article thumbnail

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. What great resignation?

article thumbnail

Southern Bancorp is building wealth for everyone

Independent Banker

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Photo by Dero Sanford.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

The banks serving active duty personnel

Independent Banker

Under Larry Wilson’s leadership, First Arkansas Bank and Trust’s branch on the Little Rock Air Force Base was named the 2020 Air Force Bank of the Year. Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S.

Arkansas 168
article thumbnail

10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

It also examines how community banks are different than other types of financial institutions, along with strategies for optimal operations. It is a living-room-chat style podcast with other credit union executives, consultants, and business owners from Colorado and elsewhere around the world.

Community 195
article thumbnail

FirstBank’s Reuter Appointed Chairman of ABA’s American Bankers Council

ABA Community Banking

ABA today announced that Colorado banker Jim Reuter will chair its American Bankers Council—the banker-driven peer group for midsize bank chief executives—for the 2020-21 membership year. The post FirstBank’s Reuter Appointed Chairman of ABA’s American Bankers Council appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

article thumbnail

Six Smart Steps

Independent Banker

A community bank’s practical guide to compliance cost control. Few community banks have the luxury of ripping and replacing their entire compliance management strategy, leaving many executives on the hunt for practical tips. Arguably, compliance costs are one of the fastest noninterest expense costs for a community bank.

article thumbnail

Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

Miami 70