PYMNTS

MARCH 16, 2020

In a joint letter to Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, chairman of the National Governors Association, and Bryan Barnett, president of the U.S. We encourage elected officials to make every attempt to reach out – in advance –to retail leaders to discuss recommendations on whether to close or curtail business operations.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Community bankers and industry experts share how to best put this data to use. billion-asset First State Community Bank in Farmington, Mo. To use data effectively, community bankers need to balance the information with what they know to be true about their customers. All data creates a competitive advantage. The results?

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. Personal data can be exploited by foreign intelligence services to amplify the impact of espionage and influence operations,” the letter said.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Experts say community banks can use education, biometrics and solid cybersecurity practices to fight this growing area of crime. Say a scammer calls a community bank customer and gains their trust by using information obtained from a major data breach. By Elizabeth Judd. Examples of remote authentication fraud. New account fraud.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

First National Bank and Black Tech Nation Ventures teamed up to support minority-owned startups in the Pittsburgh community and beyond. Driven by her goal to cultivate a supportive community for diverse tech startups, Kelauni Jasmyn founded the fiscally sponsored nonprofit Black Tech Nation in Pittsburgh in 2018. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. As 2023 kicks off, community banks can respond to today’s payments landscape by addressing five key trends. FedNow is obviously going to change the landscape for us, and I think it’s going to accelerate [digital development] for community banks,” Lakoumentas says.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 20, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan sent a letter Wednesday (Nov. Personal data can be exploited by foreign intelligence services to amplify the impact of espionage and influence operations,” the letter said.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. For example, enabled by application programming interfaces (APIs), many community banks are embracing fintech solutions. Those answers are going to come in from those deep relationships that community bankers have with their customers.”.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

As community banks grow, their vendor partnerships usually also do, which can lead to challenges with organization, data security and more. To address these issues, some community banks have turned to artificial intelligence. In finance, too, AI has been held up as the answer to any number of challenges that community bankers face.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

What are they, and how can community banks stay on top of this trend? Community bank considerations. So, what does this intersection of regulation and technology competition mean for community banks? In addition, community banks need to evaluate their partnerships with fintechs and other third parties.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The FedNow Service is launching in early 2023, giving community banks about a year to plan. Here’s how community bankers, payments experts and fintech vendors suggest using the time to prepare. With less than a year until the scheduled launch of the FedNow Service, community banks are still awaiting updates on specifics. “And

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

The West Virginia community bank is helping small-business customers get the financing they need while continually seeking new ideas to plan for its own future. Commercial clients make up nearly 60% of the loan portfolio at the $850 million-asset community bank based in Bruceton Mills, W.Va. By Mindy Charski. Name: Clear Mountain Bank.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Patti Renner, Knotice’s director of marketing, points out that this news should concern any community bank that is not sending out mobile optimized emails, or emails that “render well on a mobile device.” What’s more, she points out that inbox servers don’t operate according to a standardized set of rules.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The Internet of Things, also known as the Industrial Internet, is where networked smart devices communicate to powerfully automate a multitude of complex tasks for both consumers and businesses, potentially including community banks. Michael Blankenheim is a freelance writer in Maryland. in Stamford, Conn.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

billion-asset community bank’s nearly 370 employees in the sheer volume of loans she closes, and she is typically near the head of the pack in total value of loans generated, too. Merchants Bank operates branches in 19 communities in southeastern Minnesota and west-central Wisconsin. Not surprisingly, Schwerzler leads the $1.5

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Once upon a time, community banks were more than happy to leave the chore of choosing technical devices and running networks to their chief technology officers. One increasingly prominent way for community bank chief information officers to help formulate strategy is to collaborate more closely with marketing heads and with others.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

At some community banks, budgeting for technology has become a more important focus over the past several years. Community banks need to be nimble enough to change from their plan when they need to. in Atlanta is one community bank that tries to be more agile with its technology spending. “If billion-asset community bank.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Faced with several transitional issues, here’s how these community banks gained support from their new providers to adapt to the change. The CEO, CFO, chief lender, chief compliance officer, operation lead, head tellers, branch managers and HR manager of the $330 million-asset community bank participated. asset community bank.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., See sidebar for details on the tool itself.).

