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7 ways community banks can boost profitability

Independent Banker

Reiling adds that bank leadership needs to be bold enough to try things out and possibly fail, which is why Sunrise Banks implemented the 90-day check-in. A bank needs a team with diverse perspectives and unique abilities—technology, sales, lending and leadership—that is willing to work together at a heightened pace, he notes. “You

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. One just completed her CPA exam, passed a mortgage underwriter training program and ran the Chicago Marathon. “We

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

million gets the vaunted consumer lender a much-prized bank charter, low-cost deposits to juice current earnings, and a business lending capability to drive future growth. Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. We salute a legend of lending and credit union leadership. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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MBA Tech 2017: Blockchain, APIs and Robots, Oh My!

William Mills

This year’s National Technology in Mortgage Banking Conference & Expo took place March 26-29 at the Hyatt Regency in Chicago. She discussed the future of leadership with findings from the book Women Lead: Career Perspectives from Workplace Leaders. which became a recurring theme at MBA Tech.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Financial institutions went from having no PPP lending program at all to funding their first loan in 90 days – and this with literally last-minute regulatory guidance. The Experience Award Goes to BCU , Chicago. BCU has worked tenaciously to create a near-lights-out lending process with its consumer originations.

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Stripe Teardown: How The $35B Payments Company Plans To Supercharge Online Retail

CB Insights

Leadership and board members. Business lending and corporate cards. Braintree , a Chicago-based payment infrastructure company founded in 2007, aimed to replace the traditional model where merchants used different providers for a payment gateway and a merchant account. Company Leadership & Board Members.

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Gonzo Goes to BAI Retail Delivery 2014: Sweet Home Chicago?

Gonzobanker

So, isn’t retail delivery about consumer lending? Where’s the creativity and product leadership, folks? Man, we need some vision and leadership here. Where is the digital engagement energy? And, there was not a single vendor of any sort showing even the beginnings of an approach/solution for social media. Online delivery?

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