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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. Our leadership consistently articulates and demonstrates a commitment to being a great place to work.”.

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10 Top Banking Podcasts You Should be Listening to

Abrigo

Other podcasts might be internationally based and of little interest to community financial institutions or credit unions based in the U.S. Main Street Banking: A Podcast for Community Bankers 8. It also examines how community banks are different than other types of financial institutions, along with strategies for optimal operations.

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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. Better serving its communities.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Ag lending in the South: Relationships matter.

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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. Complicated or not, one thing is certain: Community banks can’t afford to skimp on their compliance efforts.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2021 Edition

Jeff For Banks

The bank was founded in 2006 and operates 19 full-service branch locations in multi-ethnic communities in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, New York, New Jersey, Texas and Virginia. What is unique is, after reviewing the management team and board, there are people of Korean, Malaysian, Indian, and Chinese descent in leadership positions.

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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.

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