Independent Banker
FEBRUARY 28, 2022
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.
Independent Banker
SEPTEMBER 30, 2021
Building trust in your institution has a lot to do with technology, from implementing strong data security practices to humanizing your online customer interactions. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank. Build your community. It’s in their DNA.
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Independent Banker
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Community banks own an enviable amount of data, but not all are leveraging it to its fullest extent. By Mindy Charski People share important data about themselves with their community bank in myriad ways. Data about existing customers can even help community banks improve their efforts to find new customers.
PYMNTS
NOVEMBER 13, 2018
To that end, news came earlier this week in the United States that a dozen community and regional banks have formed a group aimed at exploring the opportunities amid FinTech offerings. Among the names joining up are Citizens & Northern Bank (based in Pennsylvania), Inland Bank (Illinois) and Lincoln Savings Bank (Iowa).
Independent Banker
MARCH 31, 2022
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.”.
PYMNTS
DECEMBER 7, 2018
Community Bank of the Bay. Community First Credit Union (OH). Greater Cleveland Community Credit Union. Hometown Community Banks. Iowa Falls State Bank. Building Trades Credit Union. Evans Bank. Federated Bank. First Bank of Boaz. First Central Credit Union. First National Bank of Milaca. Grand Savings Bank.
Independent Banker
JUNE 30, 2022
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. Iowa State Bank. By Ed Avis. Methodology.
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