Independent Banker
AUGUST 31, 2022
This month’s Independent Banker focuses on budgeting issues with a special emphasis on the ICBA National Community Bank Service Awards. With that two-pronged concentration, I can’t help but consider the connection between our role of service and the impact regulation can have on our very ability to serve.
Independent Banker
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. He has served as president and CEO of $365 million-asset Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., now part of Bank of America, before moving to Griffin, Ga.,
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American Banker
AUGUST 19, 2016
The Georgia Department of Banking and Finance closed the $21.4 million-asset Woodbury Banking Company on Friday, marking this year's fourth bank failure.
American Banker
OCTOBER 26, 2020
The Paycheck Protection Program and encouraging digital innovation are top priorities for James Edwards, CEO of United Bank in Georgia. He also expects the American Bankers Association to promote diversity and regulatory reform in the next year.
American Banker
FEBRUARY 26, 2016
The former chief executive of a Georgia community bank that participated in the Troubled Asset Relief Program was sentenced to prison and fined $3.9 million for hiding the bank's past-due loans and committing other fraud.
Independent Banker
MARCH 15, 2015
IB: Moving from ministry to banking is quite a change. How did you conclude that community banking was a good move for you? IB: Has community banking been what you expected it to be? When the customer gives the teller the money, all the wheels in the bank come alive. It’s just crazy. IB: You just turned 32.
American Banker
DECEMBER 20, 2016
Ameris Bancorp in Georgia wanted to buy a premium-finance business but settled for a joint venture, blessed by its regulators, after being flagged for insufficient Bank Secrecy Act compliance.
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