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Eyes Facing Forward

Independent Banker

ICBA has planned an educational lineup of more than 60 workshops and networking sessions for next month’s Community Banking LIVE conference in New Orleans. Community banks can beat tech-based, nontraditional competitors at their own game. billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., On New Competitors. Digital Jujitsu.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. Since the fourth quarter, 2012, we have expanded to serve the small business community by offering loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration as well as the U.S. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Kim, the executives and the boards of both organizations who put rivalry aside to gain scale in the new world of banking where differentiation matters and community can be more than geography. Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Is it in the water? see [link] ).

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Kim, the executives and the boards of both organizations who put rivalry aside to gain scale in the new world of banking where differentiation matters and community can be more than geography. Maybe a regulator was out sick or on maternity leave, but this is one crawling bureaucratic nightmare. Is it in the water?

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators when dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 Two of the speakers at the hearing — Colorado Rep.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight in Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

That’s because it marked the first hearing dedicated to a proposed bill in Congress that would offer financial institutions protections against federal regulators if dealing with legal cannabis operations. In 2018, consumers in Colorado bought some $1.55 billion worth of legal cannabis products.

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