Small Mass. Banks, CUs Face Heavy Tech Lift
Monopoly power isn’t just lurking in consumer prices. Data shows smaller lenders face disproportionately high – and rising – costs for their operating system software.
Monopoly power isn’t just lurking in consumer prices. Data shows smaller lenders face disproportionately high – and rising – costs for their operating system software.
PeoplesBank says it’s become the largest U.S. community bank to fully operate on a cloud-native core banking platform after successfully converting to the Nymbus Banking Platform.
Core provider Jack Henry surveyed over 100 bank and credit union CEOs from its core customer base during the first quarter.
Banks are becoming less and less satisfied with the vendors providing their core banking technology even after four years of work by industry leaders to bridge gaps in how each side sees the other.
While less than half of U.S. banks said they were very or extremely satisfied with their core technology provider, these vendors overestimated their effectiveness in helping banks, according to the American Bankers Association.
Core technology provider Jack Henry & Assoc. plans to acquire Connecticut-based Payrailz, a digital payments company used by several Massachusetts lenders.
As the banking landscape changes, some banks and credit unions have responded by making a big move: leaving behind their legacy technology systems in favor of cloud-based core platforms.
Open banking took a major step closer to becoming the standard for many community banks last month. Backers say it offers community banks a cheaper and more secure way to integrate fintech tools into their service packages.