Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Corey Neil.

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Jeff For Banks

JUNE 2, 2023

The early 1980s was a difficult time for the United States, as consumers faced rising prices, high unemployment, and the effects of a supply shock—an oil embargo—which caused energy prices to skyrocket. Although community banks did not lend to sub-prime borrowers in any meaningful way, did we participate?

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ZootBlog

NOVEMBER 11, 2015

There are several ways for banks to elevate their game—fintech houses, neobanks, alternative lenders, in-bank labs. There are now more than 8,000 financial technology companies in the United States with the potential to shake up traditional financial institutions. Fintech Houses. Alternative Lenders.

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Gonzobanker

JANUARY 4, 2022

Bank of America launched Balance Connect, a service that allows customers to avoid overdraft fees by automatically transferring money from another of the user’s accounts with the bank for a $12-per-transaction fee. For banks, crypto will be to 2022 what social media was to 2015. While many of the largest U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. Credit Union Merger of the Year – Goes to Lake Michigan Credit Union and its CEO Sandy Jelinski for acquiring Florida-based community bank Encore.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. Grab some popcorn and watch.

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Lex Sokolin

NOVEMBER 18, 2020

As a system, capitalism and the American legal system are quite similar. It is a grave error for a sitting President of the United States to inspire the use of violence and to break the cooperative political equilibrium. Systems matter, because they shape people. People matter, because they shape systems.

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