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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

Jeff For Banks

Indeed, since the banking laws that were spawned from the Great Depression, banking has been stable, reliable, and boring. I know, my first job in banking in 1985 at Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania was making microfiche. First Internet Bank in Indiana was founded in 1998. I'm bullish on community banking.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2018 Edition

Jeff For Banks

is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon. The Bank operates five full service offices. And they were recently named as one of Forbe's top in-state banks, which uses customer experience metrics rather than straight financials. Oregon Bancorp, Inc.

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Bankers: Here's What We Do

Jeff For Banks

I work for The Kafafian Group, a community bank consulting firm based in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. Many of my readers might not know what my firm does, so I want to dedicate this post to the problems we help community bankers solve.

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The 2023 GonzoBanker Awards

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Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

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Sale of the Year – Scott Custer, Terry Earley and the gang at Yadkin Bank for their successful sale to FNB Pennsylvania and the creation of a new regional power in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. The FinTech Partner Best Practice Award – Goes to Cambridge Savings Bank and SigFig for their digital investment platform partnership.

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THE 16TH ANNUAL GONZOBANKER AWARDS

Gonzobanker

Sale of the Year – Scott Custer, Terry Earley and the gang at Yadkin Bank for their successful sale to FNB Pennsylvania and the creation of a new regional power in the Mid-Atlantic and Southern states. A Gonzo community bank being a leader and not a fast follower – that’s pretty cool! Check it out on YouTube.

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