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Build your community bank’s brand with swag

Independent Banker

Promotional merchandise, or swag, has long been regarded as a no-brainer approach to business branding, but community banks are shedding those thrifty connotations with a new, mindful approach to company gifting that imparts value and purpose while bolstering bottom lines. billion-asset CBI Bank & Trust in Muscatine, Iowa. “We

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A community bank-fueled payments rail

Independent Banker

A secure, open-loop, cost-saving, customer-accessible, multiplatform P2P payments network might sound too good to be true, but community bank consortium Alloy Labs Alliance hopes to achieve just that with the CHUCK payment rail. A different kind of peer-to-peer payment service is now available, “built by community banks for community banks.”.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. So first, we’ll look at how two community banks have become trusted pillars of the community through charity work and good old?fashioned billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.

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Season of Giving: How Financial Brands Are Leaving Their Mark

Social Assurance

The holidays are a time when communities come together to support each other and celebrate the bonds that bring us together. Through it all, community banking institutions have been there to support their neighbors. Giving can be done a number of ways, here are some examples your brand can emulate next year. . Give Financially.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

TD has been a player that maintained its acquired market share so we are hoping this one doesn’t get messed up like other Canadian banks that have struggled in the Southwest. Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Bravo April!

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A New Human Connection

Independent Banker

For some community banks, video tellers, sometimes called interactive teller machines or ITMs, can work well for select markets or under certain conditions, experts say. We implemented the ITMs because we wanted to reach our rural markets with a full-time banking experience,” he says. “A James Johnson, PCSB Bank.

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A Step Ahead

Independent Banker

to boost your community bank’s. With the average individual spending 100 minutes on social media each day, it’s entirely possible for community banks to share some of that screen time. According to McIlwain, there’s “no right answer” to which social media channels community banks absolutely must use. Digital tools and tactics.