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Back to school

Independent Banker

ISD graduate Cailyn Cordell became a teller at Blue Ridge Bank after completing the new business course. Blue Ridge Bank uses one of its new branch locations as an innovative, hands-on classroom for local high school students. They have teamed up to offer a course that teaches students about banking and personal finance.

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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. This is a mindset shift for communities. Entrepreneurs are the ones who will transform the community.”. It’s not about, ‘small business needs help.’

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Temenos to Acquire Kony: So What?

Gonzobanker

While the Commerce implementation is still in progress, signings of Varo Bank and PayPal followed as well as the 2018 acquisition of high-end origination provider Avoka. This group is known to be pretty adaptive and innovative, so prepare to test the agile skills. To its credit, Temenos U.S.