Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

Community Bank 239

Community Bank Community Industry Texas 239

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. The Bank Regulator Working for Merchants Award!

Fintech 194

Fintech Community Regional Technology 194

American Banker

OCTOBER 12, 2022

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Michigan 50

Michigan Community Bank Community Compliance 50

CFPB Monitor

MAY 3, 2019

Kenneth Whittaker, Southeast Michigan Organizing Director, Michigan United. (A Todd Ortique McDonald, Vice President and Board Director, Liberty Bank & Trust Company, representing the National Bankers Association. (A A representative of a community bank offering small dollar loans below 36% APR.).

Michigan 68

Michigan Policies Utah Lending 68

Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. I've got news for you. Seems risky.

Community Bank 60

Community Bank Community Baltimore Lending 60

American Banker

MAY 4, 2016

New rules have made it more challenging to originate mortgages without drawing attention from regulators. Mercantile Bank in Michigan, however, believes that positive trends in its biggest markets are incentive enough to hire lenders and improve its systems.

Michigan 28

Michigan Trends Regulation System 28

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Goes to CSI.

Community 216

Community Fintech Industry Innovation 216