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Community banks are thriving in Texas

Independent Banker

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists?

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

Abrigo

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time? The result?

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Growing your firm’s advisory services: Financial management

Abrigo

The transition from compliance to consulting makes sense: tax season is just that, a “season,” and nearly 60 percent of respondents to a Sageworks survey indicated they saw an increase in total revenue by adding financial services to their accounting practice.

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The case for end-to-end digital lending

Independent Banker

“I’m not sure how we would have processed all of the PPP loans and everything else in the last 18 months without some of the technology that we have implemented,” says Chris Jundt, senior vice president and chief lending officer at First State Bank & Trust. Northpointe Bank in Grand Rapids, Mich., Cashing in on efficiencies.

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Branch Talk

Jeff For Banks

With all of our hubris about how great community banking is compared to national banks, we are not winning market share from them. All comments are my own, as his firm is a broker-dealer which would require a monumental amount of compliance review and disclosures. Such as having a real estate taxes savings account.

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E-Signature Approval

Independent Banker

She’s chief operating officer and vice president of the mortgage company, a division of Private Bank of Buckhead, in Atlanta. Webster says 75 percent of Private Bank’s borrowers select the electronic signature option after its loan officers explain the process to them. “We By Howard Schneider. Legal aspects.