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10 ideas to boost your bank brand

Long Lasting Ideas

It’s a creative way to communicate the idea of building wealth more quickly and creatively. Know your community’s cultural touchstones. In regional ads in Alabama, Hyundai used bobble heads of the mascots for Auburn and Alabama as the items that would seal the deal for a new car customer.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

Neither supported this regional president''s opinion. Nasdaq: OZRK) of Little Rock, Arkansas Over a 100-year banking history, Bank of the Ozarks expanded from its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to more than 100 locations throughout the Southeast and is consistently ranked among the top performing banks in America (see chart).

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Dynamic Duo

Independent Banker

Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), two lawmakers tapped to lead the Senate Banking Committee for their respective parties, are both independent-minded senators who hold positive views on several priority community banking issues. This year he is taking the chairman’s seat on the Senate Banking Committee. Richard Shelby (R-Ala.)