American Banker

FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Vast Bank in Oklahoma is one of the first to allow customers to purchase digital currencies, a market that has proved lucrative for fintechs.

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PYMNTS

MAY 5, 2020

Our focus is and always will be on our members around the world, and we look forward to welcoming them back as soon as it is safe for our members, team members and communities,” Zeitsiff said. including Texas, Oklahoma, St. The company has furloughed most of its 4,600 employees in response to the crisis, per court papers. .

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

From economic forecasts to company culture, there were important takeaways for all community financial institutions. . Millennium Bank, like many community financial institutions, is heavily concentrated in commercial real estate (CRE). Drive Growth. Understanding the current state of banking and future expectations.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

The community bank model is built around customer service, but for many bank and credit union customers, the definition of “good service” has been changing over the last couple of decades. Undoubtedly, it will reassure some in the audience that customer service will remain what separates community financial institutions from alt lenders.”

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PYMNTS

JULY 2, 2020

Locations in California, Alabama, Idaho, Georgia, Oklahoma, Nevada and Louisiana are set to shutter on Thursday, while shops in Mississippi, Texas, Florida and Utah were shuttered as of Wednesday (July 1). The tech company, which has 271 retail shops in the United States, has recently closed 47 stores again, CNBC reported.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2017

One company that’s looking to remove the stigma of online purchases is Oklahoma-based startup company WeGoLook. The data is submitted to the WeGoLook Quality Assurance Team in Oklahoma City, who review the data and create a scene diagram. WeGoLook has also expanded its community of Lookers. Canada, Australia and U.K.,

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American Banker

AUGUST 4, 2021

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 21, 2019

It sounds like the beginning of a joke, but for many community financial institutions, a spectrum of different customers and banking needs is something that they see every day. A farmer, a university student, and a business owner walk into a bank. However, they’re probably seeing fewer of these customers walking into a physical branch.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 28, 2020

The properties in Texas, Indiana, Alaska, Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee will not be limited to curbside-pickup reopening like the ones happening in Texas, the report said. Ali Slocum, Simon’s vice president of public relations, did not respond to a request for comment from PYMNTS.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. First Community Bank of the Heartland, Inc.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In September 2021, the president of $194 million-asset Oklahoma Bank and Trust and his wife, Michelle, brought new life to an abandoned building by reopening it as Split Decision, a bowling alley and axe-throwing facility in Clinton, Okla. I just can’t explain how rewarding the community support has been in the process. .

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American Banker

AUGUST 10, 2023

Citizens Bank of Edmond in Oklahoma, in conjunction with the digital-banking platform Narmi, recently launched an account-opening process that occurs completely online. The project, completed in less than three months, could be a model for community banks that want to innovate but fear being a low priority for vendors.

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PYMNTS

MARCH 26, 2019

Lyft drivers will also have the opportunity to access earnings through an online bank account with no monthly fees or minimum balances through a partnership with Oklahoma-based Stride Bank. And we’re also adding community space for driver education, driver meetups and those sorts of things.”.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Nearly universally, community financial institution PPP lenders have reported winning new business customers as a result of their help during the PPP.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. Citizens Bank Of Edmond. LendingTree. Fresno First Bank.

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PYMNTS

JUNE 27, 2019

Exploring the importance of the small business through the lens of its immediate community is a critical component of promoting education among entrepreneurs. According to Mathews, MainVest aims to encourage local investors to invest in businesses of their own community. This is beneficial in more ways than one, he noted.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2017

For perspective, a mere 4 banks have opened since 2011, and two of those were in 2017 alone: both International Bank of Commerce of Oklahoma City, OK, and Blue Gate Bank of Costa Mesa, CA, opened in January 2017. For bankers considering starting a new bank, some of the hurdles you can expect include: 1.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Many of your community bank’s customers are using smartphones, and most smartphone users with bank accounts are using mobile banking. He’s vice president and IT director of Oklahoma City’s Quail Creek Bank, whose new suite of mobile services—called Linq—includes a mobile app, Apple Pay and an Apple Watch app. By Ellen Ryan.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

All America Bank is a traditional community bank located near Oklahoma City, and has been around since the 1960's. It's strategy, however, is to build brands that resonate closer to the communities where they operate. More success stories of the divisional approach are cropping up in our industry. But did they have to?

