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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Grand Ridge National Bank: The premier league. Grand Ridge National Bank.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua.

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eBay: A Look Back

PYMNTS

1 went live over Labor Day weekend 1995 from founder Pierre Omidyar’s San Jose, California, living room. The site’s best-known innovation to first draw customers in was its auction format — that allowed consumers to bid on items and “win” the ability to purchase them for their bid price. The first is that it was only about a day old.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

ICBA’s National Community Bank Service Award winners for 2021 demonstrate that when their local areas need support, community banks are there with innovative, compassionate and thoughtful responses. Roshan McArthur is a writer in California. Last year was earth-shattering in many ways. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

times tangible book for the attractive geographic footprint of BBVA weeks before the COVID vaccine starts to ship should spell accretion and strong future strategic positioning for PNC, especially in Texas where a brain drain from California led by Elon Musk will continue. John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank.

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Taulia Announces Record New Bookings; New CMO Holzapfel

Fintech Labs Insights

A year-over-year gain of 219% in new bookings growth is the highlight of a record fourth quarter from financial-supply-chain innovator, Taulia , which added 50,000 suppliers across 71 countries in Q4. Holzapfel was previously CMO at Addepar, and served on the leadership team at SAP. hospital networks.”

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

The bank increases its loan balances by partnering with fintech loan producing companies on a national scale, and this year it will switch its insurance operations to digital as the bank’s onsite agent retires, adding more policy types, including travel insurance. Katie Kuehner-Hebert is a writer in California.