Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

NYMBUS secured Series D financing (led by Insight Partners), partnered with Hurdlr for small business banking; with Atty Bank, Saint Louis Bank ’s legal community bank; and with Roger, Citizens Bank of Edmond ’s military niche bank. MeridianLink acquired mortgage software provider OpenClose.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Learn top best practices for leading a successful software implementation. Takeaway 1 Having a cohesive vision from the top down is critical to a culture of innovation and the successful adoption of new software. . Executives must center their communication on the vision for the technology and what employees will gain from it.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

In a survey of community banks and credit unions at the 2016 Sageworks Risk Management Summit, 42 percent of respondents said Commercial Real Estate, or CRE, lending was their primary focus for loan portfolio growth. In fact, software solutions are often key to both profitability and regulatory approval.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

La Plata County commissioner Marsha Porter-Norton champions First Southwest Bank’s innovative lending. It’s one reason why she’s a customer of the bank. Photo courtesy First United Bank & Trust Company. First Southwest Bank isn’t one to borrow a page from another bank’s playbook.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

The CARES Act extended the CECL implementation deadline for many larger community banks until the end of the COVID-19 pandemic. Community bankers tell us that while the extension is welcome, they’re already down the road to implementation. ICBA tells FASB CECL isn’t feasible for community banks. By Stephanie Vozza.

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Bank Innovation

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

Cambr, a cloud-based platform powered by investment firm StoneCastle and digital banking software provider Q2 Holdings, is helping neo-banks and fintechs launch and scale up through a network of 850 community banks.

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Abrigo

APRIL 22, 2024

Recent dynamics of the small business lending market A deep understanding of the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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Abrigo

MAY 22, 2024

Recent stats and dynamics of the small business lending market Understanding the small business lending landscape and potential efficiencies can help banks and credit unions grow their portfolios. You might also like this guide for smarter, faster small business lending.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 9, 2022

However, one widespread change among banks and credit unions was the shift from manual, spreadsheet-based allowance estimates to automated functions. Many institutions are taking the opportunity to automate the allowance using CECL software as they transition to the expected-loss accounting standard. Lending & Credit Risk.

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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. Corey Neil.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Community banks cannot afford to ignore the staggering pace of lending adoption by both individuals and businesses using digital-only platforms from various nonbank technology-based specialty lending firms. FDIC-insured deposits largely solve this problem for banks. By Jonathan Rowe.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending.

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Gonzobanker

AUGUST 21, 2020

Banking executives should take a page out of the software industry playbook and adopt an agile approach to planning. Rather, financial institutions should take a page out of the software industry playbook and adopt an agile approach to planning. For example, software-enabled group breakouts allow for seamless collaboration.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 17, 2017

Walmart claimed it wanted to leverage the proposed bank mainly for the purpose of lowering costs of its backroom processing of check and credit card transactions and to offer high-interest certificates of deposits. Square already has an SMB lending arm – Square Capital – which it operates through a deal with Utah-based Celtic Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 28, 2023

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve. Our competition in this line of business are software solutions providers.

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CB Insights

FEBRUARY 20, 2020

Two of the most recent unicorns are vertical payments processor Flywire , which raised a $120M Series E from Goldman Sachs, Temasek, Tiger Global, and Adage Capital Management in February 2020 at a $1B valuation, and point-of-sale payments startup Pine Labs, which closed a corporate minority round from Mastercard in January 2020 to reach a $1.6B

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NCR

JUNE 30, 2016

Headquartered in Miami, TotalBank is a leading, full-service community bank offering personal and business banking, lending, and wealth management services. Community banks have not typically been recognized as leading edge in the use of technology tools. First off, can you tell us a bit about TotalBank?

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 10, 2023

Because the debits and credits take place at different times and the balances are not truly known until they are updated with batch processing, there is an array of problems banks and customers need to handle. On any given morning, banks must deal with various account issues. A typical community bank may pay $1.5M

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

The deal demonstrated both an emergence of banks acquiring fintechs and – in the spirit of City National’s prior acquisitions of Exactuals and Filmtrack in the entertainment industry – a niche industry focus on healthcare practices. Fintech Acquiring Bank. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

AI can help solve customer pain points—but does it mean community banks will lose the personal touch they pride themselves on? As community bankers themselves tell us, the answer is no. The estimated amount of money banks will save by using AI applications by 2023. billion-asset Sunwest Bank in Sandy, Utah.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 6, 2022

If your bank doesn’t have a relationship pricing model or at least a loan pricing model that handles cost and risk – you should. Making loans is central to your bank’s operations, and lending has a compounding effect on profitability. Change 1: Cost of Capital and Capital Allocation.

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Abrigo

NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Takeaway 3 Community banks have seen less volatility in noninterest income, and many are still eyeing growth across the category. Financial institutions generate most of their income by lending and investment activities. Community banks target growth. Types of Noninterest Income. An important source of revenue.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 27, 2010

Fulton Bank, headquartered near my home, follows a traditional commercial bank strategy, pursuing the operating accounts of businesses from areas surrounding their branches. They pursue a retail strategy to generate additional funding for their commercial lending line of business. I am not advocating using wholesale funding.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

The first is the obvious issue: They lack the massive scale and deep IT pockets of the large banks. Most regional and community banks aren’t in the position to develop cutting-edge mobile banking products in-house. Community banks just aren’t offering that, according to Fossella.

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Gonzobanker

OCTOBER 12, 2018

Thoma Bravo orchestrated the mash-up of Meridian Link and CRIF , Q2 announced its intent to acquire Cloud Lending Solutions , adding loan origination capability along with its homegrown account opening solution. Mantl has seen success in the community banking space this year. Commercial loan origination, check.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Chris Myers, President & CEO, Citizens Business Bank – During a tumultuous time for West Coast banks, Myers kept his sights on being a top commercial relationship bank. The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. Sounds like a cool strategy to build a smarter bank.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Cross River Bank. Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene.

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Abrigo

APRIL 23, 2020

I’m sure they’ll have some type of software to track that,” he said. Sound Community Bank AVP and Loan Systems Analyst Christian Fobian said his financial institution has been working since the first round of PPP funding ran out to get applications ready in case more money came through. Lending & Credit Risk.

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Fintech Labs Insights

AUGUST 1, 2016

Bankjoy offers developers a banking API for a modern, real-time, holistic interface for credit unions and community banks. LendingFront’s lending platform leverages a cloud-based system that furnishes small businesses with capital using their cashflow data.

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CB Insights

MAY 15, 2019

Capital One — Capital One Labs. Key people: James Patterson, Managing VP & Head of Capital One Labs at Capital One. Capital One Labs aims to streamline the product creation process, with a focus on consumer-first design. Notable projects: Capital One Cafes have been popping up in cities all over the country.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

Advisor Software is a Cloud provider of sophisticated wealth management and digital investment advice APIs and apps for financial services enterprises. Alfa-Bank offers a wide range of products and operates in all sectors of the financial market, including corporate and retail lending. Blockstack.io Dynamics, Inc.

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