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Training Employees to Soar at Community Bank in Mississippi

American Banker

Roughly once a quarter senior executives at Community Bank in Brandon, Miss., The trips are part of a management training course known as the Falcon Program that took flight in 2012. take a select group of up-and-coming managers on a three-day retreat.

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

Abrigo

Based on filings with the IRS, however, reporting nonprofits’ revenues and assets grew more quickly between 2012 and 2013 than did their expenses, the Urban Institute said. notes that some nonprofits facing tighter funding from federal and state governments are turning to community banks for commercial loans and lines of credit.

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The Niche Bank

Jeff For Banks

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. I've got news for you.

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Among the Last to Leave

Independent Banker

Army Infantry Platoon leader who became a community banking manager. It’s no different in community banking. When I returned home from the deployment, the support I had from my community was clear—the same way Think Mutual Bank supports its local community. By Jeff Sabatke. It was 1 a.m.

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Vigilant Eyeshades

Independent Banker

Missouri Bank sharpens focus on trimming expenses. When John Zimmer took over as president of HNB National Bank in Hannibal, Mo., in 2012, he figured there was likely some fat to be trimmed. After Zimmer’s first year personally scrutinizing all expenses, HNB National had eliminated $402,000 in costs. By Ed Avis.

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American Greed: Can being an honest broker be banks and credit unions competitive advantage?

Jeff For Banks

According to a 2012 Boston College Center for Retirement Research study , 63% of American males (why only males I do not know) participated exclusively in defined contribution (DC) retirement plans in 2007, up from 47% in 1992. I think, as a nation, we will need lots of help managing our money. Probably not.

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What SEC Filers Have Learned About CECL Implementation

Abrigo

Ours, who is Senior Vice President and Director of Credit Administration of Summit and its 32-location bank subsidiary, Summit Community Bank Inc., The bank originally considered mixing two methodologies – PD/LGD and cohort, but due to a lack of risk rating data, it would have only had data points for PD/LGD going back to 2012.