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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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Spotlight on lending: Preparing for Q3 bank reports

Abrigo

While Q3 reports will trickle in over the coming days to meet the end of October deadline, a crucial piece of the puzzle the financial community and economists will be looking at is loan growth rates. bank and credit union, on total loan growth quarter over quarter paint a picture of the state of bank lending leading up to the third quarter.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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PayNet Links Community Bank BNB To Small Biz Loan Tech

PYMNTS

Small business credit analysis company PayNet is linking up with a community bank to streamline SMB lending for the institution. In another statement, BNB Bank EVP and Chief Lending Officer Kevin L. ” Analysis has also found that community banks are playing a larger role in small business lending. .”

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time?

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

Now that banks have filed their third quarter financial reports , what did the lending picture look like last quarter? banks is up $157 billion from the same period in 2013. However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. Nationally, the picture is a fine one.

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Lending to nonprofits: Considerations for credit analysis

Abrigo

Financial institutions considering lending to nonprofits may want to be aware of these recent financial trends, as well as some of the ways lending to these organizations might differ from lending to for-profit businesses. economy in 2013, or roughly 5 percent of GDP. Finances related to U.S. trillion; assets rose 5.2

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