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AxiomGO is the mobile app specifically designed for the underbanked by its namesake bank.

Investing in future via mobile app

Florida’s Axiom Bank pursues underbanked market using digital offering
Commercial finance comes in many flavors. The bank-owned company profiled here portfolios all the loans it makes.

National cash-flow lending good fit for small regional

First Financial’s Oak Street sub lends to insurance, other verticals
Fed research indicates fewer small business loans are being made face to face, with small business credit cards and fintech online business lending gaining share.

Is community bank small business lending eroding?

Fed’s Quarles traces evolution of big bank and fintech competition
With few exceptions, the status quo won't cut it in the future, and the necessary changes range from tweaks to serious redesign. Bankers, consultants, and others weigh in on how to revamp community banking.

Rethinking community banks’ future

Not panic, but resolve—and some frustration. “Now is the time”
Community bankers have begun taking steps to not be held back so frequently by their traditional tech vendors' schedules.

Tech ever-widening domain for community banks

Looking beyond traditional means and traditional vendors
“There’s really not much that indicates we’ve learned anything new over the last several cycles,” says veteran lender and CEO Ed O’Leary. He aims to fix that.

Popping the myth of the dull banker

Bankers aren't innovative? Commercial lending takes imagination—and skill
Banks' range of potential hires grows as the industry's traditional appraoches evolve.

Talent search: Is it time for new hunting grounds?

Think of the skill set, not the job history
Jill Castilla opens one of her bank’s “Heard on Hurd” music/food festivals. Running once a month from March to October, they draw 25,000-35,000, boosted by social media. Castilla credits Bank of Ann Arbor’s “Sonic Lunch” concerts for the idea.

Citizens Bank of Edmond's can-do CEO

Necessity propelled Jill Castilla to shape Oklahoma bank into a modern community bank
S&P Global Market Intelligence, formerly S&P Capital IQ and SNL, is the premier provider of breaking news, financial data, and expert analysis on business sectors critical to the global economy. This article originally appeared on the SNL subscriber side of S&P Global's website.

Do doing well and doing good dovetail?

In values-banking landscape, profitability not the only objective
S&P Global Market Intelligence, formerly S&P Capital IQ and SNL, is the premier provider of breaking news, financial data, and expert analysis on business sectors critical to the global economy. This article originally appeared on the SNL subscriber side of S&P Global's website.

Age draws strong hands

Majority of assets in hands of older community banks, credit unions
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