Interesting Reads

Cost Conscious Small Businesses Want Better Bank Tech

by Bryan Yurcan | July 28th - Consumers typically get to enjoy cool new banking technology first, followed by commercial customers.  But businesses – especially small to midsize ones – are losing patience with this traditional pecking order and increasingly bolting to high-tech nonbanks in response.  Read More...

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Today's COO Is Often Tomorrow's CEO

by JOE ADLER - On top of running a bank’s day-to-day operations, chief operating officers particularly at smaller banks play the additional role of CEO-in-waiting.  READ MORE »

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Quick Chip to Help Speed Up EMV Transactions

by Brian Penny - No one seemed to think about how EMV would slow down the checkout process. Thankfully, this oversight is being corrected with a new initiative... Read More...

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FIS: Banking’s Best Stock Play Isn’t a Bank

by Jack Willoughby - Few businesses have been disrupted as much as banking in recent years. Financial crises, weak economic growth, ultralow interest rates, tough new capital guidelines... Read More...

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Do You Have a Generic Banking Brand? Or a Niche Focus?

by Kevin Tynan - A marketing plan is just not enough.  The typical marketing plan outlines goals for the year, audience targets, products to be promoted, budgets and timelines. A combination of... Read More...

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5 Ways to Protect Your Institution from Mobile Cyber Attacks

by Steve Sanders - Modern life has changed so much, so fast. Nearly everyone today has a smartphone, and we become more reliant on them every day. That’s a good thing for financial institutions... Read More...

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Reduce the Stress of Your Bank’s IT Exams

by Darren Bridges - Financial institutions are governed by stringent regulations, including strict guidelines for the institution’s information security program. Institutions must... Read More... 

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NYMBUS Secures $12 Million in Funding to Accelerate Explosive Growth

NYMBUS Inc., provider of the world’s most current mission-critical core technology available to financial institutions, today announced it has completed a $12 million financing round led by the major shareholders of Vensure Enterprises. Read More...

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What Dearth of New Banks Means for the Industry's Future

by George Sutton - A recent hearing before the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee examined why virtually no new banks have been organized since 2009. Read More...

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Alabama Credit Union to Buy In-State Bank

by Palash Ghosh - Family Security Credit Union, a $580-million institution based in Decatur, Ala., said it has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase substantially all of the assets... Read More...

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