money. On April 24 at 1:00 p.m.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Millennials have the greatest lifetime value of any customers that a bank can win today, and we’re the most up for grabs,” says Jason Dorsey of The Center for Generational Kinetics, which helped develop ICBA’s generational study on millennials. Out of Mom and Dad’s basement, millennials are primed to become your next best customers.

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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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South State Correspondent

APRIL 24, 2023

This article gives bankers a background on what it is, its risks, and how it will change everything from your infrastructure to your hiring practices. Tell it to text your customers as one of its goals, and it will sign up for a messaging app and send out a text. Instead of automation, banks can now have intelligent automation.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Curry offers a brief update about a few current regulatory issues on his mind, including his agency’s concerns about signs of growing credit risk throughout the banking industry. IB: What steps should community bankers take to ensure their institutions are secure from cyberattacks? Comptroller of the Currency Thomas J.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Major league baseball manager Tony La Russa talks about building a winning team. Tony La Russa was a professional baseball manager for 33 years, serving the Chicago White Sox, the Oakland Athletics and the St. He managed teams that won three World Series titles, six league championships and 12 division titles. Louis Cardinals.

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