community banks

How Crowdfunding Aims To Fill SMBs’ Community Banking Gaps
How Crowdfunding Aims To Fill SMBs’ Community Banking Gaps
January 20, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Community banks are often the familiar faces of the financial services world, and when small businesses seek capital, their neighborhood financial institution can be a...

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Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge
Community Banks Embrace Faster Payments’ Competitive Edge
January 06, 2020  |  B2B Payments

Community banks are pushing for a stronger role with their small business (SMB) customers. Yet, the broader perception of smaller financial institutions (FIs) in the...

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Why Merchant Services Are Key To Small FI Deposit Growth
Why Merchant Services Are Key To Small FI Deposit Growth
October 22, 2019  |  Digital Banking

This developing world of payments and the fierce competition offered by non-traditional providers of financial services presents big challenges to smaller and community banks –...

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New Fears Over China’s Regional Banks As EY Quits
New Fears Over China’s Regional Banks As EY Quits
June 04, 2019  |  B2B Payments

China’s community banks are raising new fears over the health of the industry after auditor Ernst & Young resigned from its work with regional bank...

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Community Banks Voice Frustration With Core Tech Providers
Community Banks Voice Frustration With Core Tech Providers
April 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The...

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ICBA Bancard And Urban FT Link Up For Prepaid Cards
ICBA Bancard And Urban FT Link Up For Prepaid Cards
March 28, 2019  |  Banking

ICBA Bancard, the payment services arm of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), has partnered with Urban FT, a New York-based software company, to...

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Helping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
Helping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
March 12, 2019  |  Banking

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said...

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations
FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations
February 25, 2019  |  Regulation

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the...

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market
Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market
February 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. As concerns...

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