Top 10 Community Bank IT Projects

Across the country, community banks are defying the stereotype of small institutions as technological laggards, sometimes introducing useful digital features well ahead of the better-resourced and purportedly savvier big banks.

The bank that got Moven and Simple off the ground is coming out with real-time payments, through a clever use of debit networks.

The Connecticut lender overhauled its enterprise risk management system after becoming frustrated with inefficient spreadsheets.

The acquisitive Bank of North Carolina is using a new iPad and desktop app to help its frontline employees make product recommendations to customers.

An Illinois bank has pioneered the use of a mobile app that queues up ATM transactions.

The Boston bank has become one of the few to let customers open accounts by snapping a photo of their driver's license.

Using Splunk Cloud, Orrstown is trying to go beyond merely monitoring network traffic at a time when cyber threats keep mounting.

A stable of in-house development talent helps Florida's C1 Financial create cutting-edge apps.

With a strong financial commitment and a goal of "building cool stuff," the Boston community bank hopes to continue to innovate.

Getting employees used to using fingerprint scanners was the biggest challenge to Clear Lake Bank's biometrics project.

On the acquisition trail, Minnesota's Frandsen Financial picked up nine legacy imaging systems. A new system and shared database unlocked many years' worth of archived checks and statements.