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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance more than those that make those investments. Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2. The Bancorp, Inc.

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F.N.B. Taps More Yadkin Execs to Key North Carolina Posts

American Banker

to take on leadership roles for its new markets in the Carolinas. in Pittsburgh has selected more executives from Yadkin Financial in Raleigh, N.C.,

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Job Description: EVP of Distribution and Service Excellence

Jeff For Banks

I first wrote of such a position based on an idea posed by a student in my class at the North Carolina School of Banking. I envision the person occupying this role to be a savvy marketer with strong IT skills, as well as senior leadership abilities. Marketing and Product Development. And it''s not my idea.

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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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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better. Bank of the Ozarks began in 1903 as a small community bank in Jasper, Arkansas, and by 1937, included an additional bank in Ozark, Arkansas. I challenged the thinking.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

The company’s market capitalization, which after declining to less than $600 million in the 2009 recession, has now grown to almost $3 billion. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. So many consolidation opportunities like this out there across markets with a glut of branches.

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