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2014 ICBA Community Banker of the Year Awards Video

Independent Banker

The 2014 ICBA Community Banker of the Year Awards are sponsored by D+H. Community bankers rarely work alone but instead are members of dynamic teams of entrepreneurs and visionaries. Eastern Region Award Recipient. Central Region Award Recipient. Western Region Award Recipient. National Award Recipient.

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Community banks most likely to approve small business loans

Abrigo

According to a recent survey from four Federal Reserve Banks, small regional and community banks have the highest approval rate for small business loans. The 2014 Small Business Credit Survey was a joint operation conducted by the Federal Reserve Banks of New York, Atlanta, Cleveland and Philadelphia.

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ICBA Community Bankers of the Year

Independent Banker

ICBA inaugurated its Community Banker of the Year award program this year to recognize the exceptional work of the individual employees of ICBA member community banks. The association accepted nominations online throughout the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration. The Judges.

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Which loan types are fueling bank growth?

Abrigo

As of the third quarter of 2014, the total value of portfolios was $7.4 Community banks (under $10 billion in assets) and regional banks (between $10 and $50 billion) represent 21 percent and nine percent, respectively. However, the annual growth rate returned to a positive trend in the second and third quarters of 2014.

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Spotlight on lending: Commercial loan growth geographically

Abrigo

However, Q3 commercial lending is down from the beginning of 2014 (quarter ending 3/31/2014) by about $67 billion. bank and credit union, named the “ Top 15 community banks by commercial loan growth.” The data was evaluated to include community banks with between $100 million and $1 billion in assets.

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Spotlight on lending: Preparing for Q3 bank reports

Abrigo

With the fourth quarter of 2014 well underway, both banks and credit unions are in the midst of reporting their results from the previous three months. As American Banker reported last week, nearly a dozen regional banks saw scattered growth in their loan portfolios as part of the Q3 filings. Source: Sageworks Bank Information.

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Global EMV Chip Cards Approach 5 Billion

PYMNTS

2015 used chip technology, which was up slightly from 32 percent for the same period in 2014. EMVCo also broke down EMV chip card adoption rate by regions: Europe Zone 1: 84.3% (up from 83.5% Of the regions reviewed in the report, Europe Zone 1 had the highest percentage of chip card transactions with 97.3

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