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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Jack Hartings and Mindy Kremer, marketing director for Mercer Health Hospital in Coldwater, talk in a patient care unit. With few underwater credits on its books, the bank continued to lend as others left the market—though it still faced the challenge of distressed sales depressing market values. “It Membership-Marketing.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

A: We strategically positioned ourselves to take advantage of the market. We’ve been the number one SBA lender in our market for the past two years, so we were well positioned to assist our clients with the PPP program. We were gaining more market share by calling on all the Realtors. Q: Why has Genesee Regional Bank succeeded?

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Using FDIC data for 2021, we calculated a lender score out of 100 for each community bank. He sensed the family’s passion and liked their idea of starting with selling milk at farmers’ markets, roadside shops and small grocery stores. By Ed Avis. Methodology. When the owners of a small family dairy asked The Peoples Bank in Marion, Ky.,

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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. They didn''t even include bank in their marketing materials, leaving customers and potential customers wondering, who ? Common sense trumps a marketing study.