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First Commonwealth in Pa. Hires Consumer Lending Leader

American Banker

First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa., has hired a former Regions Financial executive to lead several of its consumer lending groups.

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Why Banks Merge: Listen to the Sellers

Jeff For Banks

." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. Read: We needed greater scale to offer the products and services demanded by customers. Our combination.

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Midwest banks resist urge to loosen lending standards

American Banker

Even in the face of soft loan demand, banks in the region have held firm on terms. That should position them well for the next economic downturn.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

Neither supported this regional president''s opinion. Last post was dedicated to the #5 Bank, German American Bancorp of Jasper, Indiana (see post here ). The rest of this post goes to our number 4 bank: #4: Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. I will review my top five in descending order.

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FI Highlight: S&T Bank

NCR

April kicked off Financial Literacy Month so we recently talked with Becky Stapleton, senior executive vice president and chief banking officer at S&T Bank, to learn about the various initiatives they host in order to promote financial literacy in their local community. Is there anything else you would like to add?

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Finovate Debuts: Onovative’s CoreIQ Brings Automated Marketing Technology to Banks

Fintech Labs Insights

CoreIQ is a marketing automation system developed by Onovative that speeds onboarding and broadens cross-selling opportunities for community banks and credit unions. Headquartered in Jeffersonville, Indiana. “We bring data from all their systems and keep it behind their firewall. ” Stats. Founded in June 2013.