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Getting Started: Instagram
Getting Started: Instagram Instagram Profile Setup Before you can start using the app, Instagram will ask you to create a free account. You can sign up via your existing Facebook account or via...
Ensuring a commitment to DEI and the benefits it provides
A commitment to diversity and inclusion means more than just financial contributions – it extends into company culture, the company mission, learning opportunities, and servicing new markets,...
Banking on people: TCM Bank’s people-first culture key in handling pandemic disruptions
For the banking and finance sector, the pandemic ushered in a wave of disruption that forced clients and businesses to rely on digital offerings and industry professionals more than ever.
OCCIP: Microsoft ProxyLogon Update
OCCIP: Microsoft ProxyLogon Update The Office of Cybersecurity and Critical Infrastructure (OCCIP) is closely monitoring the ongoing Microsoft Exchange vulnerability exploitation (ProxyLogon)...
Getting Started: LinkedIn
Getting Started: LinkedIn LinkedIn company pages help build brand awareness by providing a channel to promote your products and services to customers and prospects. LinkedIn Profile Setup LinkedIn...
Getting Started: Youtube
Getting Started: Youtube YouTube content is a cost-effective way to educate and entertain your audience with bite-sized information and long-form tutorials. YouTube Profile Setup YouTube video...
Simple ways to improve your financial awareness and grow
Simple ways to improve your financial awareness and grow Jim Simon, TCM Bank's chief credit officer, writes that a few simple tips can help your improve your financial future. By Jim Simon Tip #1:...
Lessons Learned by Damon Moorer
Lessons Learned by Damon Moorer TCM Bank's President & CEO, Damon Moorer, shares his insights on leadership in the work place based on key learning experiences in his career. By Damon Moorer Lesson...
Don't Give a Holiday Gift to Cyber Thieves
Don't Give a Holiday Gift to Cyber Thieves Between now and year-end, online merchants may earn as much as 30% of their 2019 revenue. But they aren’t the only ones hoping for a productive fourth...
Summit speakers: COVID-19 changed banking, payments
The COVID-19 pandemic altered customers’ expectations and the way they operate within the banking and finance sector, two presenters said Aug. 16 at the inaugural VenCent Fintech Summit held in...
Ken Singh Named to ICBA Independent Banker’s 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders List
Independent Banker magazine, the award-winning monthly publication of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), unveiled its annual 40 Under 40: Emerging Community Bank Leaders list.
What will bank customers be looking for in 2022?
Despite evolutionary changes since 2020 in how people earn and spend, the key to a community bank’s success in 2022 will be a few things: personalization of products and services and ease of doing...
Tips to help prevent fraud from TCM’s EVP, Chief Administrative Officer & Chief Credit Officer
As the holiday season is upon us, be sure to secure your accounts and protect your personal information. Here are some ways to help combat fraud this holiday season.
TCM Bank N.A., promotes three leaders to executive level positions
TCM Bank announced the promotions of Terri Howard as executive vice president and chief people officer, C.J. Littrell as executive vice president and chief operating officer and David Gonzalez as...
Developing A Payments Strategy Part I
Developing A Payments Strategy Part I Tina Giorgio: In the six months that I’ve been president and CEO of ICBA Bancard, a recurring question I keep hearing from community bankers is, “How do I...
March Was A Mad Month
March Was A Mad Month Tina Giorgio: I attended my very first ICBA Community Banking LIVE® convention in San Antonio. During my banking career, I’ve attended many large conferences, but I must say...
Skate to Where the Puck is Going
Skate to Where the Puck is Going Tina Giorgio: As we move into the NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs, and I move into a series of discussions on U.S. faster payments efforts, I am reminded of a quote from...
Faster Payments — How Fast is Fast?
Faster Payments — How Fast is Fast? Tina Giorgio: Faster payments is a drum you’ll frequently hear me beat and I have made it something of a personal mission, to ensure that the voices and concerns...
Spotlight On: Damon Moorer, President & CEO, TCM Bank, N.A.
TCM Bank President and CEO Damon Moorer spoke with Invest: about the bank’s role in the community lender segment, while also addressing the impact from low interest rates and the PPP loan program.
Developing A Payments Strategy Part II: The Nitty Gritty
Developing A Payments Strategy Part II: The Nitty Gritty Tina Giorgio: In my former role as a community banker, I always found it helpful to create visual aids to clarify complex relationships and...
Protecting Consumers After the Equifax Data Breach
Protecting Consumers After the Equifax Data Breach Tina Giorgio: While we wait for the details on the Equifax breach, we have found the community banks are taking the lead in protecting customer...
