Tag: Banks and Credit Unions

Financial institutions introduce new banking programs designed to back the growth of women-owned small businesses and provide diverse and inclusive staffing to support them In the wake of the “Great...

The Story: A recent survey by the Financial Educators Council asked consumers how much money they estimate losing because of a lack of financial education and expertise. At $2,500 for...

New data on financial literacy and how banks and credit unions can leverage their leadership to support consumer financial health The financial impact of the pandemic over the last two...

The Story: New data finds a persistent gap between marketers’ perception of the customer experience they are providing, and the service customers believe they are receiving. Specifically, the areas where...

The Story: As M&A activity in banking soars, hitting its highest level in nearly 15 years, fresh data from the federal banking system of the U.S. sheds more light on...

Strategic banking mergers & acquisitions help institutions provide strength, scale and service solutions Following the biggest deal-making year in fourteen years, bank M&A activity in 2021 resulted in one of...

It has been said that good artists borrow, great artists steal. With that spirit in mind, we’re looking at some best practices from other people-oriented industries that can help banking...

Investments in Black-owned financial institutions help reduce racial disparities and improve prospects of underbanked communities In a recent bylined article in Independent Banker magazine, the president of the country’s second-oldest...

The Story: New data from a survey of community banking leaders finds a majority plan to increase digital marketing budgets in 2022. Further, the same study finds 91.6% of leaders...