Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

With wire fraud on the rise, community banks have to step up precautions to protect themselves and their customers. They have the money and, in theory, they are vulnerable,” adds Terri Sands, director of payments and fraud prevention for State Bank & Trust in Atlanta, a $3.3 billion-asset community bank.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Mark Vis, a real estate and commercial loan officer with First State Bank Southwest, a $250 million-asset community bank in Worthington, Minn., This ups the ante for banks courting certain business owners, particularly those managing startup companies. Look for more community banks to do the same in 2016.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

billion of assets under management. Olan Jones, CEO & President, Eastman Credit Union – Jones completes a great 20-year term at Eastman, increasing assets from $631 million to $5 billion and creating more than 650 new full-time jobs. Bank Acquisition of the Year. picks up Bancorp of New Jersey, Inc.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Today, NPL/total loans is a manageable 0.94%, and the Bank ROA/ROE year-to-date is 1.22% and 11.61% respectively. is the holding company for Parke Bank, a $1.1 billion in assets commercially focused community bank based in southern New Jersey, serving Philadelphia and its suburbs. Parke Bancorp, Inc.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. Goes to New England Federal Credit Union and Vermont State Credit Union.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Cross River Bank. Though not venture capital, the private equity raised for New Jersey-chartered community bank Cross River Bank is noteworthy not only for its impressive price tag of $100 million, but for its reflection of investors’ support for financial institutions that collaborate with the tech startup scene.

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