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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Coolest Brands 2016: Silicon Valley BankFintech’s ‘Community’ Bank

Bank Innovation

Silicon Valley is coming to banking? That happened long ago — just ask Silicon Valley Bank, a financial institution built to serve the world’s center of innovation. Few bankers can claim better knowledge of what the tech giants are up to. Startups, you say? SVB claims it banks a staggering two-thirds Read More.

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How Crowdfunding Aims To Fill SMBs’ Community Banking Gaps

PYMNTS

Community banks are often the familiar faces of the financial services world, and when small businesses seek capital, their neighborhood financial institution can be a promising place to start. While they continue to play an important role in small business financing, the community banking market is drastically shrinking in the U.S.

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Chamber Of Commerce Backs Community Bank Bill

PYMNTS

Chamber of Commerce is voicing its support for legislation that would ease regulatory burdens for the nation’s community banks in an effort to improve access to funding for small business borrowers. A letter in support of the bill follows the Chamber of Commerce’s report released in 2016 that found Dodd-Frank rules are harming corporations.

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Boost efficiency through operational innovation in financial services

Insights on Business

Operational innovation is vital in a highly competitive financial services sector, with a new community of digital banks and other firms vying for market share. In 2016, the IBM Institute for Business Value teamed up with the Economist Intelligence Unit to interview global bankers. Drivers for Operational Innovation.

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How the OCC risk governance framework applies to community banks

Abrigo

For those with assets between $100 billion and $750 billion, the effective date is May 10, 2015, and for those between $50 billion and $100 billion, guidance will be effective on May 10, 2016. While the final guidance clearly applies to larger financial institutions, community banks should still take note.

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2016 IB Social Media Leaders

Independent Banker

Congratulations to the Top 2016 IB Social Media Leaders. Independent Banker ® magazine recognizes three community banks who have conducted creative, engaging and impactful social media campaigns. Southeastern Michigan communities are clamoring to be a part of Bank of Ann Arbor’s seasonal concert campaign Sonic Lunch. Busey Bank.