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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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The true cost of fraud

Abrigo

While some of the recent trending fraud schemes are not new, they have been transformed to prey on communities already dealing with unprecedented times. Additionally, the human capital investment—in terms of both hiring fraud prevention experts and training existing staff—represents a significant operational expense.

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How can bank boards respond to increased regulatory scrutiny?

Abrigo

While the larger banks are receiving the bulk of attention, boards at smaller, community banks are realizing that they’re not immune to this heightened attention. How complex is the bank’s operating model? These smaller banks have also seen new, and more frequent, attention from regulators. How is the management of risk overseen?

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Five Challenges to Your Bank of the Future and Ideas to Overcome Them

Jeff For Banks

In 2006, when the median asset size within my firm's profitability outsourcing service was $696 million, the operating cost per business checking account was $586 per year. billion, and the operating cost per business checking account is $710. Community bankers know the town mayor, and key business leaders.

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

Here are a few ways Kyle described how this concept might work: Marketing to the local community and actively becoming a part of it. For instance, they could offer light advisory services or seminars to business owners who have working capital lines of credit. So why haven’t banks fully capitalized on this clear advantage?

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Are Video Teller Machines the ‘Branch of the Future?’

Gonzobanker

ITMs require a significant capital investment, and investing in these machines has become a popular and controversial topic. hosting financial education seminars). Also, drive-thru lanes with ITMs typically provide a better customer experience than transacting and communicating through the traditional vacuum tube system.

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