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Capitalizing on Bank-Centric Bill Payment Opportunity
Capitalizing on Bank-Centric Bill Payment Opportunity With U.S. consumers paying approximately 15 billion bills valued at $4 trillion annually, nearly 30 percent of all consumer spending comes in...
Strengthening Small-Business Relationships with Payments
Community banks have long served the small-business market, but given the pandemic impact, new opportunities have emerged to support these customers’ payments needs and address areas of friction.
7 Tips for Mitigating Synthetic Identity Fraud Risk
7 Tips for Mitigating Synthetic Identity Fraud Risk Catching synthetic identity fraudsters remains difficult, and the fall-out of not detecting it, is substantial. AI company Coalesce estimates...
Green Grass and High Strides: A Story of Resilience and Commitment in Community Banks’ Latest Performance Numbers
Green Grass and High Strides: A Story of Resilience and Commitment in Community Banks’ Latest Performance Numbers Second-quarter FDIC Quarterly Banking Profile statistics are not just evidence of...
Community Banks Respond to Americans’ Needs
Community Banks Respond to Americans’ Needs While we have never before experienced anything quite like COVID-19, we can identify a bright spot: community banks rising to serve the needs of their...
Stats Offer Perspective on Community Bank PPP Loan Impact
Stats Offer Perspective on Community Bank PPP Loan Impact It’s no surprise that community banks have been financial first responders during the coronavirus pandemic. Their mission, vision and...
Falls Fintech: A Case Study in Launching a Bank-Based Accelerator
Falls Fintech: A Case Study in Launching a Bank-Based Accelerator Central Payments, the payments arm of the $238 million-asset Central Bank of Kansas City (CBKC) never imagined that a few days into...
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Lending
When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Lending Well before coronavirus saturated our headlines, community banks accounted for 60 percent of small-business lending, served 58 percent of small...