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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Podcast: How CDFI status helps one community bank stay independent

ABA Community Banking

"We're a small bank, and it gets more expensive all the time to run a small community bank," says Andy Anderson, president and CEO of Bank of Anguilla in Anguilla, Mississippi. "As As long as we can do this profitably and remain in our community, that's what we want to do.".

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in

Independent Banker

Everything feeds into the customer experience, and that ability to meet and exceed customer expectations is what distinguishes us as community bankers. Because it’s more than a saying; it’s a rallying cry for community bankers. A community banker is on a journey with their customer, through the ups and downs of life.

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New Mississippi Law Limits State-Chartered Bank M&A to Other FDIC-Insured Banks

ABA Community Banking

Under a new law signed by Mississippi Gov. Tate Reeves, only FDIC-insured banks can acquire or merge with Mississippi-chartered state banks. The post New Mississippi Law Limits State-Chartered Bank M&A to Other FDIC-Insured Banks appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Training Employees to Soar at Community Bank in Mississippi

American Banker

Roughly once a quarter senior executives at Community Bank in Brandon, Miss., take a select group of up-and-coming managers on a three-day retreat. The trips are part of a management training course known as the Falcon Program that took flight in 2012.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. American Bank, National Association.

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Ponce Bank serves the underserved

Independent Banker

Photo courtesy Ponce Bank. Ponce Bank has brought banking services to minority neighborhoods in the Bronx and greater New York City for more than six decades with a clear focus on community investment. Ponce Bank was founded in the South Bronx in 1960, a time when many financial institutions were packing up to leave.