South State Correspondent

AUGUST 29, 2022

Over the last 15 years, an ever greater percentage of community banks have embraced some form of interest rate hedging. However, about one in five community banks offer some form of loan-by-loan hedging products. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and the right solution may differ for each community bank.

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BankInovation

MAY 19, 2023

Fintechs are carving into the essence of what regional and community banks have done for generations, […] Emerging financial technology companies have built new services and offerings that place the customer experience front and center, providing a flexibility and speed that traditional banking institutions struggle to match.

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BankInovation

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Regional and community banks are investing in AI for new business opportunities, revenue growth and efficiency gains. “Financial institutions are quite bullish when it comes to AI,” Allison Cerra, chief marketing officer at fintech Alkami, told Bank Automation News.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 9, 2024

As president and CEO of $50 billion-plus BOK Financial, Stacy Kymes spends time thinking about the role of regional banks in the U.S. The post A place for regional banks: How BOK Financial finds and fills local needs appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Jack Henry

JANUARY 17, 2022

For decades – maybe even centuries – an individual’s sense of community was most often based on their interactions in a particular physical location. Neighbors, schoolmates, coworkers, and even those with whom they shared a place or method of worship formed a person’s community.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. This region has the kind of energy that draws people to a place and helps them and their businesses thrive. That year, installations further south, in the region that includes Brownsville and Corpus Christi, supported an estimated 41,000 jobs and contributed about $4.6

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PYMNTS

APRIL 14, 2020

To provide regional and community banks with a full-scale solution to manage and grow their FX programs, FinTech firm Derivative Path, Inc. Our industry-leading rates platform now combined with Currencycloud’s capabilities will make our offering even more powerful for our regional and community banking clients.”.

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PYMNTS

JULY 3, 2020

People’s United Bank, which operates across Connecticut, southeastern New York state, Massachusetts, Vermont, Maine and New Hampshire, recently demonstrated the growing interest of community banks to collaborate with FinTechs to expand their product offering — just as larger national and multinational financial institutions (FIs) do.

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Bank Innovation

JANUARY 2, 2018

One of my top sources of OpenSim-related news this year has been OpenSim Virtual and similar Google Plus communities. Largest multi-grid communities. Communities that grew the most in 2017. Opensim Life Regions gained 123 new members. Largest single grid Google Plus communities. Largest multi-platform communities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 24, 2020

smaller community banks and credit unions (CUs) stepped up to the plate and, according to the Small Business Association (SBA), ended up facilitating more than half of PPP loan volume to SMBs. That's good news for community banks and credit unions, which could see a wave of new SMB customers and members in the coming months.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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BankInovation

JULY 12, 2022

Goldman Sachs Transaction Banking recently partnered with capital markets technology derivatives services provider Derivative Path to offer regional and community banks access to in-house foreign exchange (FX) capabilities in markets they historically did not have access to.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

Rural communities with lower incomes or a higher percentage of minorities saw the most closures, losing 1,553 bank branches in 794 counties, a decline of 14 percent. Urban areas lost 9 percent of branches in 802 communities. More than half of the 3,114 counties in the U.S. Earlier this month, the U.S.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 29, 2024

John Asbury didn't need a new job in 2016, but when he saw an opportunity build something lost in the 1990s, what he calls "the great Virginia regional bank," he took it. The post Podcast: Rebuilding ‘the great Virginia regional bank’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Ublocal

MAY 4, 2022

Union Bank has always prioritized giving back to the communities we serve. From food shelfs and Meals on Wheels , to community health care providers and cancer research, to low & moderate-income housing projects, to performing arts and youth sports, trail organizations and more. It has truly been a game changer for the hospital.

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 20, 2021

Greenwoods buys branches from Town Bank, while Santa Cruz County Bank and Mountain America Credit Union announce openings Community Banking Feature3 Feature Management M&A.

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Ublocal

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

When the Northeastern Vermont Regional Hospital emergency room opened 50 years ago, it was serving about ten patients per day. Union Bank saw this expansion as a chance to give back to the community in a way that would make a substantial impact. As Emily Hutchison, M.Ed.,

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American Banker

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Central Valley Community Bancorp's agreement to buy Community West Bancshares, slated to close in the second quarter, would create a $3.6 billion-asset bank in the Greater Sacramento region.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

In Q2/24 the average return of asset (ROA) for community banks (under $10B in assets) was 1.08%. But within the community banking sector, performance varied among banks significantly and a large swath of banks need to improve ROA. of community banks reported negative ROA. While the average ROA was 1.08%, approximately 5.7%

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American Banker

MARCH 5, 2024

The auditing giant KPMG audited the three regional banks that failed last year. New York Community's recent disclosures that it had financial reporting weaknesses in 2023 raises new questions over the auditors' role.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Like the three regional banks that failed last spring, New York Community grew quickly over a short period of time. One analyst said there's now "permanent damage" to the "investor psyche around growth banks."

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Banking Exchange

JANUARY 25, 2023

Biggest regional banks should be held to same standard as the largest national institutions, says ICBA Community Banking Feature3 Feature Retail Banking Compliance Compliance/Regulatory

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Payments Dive

OCTOBER 31, 2022

The company is bringing the peer-to-peer payments tool to community and regional bank clients, after big banks made P2P popular through Zelle.

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Bank Innovation

MAY 24, 2019

As big banks try to win over customers with digital upgrades that resemble slick user interfaces from fintech startups, community banks are looking at new ways to keep pace with customer expectations. Radius Bank, a one-branch Boston-based community bank with $1.2 Many are seeing partnerships as the path to growth.

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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. LendingTree. Fresno First Bank.

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Ron Shevelin

MARCH 18, 2019

The traditional definition of "community" was a geographic construct, referring to a town, a county, or some other geographic region. The new definition of community is based on affinity, not geography.

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ABA Community Banking

NOVEMBER 17, 2020

A community bank finds multiple ways to build relationships across a diverse region. The post Reaching Hispanic Communities by Cultivating Good Will and Colorful Gardens appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Banking Exchange

MAY 13, 2020

The bank has launched Regions Next Step to offer free online tools and resources for customers The Economy Feature Financial Trends Duties Technology Community Banking Feature3 Fintech PPP Covid19.

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BankInovation

MAY 25, 2023

SAN FRANCISCO — Regional banks and credit unions should redefine what it means to be a “community” financial institution when considering new technologies to tap into underserved customer groups. “I love the idea of changing the way we think about community banks from, instead of the community that’s near us, is there a niche community of customers (..)

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South State Correspondent

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Community bankers need to understand their competitive landscape. Who the competition is, what the lending competition is offering, their delivery channels, and service levels can help community banks differentiate their services and enhance their competitive advantage.

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American Banker

AUGUST 7, 2024

First National Community Bank CEO Ryan Earnest said his institution would likely use its entry into Paulding County, an Atlanta suburb, as a template for future expansion.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 30, 2023

In October's roundup of top banking news: Navy Federal's contract with the Department of Defense remains in limbo, check fraud takes a bite out of Regions Financial's third-quarter earnings, a Community Reinvestment Act rule gets finalized and more.

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