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The community banks standing by hospitality customers

Independent Banker

Many hotels and other hospitality businesses haven’t fully bounced back from COVID-19 travel and safety restrictions, but community banks have been by their side through the challenges. Hospitality demand: Now vs. 2020. MainStreet Bank has a sizable hotel loan portfolio with roughly $100 million in loans on 15 properties.

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The community bank’s complete guide to building trust

Independent Banker

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Strategies for fighting remote authentication fraud

Independent Banker

Experts say community banks can use education, biometrics and solid cybersecurity practices to fight this growing area of crime. Say a scammer calls a community bank customer and gains their trust by using information obtained from a major data breach. By Elizabeth Judd. Examples of remote authentication fraud.

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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. Some even assume their bank will interact with them however and whenever they want. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Bank Deal of the Year. It was a cray cray year for mergers and acquisitions (M&As) in 2021 coming out of COVID slowdown in 2020. With prices rational and revenue pinched, there were some nice acquisitions by many banks. Bancorp for grabbing MUFG Union Bank. Goes to Eric Sprink, Coastal Community Bank , Everett, Wash.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

2019 Mehrsa Baradaran Baradaran, Mehrsa The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 2019 Neil Barofsky Barofsky, Neil Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street 2012 Patricia Beard Beard, Patricia Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley 2007 Ben S.

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