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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; One just completed her CPA exam, passed a mortgage underwriter training program and ran the Chicago Marathon. “We Grand Ridge National Bank: The premier league. Grand Ridge National Bank. Ask employees at Grand Ridge National Bank (GRNB) in Wheaton, Ill.,

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How Digital Payments Could Help Rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral

PYMNTS

After much of Chicago burned to the ground in 1871, rebuilding the city involved various fundraising and restorative strategies. One famous effort took the form of donated books sent from common people (and royalty) in the U.K. Donation Sites. Still, even with such guidance, 63 percent of charities have no digital strategies.

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Philadelphia Union's Jim Curtin is Wrong About Ted Lasso

Jeff For Banks

men's national soccer team (USMNT). Was Phil Jackson (Chicago Bulls) a great tactician, or did he make superstars play well together? Here are the traits that make Ted Lasso a case study in leadership. Ted Lasso is a fictious coach for a fictitious 2nd division English football (soccer) league. So why was the reigning U.S.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

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Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Congrats on a brave move and national recognition Jim! Lifetime Leadership Achievement Awards. Chuck Snyder, chief executive of National Cooperative Bank (NCB).

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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. Our client, Docutech , launched Solex, their eSign platform.

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2020 GonzoBanker Awards

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John Beale , longtime CIO of City National Bank. For more than 20 years, John has helped City National grow its niched commercial and private banking businesses with strategic technologies. The Experience Award Goes to BCU , Chicago. Kudos to blazing new trails that many institutions are taking on in 2020.

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Field of Dreams

Independent Banker

Tony La Russa was a professional baseball manager for 33 years, serving the Chicago White Sox, the Oakland Athletics and the St. He was unanimously inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2013. Because leadership is about putting people in a position to win, right? Louis Cardinals. Now there are so many values.