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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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Use Our ERC Assist Program to Raise Deposits

South State Correspondent

The need for a known, reliable brand creates an excellent opportunity for community banks to help small business customers while building deposit balances. ERC gave eligible businesses a refundable tax credit of up to 50% of $10,000 for qualified wages paid per employee. In 2020, the U.S.

Taxes 195
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Making the Instant Payment Decision

South State Correspondent

Most banks have still not committed to RTP® or FedNow SM for their commercial customers – a bank’s most significant single profit driver. Most banks ignore instant payments or are still worried about fraud and research. 33% are still made via check that contains more than $8B of fraud per year.

Payments 221
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Here Are 15 of the Best Deposit Marketing Campaigns Ranked

South State Correspondent

Don’t Cut Your Marketing Budget Next Year There will also be a tendency to believe that because your margins will be less next year, you need to save operating expenses, which means budget cuts across the board. Maybe technology and maybe fraud, but other than that, it is hard to duplicate that success rate. Marketing can.

Marketing 195
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Bank Multiple Improvement: 33 Items Stakeholders Want to Know Now

South State Correspondent

In the last two months, the messaging points for banks have shifted from one of prosperity to one of cautious growth and optimism layered with some contingency planning. Providing a narrative around your “fortress balance sheet,” ever-more-efficient operations, and defensive vision is now critical. General Performance.

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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. Community banks and their customers don’t need to be concerned about the legality of digitally signed documents. Anti-fraud measures also are built into electronic signature systems.

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2021 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

Union has been a stalwart of the California marketplace since the ’50s, and this gives Andy Cecere and team a great expansion into the Golden State and also some nice wholesale banking business. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. You tell us.

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