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Board succession planning after a merger

Independent Banker

Between the due diligence, financial negotiations, technology integrations and the unification of two established operations—be it via acquisition or merger—the process can be risky and challenging. By Bridget McCrea. Combining two banks into one is a complex undertaking. Greyson Tuck, Gerrish Smith Tuck Consultants and Attorneys.

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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

offers a “humanly simple” leadership style of looking out for others. Today, a proud survivor of industry consolidation pressures, the bank has $250 million assets and operates 11 locations in five counties. Among many other activities, as a longtime board member of the Barret School of Banking in Memphis, Tenn., Jim Gowen Sr.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued. Wrentham Co-operative Bank.