COMMUNITY BANKERS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA

Latest Innovation News

1/2/2023

2022 Trends Reflect a New Era for Banking
Financial institutions can no longer plan for the future by looking at the past. As they evaluate the outlook for 2022 and beyond, two of the most important trends on their radar should be the ability to innovate quickly and at scale, and to humanize digital experiences.

Technology Associates of Georgia (TAG) has released their 2022 Georgia Fintech Eco system report.

“This is a fantastic report from CBA Partner Technology Association of Georgia. The Georgia Fin-Tech ecosystem is extremely vibrant and growing larger every day. This vast ecosystem creates firsthand opportunities for Georgia’s community banking industry to obtain information and new solutions that will help further innovate their respect operations and enhance the overall customer delivery experience,” said John McNair, President & CEO, Community Bankers Association of Georgia. “CBA and our Innovation Committee members are actively engaged in the Fin-Tech ecosystem. I encourage all community bankers to participate in CBA’s efforts to further the advancement of technology solutions for our industry.”

Small banks set to go live with bitcoin trading – American Banker
A group of community banks is poised to fulfill a high-tech goal it set last year: to let customers buy and sell bitcoin on mobile banking apps.

The Future of ‘Banking as a Service’
The “banking as a service” strategy has quickly moved from a quirky niche play to a “golden opportunity” for a much larger group of players on both sides. There are several reasons for this shift. Read more from The Financial Brand and hear from CBA Connect speaker Eric Sprink, President and CEO at Coastal Community Bank, who is very active in Banking as a Service.

Back-Office Innovation
- Charles Potts
Community bankers are embracing innovation like never before—with impressive results. But with so much emphasis placed on customer-facing products and technologies, innovating back-office operations can fall to the bottom of the priority list.

Operations play a role across multiple facets of community banking, including account onboarding, payments and transactions, fraud analysis, compliance and regulatory guidelines. On a practical level, what steps can community banks take to strengthen their back-office operations?

What Is Web 3.0? (And Why Should Banks Care?)
A new version of the web — based on blockchain technology — is being predicted and promoted. Even though the trend has vocal naysayers, elements of Web 3.0 are already in use, including by a new crop of disruptive nonbank competitors.

4 Questions to Ask for Bank-Fintech Partnership Success
Traditional bank leaders know that fintechs are quickly encroaching on target audiences and customers. They also know any chance of keeping up with digital competitors will depend on making fast and substantial progress toward digital transformation. Consumer demands for easy, accessible and convenient digital services will only increase.

The Battle for Business Banking Business banking is the next frontier for digitization. While megabanks and fintechs are locked in an arms race to serve businesses, it is the community institutions that have a unique advantage: borrower satisfaction and agility.

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Upcoming Innovation Events

1/1/2023

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Upcoming CBA Innovation Events

Click Here to View The Georgia FinTech Academy Spring 2022 Schedule of Events

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VenCent Fintech Summit – Early Bird Savings: August 15 - 17, 2022, 2022- Little Rock, AR
3 Days of Fintech Insights

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Innovation Podcasts

12/31/2022

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Podcast: How financial institutions can approach offering cryptocurrency services
Is your financial institution considering how you can begin offering digital asset and cryptocurrency-related services? Wipfli’s State of Community Banking Report found that 29% of community banks are looking to add crypto to their ecosystem — a big turnaround from just a few years ago.

In this episode of GroundBanking, Terry Ammons, partner at Wipfli, talks to Justin Seidl, Founder and CEO of fintech firm Sequoir, and Seth Ollila, COO of Sequoir.

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CBA Innovation Committee

4/11/2021

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Committee Chair: Chris Stanley, Atlantic Capital Bank, Atlanta
Vice Chair: Dawn Bridges, First National Bank of Coffee County, Douglas
Brandon Baines, Atlantic Capital Bank, Atlanta
Dan Duchnowski, Planters First Bank, Cordele
Zach Duke, Finosec, Alpharetta
Frank Griffin, Flint Community Bank, Albany
Harry Gunsallus, BankSouth, Greensboro
Helen Herring, First Century Bank, N.A., Athens
Sarah Humphrey, FITECH, Ft. Worth, TX
Jim Jowers, Colony Bank, Fitzgerald
Kim Kirk, Queensborough National Bank & Trust Co., Louisville
Elliott Miller, Georgia Banking Company, Atlanta
Scott Mills, William Mills Agency, Atlanta
William Mills, William Mills Agency
Ross Mynatt, Craft Bank, Atlanta
Alisha Nasse, Hyperion Bank, Atlanta
Lincoln Parks, WebMobileFusion, McDonough
Ed Pope, F & M Bank, Washington
Troy Poulin, The Claxton Bank, Claxton
Harold Reynolds, BankSouth, Greensboro
Marisa Reynolds, Genesys Technology Group, Norcross
Richard Rotondo, American Commerce Bank, Johns Creek
Jim Rumph, Wipfli/PKM, Atlanta
David Saylor, Genesys Technology Group, Norcross
Keith Sebade, BankSouth, Greensboro
James Stevens, Troutman Pepper, Atlanta
Kevin Thrash, American Commerce Bank, N.A., Bremen
CBA Liaisons: John McNair, Lindsay Greene & Kristi Greer

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