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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; CNB Bank, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb. 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. Tom Swenson, Bank of Montana.

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Growing a mortgage portfolio: Encourage borrowers to bank local

Abrigo

With mortgage rates down in the US , many homebuyers are looking locally to their community banks to finance their new, potentially life-changing purchase. In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending.

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Another 44 Banks And Credit Unions Sign Onto Apple Pay

PYMNTS

City State Bank. Comenity Capital Bank. Commercial Bank. Indiana State University Credit Union. Indiana State University Credit Union. Jersey Shore State Bank. Luzerne Bank. Mabrey Bank. Meadows Bank. Pendleton Community Bank. Peoples Bank (OH).

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

Jeff For Banks

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments. Total return includes two components: capital appreciation and dividends. First Capital, Inc.

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First Internet in Indiana Seeking $25M Raise from Stock Offering

American Banker

disclosed in a regulatory filing that it is looking to raise $25 million capital through a stock offering. First Internet Bancorp in Fishers, Ind.,

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. ." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. Our combination.

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CFPB: Are They Coming to Get You?

Jeff For Banks

A bank trade association CEO asked me a couple of questions while he was researching an op-ed piece. Shouldn't the CFPB work to address the impediments to starting a bank in LMI markets rather than punish community banks who scrambled to serve their customers when the economy shut down? The edited Q&A is below.