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Even if you’re not required to use either version of the Cybersecurity Assessment, beta users say it can help your community bank gauge its cybersecurity risks and ultimately guard against cybercrime. At the Bank of Luxemburg, a $290 million-asset community bank in Luxemburg, Wis., See sidebar for details on the tool itself.).

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

With a little time and attention, every community banker can make a difference in our industry’s grassroots advocacy. For that reason, today’s lawmakers on Capitol Hill are highly attuned to their bosses—their constituents, which includes community bankers. By Michael Blankenheim.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Now that many community banks have issued credit and debit cards with anti-skimming smart chips, the industry is returning to an earlier focus on another card security measure: tokenization. The free enrollment is available to community banks that have their card transactions processed by FIS in St. By Elizabeth Judd and Tim Cook.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 13, 2011

The title of this post is common community FI phraseology. Its relatively low net interest margin, due to high funding costs and low yield on earning assets, was more than offset by very low operating costs. I hear it often, and use it often. The FI performed very well on an ROE basis. They trade at a 16.2x

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Jeff For Banks

FEBRUARY 6, 2011

Regulators must approve our initial business plans, capital plans, and various other operating procedures prior to granting a charter. But that should not stop those operating under EAs from taking maximum advantage of the consulting and advisory dollars they are required to spend.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

Ron Wyden of Oregon, Chris Van Hollen of Maryland, Ed Markey of Massachusetts, Chris Coons of Delaware and Gary Peters of Michigan were co-signatories of a letter Wednesday (Nov. Personal data can be exploited by foreign intelligence services to amplify the impact of espionage and influence operations,” the letter said.

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American Banker

JANUARY 24, 2020

The company, which sold the business to a group of former employees, will shut down its operation this quarter.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 23, 2019

Emails from these fake websites include fraudulent invoices to suppliers, with bid proposals enticing these companies to provide their website login credentials, enabling fraudsters to use those credentials to infiltrate those suppliers’ operations and steal funds, reports said. Reports in the Carroll County Times said that the U.S.

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William Mills

SEPTEMBER 12, 2017

Digital banking solutions for community banks and credit unions. I checked out their web site and they are promoting their IOS/Google Play mobile apps (no surprise) and I found this: This website is operated and maintained by Collective Returns, Inc. These folks are based in Maryland so that explains the NSA connection.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

When companies sign on to the ICBA ThinkTECH Accelerator, they are looking to home their products and services to better support community banks. As community bankers visited The Venture Center, they too, presented the cohort with ways in which we might work together. But sometimes, unexpected business opportunities arise.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 30, 2018

Payless shoes is offering a pop-up shop in Times Square already (with more pop-up locations planned for Whittier, California; Alpharetta, Georgia; Paramus, New Jersey; Limerick, Pennsylvania; Clarksburg, Maryland; Hagerstown, Maryland; Hickory, North Carolina; and El Paso, Texas).

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

The hearing itself was a small victory for proponents who wish to open up the banking system to legal pot operators. That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators when dealing with legal cannabis operations.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 13, 2019

The hearing itself was a small victory for proponents who wish to open up the banking system to legal pot operators. That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations. Cash Dangers.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

How ICBPAC plays an important role in community banking’s federal advocacy efforts. The 114th Congress has more pro-community bank members because, in part, of the contributions of ICBPAC, ICBA’s federal political action committee, during the 2014 election cycle. So we did well, which is important to community bankers.”.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

How ICBPAC plays an important role in community banking’s federal advocacy efforts. The 114th Congress has more pro-community bank members because, in part, of the contributions of ICBPAC, ICBA’s federal political action committee, during the 2014 election cycle. So we did well, which is important to community bankers.”.

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