community banking

Bessent, Bowman and Barr: Community Banks Need Regulatory Clarity
Bessent, Bowman and Barr: Community Banks Need Regulatory Clarity
October 09, 2025  |  Banking

Community banks remain vital to the U.S. economy but face mounting pressures to modernize amid competition from larger banks and FinTechs. At the Federal Reserve’s...

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Regulators’ Call Spurs Wide-Ranging Comments on Payments Fraud
Regulators’ Call Spurs Wide-Ranging Comments on Payments Fraud
September 23, 2025  |  Fraud Prevention

Fraud continues to plague the payments system — and regulators are asking for answers. Banks, credit unions and payment networks responded to a joint Request...

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CSI Acquires Apiture to Bolster Community Banking
CSI Acquires Apiture to Bolster Community Banking
August 19, 2025  |  Acquisitions

Financial software firm CSI is acquiring digital banking solutions provider Apiture. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock this article and enjoy unlimited...

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Visa and ICBA Payments to Facilitate Real-Time Money Movement for Community Banks
Visa and ICBA Payments to Facilitate Real-Time Money Movement for Community Banks
July 16, 2025  |  Payment Methods

Visa and ICBA Payments, a subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), have renewed their 40-year partnership and plan to expand it by...

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Capitol Hill Hearing Pushes for ‘Rational’ Community Banking Regulation
Capitol Hill Hearing Pushes for ‘Rational’ Community Banking Regulation
February 05, 2025  |  Bank Regulation

Beware the dangers of regulatory “overreach” and a one-size-fits-all approach to community banking oversight, several industry participants testified at a Capitol Hill hearing Wednesday (Feb....

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Capra Bank CEO Sees Huge Upside for AI and Risk Assessment
Capra Bank CEO Sees Huge Upside for AI and Risk Assessment
April 10, 2024  |  artificial intelligence

At this point in artificial intelligence’s (AI) relatively brief life, we’ve heard a lot of different angles to the banking story. It has been called...

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NCR Says Financial Literacy Should Be Left to Community Banks and Credit Unions, Not TikTok
NCR Says Financial Literacy Should Be Left to Community Banks and Credit Unions, Not TikTok
July 27, 2022  |  Digital-First Banking

Strong growth in digital banking during the pandemic didn’t come with seminars in financial literacy. It should have, as younger demographics are found to be...

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Helping Small FIs Make Banking Services As Seamless As Taking An Uber
Helping Small FIs Make Banking Services As Seamless As Taking An Uber
March 26, 2020  |  Banking

In the age of digital commerce, legacy financial institutions (FIs) have ceded ground to tech-savvy upstarts. Get the Full Story Complete the form to unlock...

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PayFi Teams With The Clearing House For Real-Time Payments Platform
PayFi Teams With The Clearing House For Real-Time Payments Platform
June 04, 2019  |  Partnerships / Acquisitions

Payment company PayFi and The Clearing House (TCH) have partnered to bring real-time payments technologies to the community banks on PayFi’s Branch99TM Real-Time Platform, according...

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