Are You A Goal Digger? Six Professional Development Ideas for Payments Leaders
Are You A Goal Digger? Six Professional Development Ideas for Payments Leaders Tina Giorgio: When I gaze back on my career, I see peaks and the valleys; the times where I knew where I was headed...
2018: The Year of the Community Bank
2018: The Year of the Community Bank Tina Giorgio: There’s something about the start of a new year that breeds optimism and fresh perspective. Challenges give way to opportunities, and obstacles...
Increasing Cybersecurity: 3 Steps to Mitigate the Hacker’s Heist
Increasing Cybersecurity: 3 Steps to Mitigate the Hacker’s Heist Tina Giorgio: With threats continuing to emerge, I sat down with ICBA’s cyber expert, Jeremy Dalpiaz, assistant vice president of...
The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence
The Dawn of Artificial Intelligence Tina Giorgio: With so many possible applications, it’s hard to predict the path that artificial intelligence will follow. In her latest blog post, ICBA Bancard...
Mythbusting Digital Misconceptions
Mythbusting Digital Misconceptions Tina Giorgio: According to a new Price Waterhouse Cooper digital payments study, 46 percent of bank customers interact with their banks EXCLUSIVELY through...
What Does the Faster Payments Revolution Mean for Community Banks?
What Does the Faster Payments Revolution Mean for Community Banks? Tina Giorgio: My goal is not only to ensure that community banks stay relevant when it comes to real-time payments but ensure that...
Plan for Financial Technology Success
Plan for Financial Technology Success Tina Giorgio: The opportunities presented by financial technology are ripe for the picking but sorting through them all to find the solution that delivers the...
3-2-1 We Have Contactless!
3-2-1 We Have Contactless! Tina Giorgio: Contactless transactions include everything from flashing your watch at the point-of-sale to paying for your groceries, via your refrigerator. As “smart”...
Navigating the New Norm with Digital Optimization
Navigating the New Norm with Digital Optimization In determining what this new business-as-usual will look like for your bank, it is important to identify where your customers are now and how their...
Safeguarding Against Fraud in a COVID-19 Era
Safeguarding Against Fraud in a COVID-19 Era Despite numerous warnings from the FBI, IRS and others, fraudsters are capitalizing on the pandemic to take advantage of consumers, highlighting the...
Three Reasons You’re Not Achieving Your Leadership Goals
Three Reasons You’re Not Achieving Your Leadership Goals Tina Giorgio: Vince Lombardi had it right when he stated that, “Leaders aren’t born, they are made.” Leadership is a process. And, like any...
2018: A Year of Fresh..
2018: A Year of Fresh.. Tina Giorgio: In an e-book published last week by PYMNTS.com, “Fresh” is how I described payments in 2018. I can’t think of a time when we’ve seen as many innovations emerge...
Real Talk About Real-time Payments
Real Talk About Real-time Payments Tina Giorgio: There are many factors involved in creating a successful real-time payment system and one of those factors is education. This month I have invited...
ThinkTECH Accelerator Finalists Demonstrate Their “Whys”
ThinkTECH Accelerator Finalists Demonstrate Their “Whys” Tina Giorgio: Whether I’m working with banking professionals or with entrepreneurs in the fintech space, I have one key piece of advice: I...
COVID-19: Considerations for Card Issuers
COVID-19: Considerations for Card Issuers Community banks are the stars of the financial services industry, and during times of crisis community bankers burn brightly to provide a guiding light to...
Three Steps to Support Customers in Today’s Digital Environment
Three Steps to Support Customers in Today’s Digital Environment We are in unprecedented times. “Shelter-in-place” acts help slow of the spread of coronavirus, but at the same time, they inject...
Reflecting on ICBA Bancard’s 35-Year History of Success
Reflecting on ICBA Bancard’s 35-Year History of Success In celebration of ICBA Bancard’s 35th anniversary, I sat down with our Chairman Greg Deckard, president, CEO and chairman of State Bank...
Positioning ICBA Bancard for the Future: What’s Your Why?
Positioning ICBA Bancard for the Future: What’s Your Why? Back in 1985, the first Macintosh computer debuted, and by today’s standards, it was a boxy, clunky, slow unit, yet Consumer Reports gave...
The Big Trouble with Big Tech
The Big Trouble with Big Tech Last month Google unveiled its new Google Pay app—complete with a DDA-like account attached. This latest effort by Google is part of a trend of non-bank tech companies...