Midwest BankCentre shows how community banks can compete with new players

Midwest BankCentre launched Rising Bank to grow its deposits by $200 million in two years.
Embedded finance is expected to generate about $230 billion in revenue over the next five years.

Shehzil Zahid | July 21, 2021

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