Area community banks take on upstart tech firms

The future of banking is rapidly becoming a digital domain. How will community banks respond to the tide of technology?


  • By Mark Gordon
  • | 6:00 a.m. December 21, 2018
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Courtesy. CenterState Bank Chief Strategy Officer Chris Nichols says banks have to adapt to technology — or become the "next Sears."
Courtesy. CenterState Bank Chief Strategy Officer Chris Nichols says banks have to adapt to technology — or become the "next Sears."
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Community bankers have a new bogeyman: fintech.

These are companies that offer banking without all the operating necessities community banks normally have, such as branches, a top-down structure, high startup costs, and in most cases, significant regulations. Fintech, or financial technology, appeals, not surprisingly, to millennials due to its get-it-now ease in banking, mortgages and myriad other financial services.

 

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