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Growing a new branch

Independent Banker

Providence Bank chose to open a new brick-and-mortar site during the pandemic, when many other businesses were ceasing operations or shutting down altogether. When COVID-19 rocked the world in March 2020, Ted Whitehurst was reviewing a lease for a new branch of Providence Bank in Raleigh, N.C. Back to branch strategy.

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Talking in a Digital World

Independent Banker

But in today’s world of proliferating digital devices and communication options, customer contact centers, once operating primarily as telephone switchboards, are turning into full-service and multichannel communication hubs. A recent ICBA poll found that 16 percent of member community banks operate contact centers. 1% Don’t know.