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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Reynolds points to BankSouth’s focus on innovation as a contributing factor. I don’t pass an opportunity to make a pitch for innovative ideas,” Reynolds says. Cross River Bank. Cedar Rapids Bank and Trust Company. Cedar Rapids. CFG Community Bank. Emigrant Bank. The Yellowstone Bank. Bank of Utica. United Texas Bank.

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Stupid Bank Names

Jeff For Banks

In the mid to late 1990''s, my employer, First National Bank of Maryland based in Baltimore, bought Harrisburg, Pennsylvania based Dauphin Deposit Bank. Innovative Bank - Through the worst banking crisis since the Great Depression, only about 5% of FDIC-insured financial institutions failed. They put together a transition team.