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Preparing Merchants For The Coming Mobile Wallet Boost

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As PYMNTS found in a recent consumer study, 40 percent of individuals are doing more of their daily retail and transactions online, partly because, well, there’s no other way to do it. It’s a reckoning that that can help them cross the Rubicon toward contactless (and, specifically, mobile) payments. As Good noted, four in 10 U.S.

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ICBA: Building Bridges For The Next Generation Of Community Banks

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Community banking can be one of the most rewarding and most challenging areas of financial services in which to work — that’s the view, anyway, of Rebeca Romero Rainey, president and CEO of Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) , who recently joined the nation’s leading advocacy organization that exclusively represents community banks.

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Sage Capital Bank Partners with Digital Banking Solutions Provider Apiture

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Texas-based Sage Capital Bank has partnered with digital banking solutions provider Apiture. Courtesy of the partnership, Sage Capital Bank will deploy Apiture’s Consumer Banking, Business Banking, and Digital Account Opening solutions, as well as its Data Intelligence solution.

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Apiture to Power Online and Mobile Banking for New Washington State Bank

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Indiana-based New Washington State Bank (NWSB) has selected Apiture’s Digital Banking Platform to power its online and mobile banking solutions. The community bank will also deploy Apiture’s Account Opening and Data Intelligence solutions to onboard customers faster and to offer tailored campaigns.

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Community Banks Aim To Amplify Competitive Edge With FinTechs

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With big banks pulling back from small and medium-sized business (SMB) lending in the wake of the global financial crisis, the market was ripe for someone else to fill the credit gap. Community banks approved 49 percent of SMB loan applications in November, according to the latest data from the Biz2Credit Small Business Lending Index.

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Helping Small FIs Make Banking Services As Seamless As Taking An Uber

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To regain some of that ground, Connie Davis, senior vice president at FIS , told PYMNTS in a recent interview, FIs — particularly credit unions (CUs) and community banks — must transform the way they think about digital offerings and connected experiences. That means they can compete more effectively against digital-only competitors.

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The Impact of Mobile Card Apps On FI Customer Retention

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Community banks and credit unions are feeling the pressure to boost their digital card services or risk losing customers to megabanks and digital challengers, Ondot Systems ’ Chief Strategy Officer Todd Lesher told PYMNTS in a recent discussion. What we have seen is digital becoming the new [bank] lobby during this pandemic,” he said.