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Scottsdale Community Bank: Making microloans

Independent Banker

George Weisz, Scottsdale Community Bank But for all its embrace of technology, the community bank took its inspiration for an innovative lending program from an old-school tradition: kids’ lemonade stands. The diverse board, staff and leadership team aim to implement a plan of “doing well for investors by doing good for the community.” “We

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

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Let’s see how this new scale allows for big investments in future innovation. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities. His passion for innovation, community, culture, and clients provides a leadership template for all future GonzoBankers.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Honorable Mentions – while this was a quiet year for M&A, we tip our hat to Atlantic Union’s acquisition of American National Bank and Eastern Bank’s acquisition of Cambridge Bank. Award – goes to CNBC’s Jim Cramer , who lamented that banks should have been innovating offerings like those delivered by PayPal and Square.

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The 2019 GonzoBanker Awards

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It is an innovator with tech (e.g., And Partners CEO John Janclaes helped put Kony on the market map in mid-size shops, even keynoting Kony’s conference with a leadership book in tow. Consumers was the first big credit union to deploy the Phoenix core system and this year was the first big go-live of the Lumin digital banking system.

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Finovate Spring 2018 – Day 2

William Mills

How they describe their product/innovation: Project Finance is a personal finance application that shows users the future of their finances based on all the choices and decisions they’re making today. In today’s world there is uncertainty around many things, your finances don’t have to be one of them.

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The 2015 GonzoBanker Awards

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Bank Innovation named Jill one of the 10 most innovative CEOs in banking for 2015, and we doubt that Bank Innovation would know who Jill is if not for her presence on Twitter. Best Leadership Performance in a Core Conversion. An old adage that never gets old: it matters when leadership hangs out in the foxhole.