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Community Banks Debut FinTech Alliance

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Alloy’s Julieann Thurlow, CEO of Reading Cooperative Bank, said, “Community banks play a special role in the lives of our customers, but we don’t have the same IT and innovation budgets as the big banks to capitalize on that relationship.” Guidelines From The UK.

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The United States Of Venture Capital: The Most Active VC In Each State

CB Insights

Although startups based in California, New York, and Massachusetts have traditionally accounted for the majority of VC tech investment in the US, VCs are spurring other hotbeds of innovation across the country. We excluded debt deals and only considered venture capital, corporate venture capital, super angel, and growth equity firms.

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From AT&T To Xerox: 65 Corporate Innovation Labs

CB Insights

Corporate innovation is critical for established companies looking to stay relevant in the face of disruption from up-and-coming startups. With industries being unbundled left and right ( supermarkets , banking , cars — just to name a few) more companies are opening up in-house innovation labs every day. Innovation Lab Name: HP Labs.

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

For a community bank to be innovative means you need to make big bets with your depositors’ capital—and that’s something we take very seriously,” Thurlow says. “By By working with other banks, we can share the costs, which allows us to take bigger bets on innovation than each of us could do on our own.”. The whole package. “The

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Market your community bank with first-party data

Independent Banker

When we have first-party data, we can target much more precisely and can obviously reach those individuals one-to-one,” says Andrew Catalano, chief innovation officer of digital marketing agency Austin Williams in Long Island, N.Y. But that doesn’t mean you’re taking on all of that cost at one time.” Mindy Charski is a writer in Texas.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Arjan Schutte, Founder and Managing Partner, Core Innovation Capital, Los Angeles, CA. Ballard, Vice President and Director, First Iowa State Bank, Albia, IA. William Howle, Head of U.S. Retail Bank, Citibank, New York, NY. Ruhi Maker, Senior Attorney, Empire Justice Center, Rochester, NY.

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How to keep good employees

Independent Banker

Often, innovation and creativity soar when we allow employees to be curious and explore new ways of thinking.”. One community bank that has found success in retaining its best employees is $180 million-asset Malvern Bank in Malvern, Iowa. Malvern Bank’s personal touch. Source: ICBA Community Banker University.

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