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Community Bankers to Washington: Let’s Work Together To Get the Job Done

Finer Points

Last week’s ICBA Washington Policy Summit showed once again that community bankers are not only willing to go the extra mile—they’re even grateful for the privilege.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; 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. Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.;

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Square Capital Distributed 76K PPP Loans Totaling $820M

PYMNTS

Square Capital LLC processed more than $820 million in Small Business Administration (SBA) Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) forgivable loans in six weeks, the firm reported. Last year, Square Capital did $2.3 Of that number, 60 percent of the borrowers had never before received a loan through Square Capital.

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Starbucks Launches $100 Million Fund To Support SMBs

PYMNTS

The aim of the Starbucks Community Resilience Fund is to support SMBs in areas “with historically limited access to capital,” the release said, to promote racial equality and environmental resilience. Access to capital is especially important amid worries of a second lockdown. Starbucks announced on Tuesday (Jan.

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Veteran community banker Mary Ann Scully to join Capital Bank's board

American Banker

Scully, who founded and then eventually sold Howard Bank, will help the Rockville, Maryland-based Capital expand its footprint in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

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Washington Watch

Independent Banker

While Washington often moves at a glacial pace, it recently came to life to enact reforms benefiting bank and thrift holding companies. These reforms—one enacted by Congress, another by regulators—are designed to improve access to capital and to even reporting requirements for community bank and thrift holding companies.