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American Banker

APRIL 30, 2020

Tinker Federal Credit Union's deal for Prime Bank in Edmond, Okla., is set to close later this year.

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ABA Community Banking

APRIL 1, 2025

Among the deals announced were proposed bank acquisitions in Oklahoma and Tennessee and the merger of two Massachusetts mutuals. The post Bank mergers announced in multiple states appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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BankInovation

JULY 20, 2022

Real-time payments platform Pidgin and community bank services provider Bankers’ Bank are partnering to simplify and streamline payment processes.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While the legal status of banking cannabis-related businesses remains fuzzy at the federal level, community banks in some states are finding that, with proper controls, they’re able to enter this niche market and offer banking services to these local businesses. It’s a strategy that an increasing number of community banks are embracing.

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Independent Banker

JULY 2, 2022

But instead of touting its own accomplishments during its 150th anniversary, FNB turned the spotlight onto another cherished community institution: the Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club. The clubhouse at the Jeffrey location, a community gathering place since 1978, was in dire need of improvements. Putting community first.

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Jack Henry

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In the last 60 days, I had several conversations with bank executives in Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Fresno and Atlanta on that very topic. As in most community banks, there simply isn’t much training and development infrastructure to accomplish this effectively. lenders loan growth commercial lending'

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PYMNTS

MARCH 11, 2020

The analyst community balked at longer-term questions about the company’s liquidity even though 2019 was the company’s sixth straight year of triple-digit revenue growth with over 177,000 cars delivered and just shy of $4 billion in revenue. “We Oklahoma City, and Memphis. billion, on an 82 percent increase in retail sales.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 23, 2018

Necessity propelled Jill Castilla to shape Oklahoma bank into a modern community bank Management Duties CSuite Community Banking.

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American Banker

MARCH 11, 2016

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City has agreed to buy 1st Century Bancshares in Los Angeles.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. Since the fourth quarter, 2012, we have expanded to serve the small business community by offering loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration as well as the U.S. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Develop your communities Ex. While the Oklahoma bank secured an impressive 3,000 attendees for the first one, the events are really bumping these days. B: Coastal Community Bank launched Coastal World , a virtual world designed to market the Everett, Wash., A: Citizens Bank of Edmond regularly hosts a local music festival.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

H-E-B is not only the neighborhood grocery store for many communities in Texas: It’s also an eCommerce retailer with digital features to better reach its customers. Walmart, for example, has been testing a 24/7 pickup service at a supercenter in Oklahoma City.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Last week, the CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its advisory committees: Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and Academic Research Council (ARC). Community Bank Advisory Council . Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman Consumer and Business Banking, U.S.

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PopularBank

JUNE 16, 2022

Marginalized communities often struggle to enter the banking mainstream – due to a lack of trust or a lack of inclusive financial products – making access to a minority owned bank an important factor in building a brighter financial future. Based in Atlanta, Greenwood takes its name from Tulsa, Oklahoma’s Greenwood District.

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American Banker

MARCH 28, 2025

BMO hired former CEO of Citi Private Bank Hal Behzadi to accelerate the bank's growth strategy in California; Pennsylvania's Linkbancorp received regulatory approval to sell its New Jersey operations to a credit union; Dream First Bank announced plans to gain branches throughout Oklahoma; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Coping just fine, community banks in energy-producing regions manage the oil-price plunge. Yet community bankers serving the oil industry say they’ve been expecting a drop in the notoriously cyclical price of crude. billion-asset community bank based in Happy, Texas. By Howard Schneider. More stable than real estate.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When Community Bank of Bergen County unveiled its online mortgage hub this summer, the bank put “ease of use” at the top of its goals for the site, says President and CEO Peter Michelotti. “I As community banks, we’re very service-oriented,” he says. a third party in Oklahoma City that accepted 425 mortgage applications for D.L.

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American Banker

JUNE 9, 2016

The clock is ticking to amend Dodd-Frank Act regulations before consumers in rural communities run out of borrowing options, community bankers from Kansas and Oklahoma told a House panel on Thursday.

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