Most Innovative Banks Fintech partnerships ChoiceOne Bank, Sparta, Mich. Assets: $620 million Adom Greenland Healthy relationships C hoiceOne Bank is partnering with fi ntechs to provide innovative banking solutions to its customers. For example, the community bank recently worked with Detroit-based Autobooks to off er a fully integrated payments and accounting platform for its small-business customers. The online banking tool integrates receivables, payments and accounting functions in one convenient and secure place. Adom Greenland,ChoiceOne Bank's chief operating offi cer, has these words of advice for community banks interested in forging fi ntech partnerships: Q Look locally. You can learn a lot by talking to and getting advice from local fi ntechs. Q Get to know the founders. Do their goals, values and service expectations align with yours? Q Commit. Make sure the right people in your bank have the time to dedicate to moving a fi ntech relationship and solution forward. -Beth Mattson-Teig 52 Q ICBA Independent Banker Q August 2018 Photo: Lysh Marie