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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

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. ICBA president and CEO Rebeca Romero Rainey, Washington, D.C.

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Saving Main Street: Advocacy Groups Propose New Government Relief Programs

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The poll was conducted by a San Francisco-based advocacy group called Small Business Majority, and its CEO John Arensmeyer has been a proponent of community grants that exist outside of the formal banking system that has controlled government aid up to this point. Most small businesses don’t have a lending relationship with a bank.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Philadelphia.

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Let’s Put a Stop to Credit Union End Run Around Congress

Finer Points

The tax-exempt credit union industry apparently skipped this civics lesson because it obviously doesn’t believe it should have to listen to Congress. The National Credit Union Administration has proposed dramatically revising business-lending rules for these tax-subsidized institutions. Current […].

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Addressing The Symptoms Of Pharmacies’ Cash Flow Ailments

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Taxes, minimum wage, global trade tariffs — there are a lot of regulatory changes weighing heavily on the minds of U.S. With prescription drugs representing 92 percent of sales revenue, according to the National community Pharmacists Association, thinning margins — and frequent losses — from this side of the business can be fatal.

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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Data, Debit and Docs

Independent Banker

When meeting with our member community banks, the top concern is always the continuing crush of regulatory burden emanating from Washington, D.C. IBAT believes this is ultimately a significant issue not only for community banks and their customers, but also for local economic viability. Property tax lenders.

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Happy Returns

Independent Banker

Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished. Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers. By Karen Epper Hoffman.