Bankers Helping Bankers Names PULSE® Exclusive Debit Partner
January 26 2023 - 11:56AM
Business Wire
Partnership advances Bankers Helping
Bankers’ mission of empowering community banks
Bankers Helping Bankers, an online platform that promotes
innovation among community banks, has named Discover® Financial
Services’ PULSE® debit network its exclusive debit partner. The
agreement builds upon PULSE’s longstanding support of community
banks and the Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT),
which co-founded Bankers Helping Bankers in partnership with
FedFis.
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As the exclusive debit partner of Bankers Helping Bankers, PULSE
will provide debit expertise, insights and thought leadership to
help community financial institutions improve their debit programs,
strengthen operations, mitigate fraud risks and engage account
holders. Debit is consumers’ most preferred payment method and a
vital source of non-interest income for community banks.
“We are pleased to partner with PULSE, a recognized leader in
debit with a long track record of supporting community banks,” said
IBAT President and CEO Christopher Williston. “PULSE will be a
valuable contributor to Bankers Helping Bankers, bringing key
payments insights and beneficial content to help community banks
strengthen their businesses.”
“PULSE strongly supports the efforts of Bankers Helping Bankers
to cultivate and grow a community of bankers that fosters
information sharing and sparks innovation,” said Steve Sievert,
Executive Vice President of Marketing and Brand Management for
PULSE. “Our focus on debit innovation provides a unique and
beneficial perspective on how the payments ecosystem is evolving
and what community banks must do to thrive.”
Bankers Helping Bankers is an ecosystem of services focused on
creating informed and profitable banks by giving them data,
information and access to experts. Bankers Helping Bankers has
created a roadmap to navigate financial-technology integration
within its ecosystem to help community banks thrive and compete
into the future. Bankers Helping Bankers also provides an online
forum, along with online networking events, through which community
bankers share information, expand their knowledge base and build
relationships.
FedFis is a data analytics and strategy system that tracks
financial, merger and acquisition, and vendor data on U.S. banks
and credit unions. FedFis helps community bankers understand which
products and services will best pair with their existing technology
to drive their desired strategic outcomes.
About Bankers Helping Bankers
Bankers Helping Bankers (BHB) is a bankers-only social platform
for collaboration and education. Through data tools and dynamic
user groups, BHB provides community bankers with a knowledge base
focused on bank technology and emerging Fintech companies, as well
as hot topics such as cryptocurrencies, banking-as-a-service,
becoming a sponsor bank, and launching a direct digital brand. The
BHB ecosystem includes access to capital, executive support with
access to experts, a roadmap to navigate financial technology
integrations, a direct connection to Fintech sponsor banks and a
marketplace of community bank customers. It is the most complete
end-to-end ecosystem for community bank-supportive technology
companies. The BHB platform is free for bankers, reaching 75% of
U.S. banks. For more information, visit:
bankershelpingbankers.com.
About PULSE
PULSE is a leader in debit payments, cash access and account
transfers, and we deliver exceptional value, choice and convenience
to clients across the payments ecosystem. We enable reliable and
secure digital money movement for a wide variety of debit card
programs by leveraging our PULSE Network, the Discover® Debit
program, an advanced fraud-detection platform and partner-support
services. Our commitment to continuous improvement, innovation and
prioritizing the unique business needs of our clients empowers
payment solutions that meet the evolving demands of consumers.
PULSE is a Discover (NYSE: DFS) company and part of the Discover
Global Network. For more information, visit PULSEnetwork.com.
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Anne Uwabor, 832-214-0234 PULSE anneuwabor@pulsenetwork.com Dan
Keeney, 832-467-2904 DPK Public Relations dan@dpkpr.com Rachel
Hernandez, 512-284-4987 FedFis rachel@fedfis.com
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