Platform-First Banking: Be Where Banking is Going
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Featured Articles

AI Is Now Your Bank’s Small-Business Front Door. Here’s How to Adapt
Small businesses are using AI to manage finances outside their bank’s platforms. Community banks that don’t adapt risk losing primacy.

Four Surefire Ways to Test a Banking Vendor for Strategic Alignment
Community banks allocate just 15% of their technology budget to new initiatives. The only path forward is to untether from legacy systems.

Banks Wary of Instant Payments Should Start by Just Receiving Them
Receiving instant payments before sending them lets banks deliver immediate value to customers while gaining experience with minimal risk.

Speed Stops Being an Advantage for Banks When The Core Can’t Keep Up
Three banks reveal how they’re running legacy and modern cores simultaneously, migrating without customer disruption and launching products in days.

How BNY is Banking on Innovation in AI and Digital Assets
CEO Robin Vince says innovation carries risks — but so does doing nothing when confronted with these emerging opportunities.

Beyond the Rate Cut: Why Digital Experience Is the New Deposit Strategy
When rates fall, banks can’t win on yield alone. The real advantage lies in digital experiences that turn customers into long-term users.
Additional Resources

Webinar: The New Opportunities in Business Banking
Grasshopper Bank's Luther Liang and Narmi Senior Advisor Norm DeLuca on courting the SMB market.

Your Digital Front Door is Broken
Explore the digital account opening strategies banking experts use to eliminate roadblocks, grow deposits, and deliver impressive digital experiences.

FedNow and the Future of Instant Payments
It’s no surprise that payments have become increasingly digital. And with digital processes come the expectation of instant gratification — and the drift of these standards into the payments realm.

Introducing Narmi One
A consolidated digital banking platform, built from a single codebase and designed to meet your community where they are, and where they’re going.

The CRM Paradigm in Banking
In an industry where previously a strong rate and handshake sufficed, now even seamless digital experiences are more table stakes for customers.
