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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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THE BANKER AWARDS. 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. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis.

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NEW REPORT: Giving Credit Unions Their Due Credit

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Is the credit union market ready for its close-up? It’s a market that is showing clear signs of growth. In fact, the federally backed National Credit Union Administration (NCUA) reported credit union membership grew by 4.3 million in Q2 of this year alone, with the value of loans held by credit unions now almost at $885 billion.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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Bankers started the year with good business plans, strong balance sheets, and optimism. Even George Bailey would have given you the thumbs up. “I learned a long time ago that reality was much weirder than anyone’s imagination.” ” – Hunter Thompson. Well, HST and Big Bird had it right. Everything.

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10 Big and Small Ideas From Gartner and Money 20/20 – Recap

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Our teams just returned from back-to-back weeks at the Gartner Symposium in Orlando and Money 20/20 in Las Vegas. Gartner focused on technology infrastructure, while Money 20/20 was around fintech and payments. Despite those challenges, we pulled out the top ten needle-moving ideas and ten smaller, exciting ideas to bring to your organization.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

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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. Bob Moore, Augusta Food Bank’s executive director, says traffic was backed up for miles. Last year was earth-shattering in many ways.

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Reverse Trend

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Community banks, which will continue to face a growing number of senior customers with everyday cash needs and built-up home equity, should explore this niche lending opportunity, two community bankers providing these specialty loans suggest. who oversees 32 loan officers dedicated to providing the loans. FirstBank, which has $2.3

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GonzoBanker Awards 2017

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Seriously, sit back with a pocket flask of Pappy Van Winkle, smoke a cigar (or your combustible of choice if you live in Colorado, California, Washington, Oregon, Nevada, Main or Massachusetts) and enjoy the 2017 GonzoBanker Awards. Well, you can cross the last one off your list, because THE AWARDS ARE HERE.