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Community Banks Voice Frustration With Core Tech Providers
Community Banks Voice Frustration With Core Tech Providers
April 12, 2019  |  B2B Payments

Community banks are voicing their frustration with what they say is a lack of competition in the market for corporate bank technology providers, reports in The...

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ICBA Bancard And Urban FT Link Up For Prepaid Cards
ICBA Bancard And Urban FT Link Up For Prepaid Cards
March 28, 2019  |  Banking

ICBA Bancard, the payment services arm of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), has partnered with Urban FT, a New York-based software company, to...

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Helping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
Helping Community Banks Turn On The Innovation Switch
March 12, 2019  |  Banking

Innovation has always been important for community banks, but the driving force of digitization over the last decade has greatly sped up the pace, said...

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FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations
FinTechs Press States To Streamline Regulations
February 25, 2019  |  Regulation

The Conference of State Bank Supervisors (CSBS) said earlier this month that it had put in place a set of action items to standardize the...

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Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market
Fed Chairman Concerned Over Shrinking Bank Market
February 19, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. banking industry is in flux, largely thanks to federal policy that has made it easier (and faster) for institutions to merge. As concerns...

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Fed Aims To Regulate Banks Based On Size
Fed Aims To Regulate Banks Based On Size
February 12, 2019  |  Regulation

The Federal Reserve wants to change some of its regulations so that smaller banks don’t have to handle the same scrutiny and paperwork as bigger...

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First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market
First New Community Bank In Decades Headed To US Market
January 31, 2019  |  B2B Payments

The U.S. is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank...

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Today In Data: Driving Contactless Adoption With Community Banks
Today In Data: Driving Contactless Adoption With Community Banks
January 25, 2019  |  Today In Data

Community banks could put more contactless cards into the hands of consumers with the help of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA). At the same time, gig economy...

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Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
Giving Community Banks The Contactless Card Boost
January 24, 2019  |  Payment Methods

Contactless has yet to catch on in the United States, despite years of promotional efforts and the success of the payment method in the U.K.,...

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