Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; CNB Bank, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb. Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana. What great resignation?

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Community Bank Community Montana Leadership 169

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Southern Bancorp partners with other community banks to increase loan accessibility and financial literacy to low-income customers. As CEO of Southern Bancorp, Darrin Williams wants to promote relationships between community banks and CDFIs to create more prosperous communities. Photo by Dero Sanford.

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Community Bank Community Leadership Arkansas 172

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Oftentimes conversations with prospective core providers will only be between the bank and the vendor’s sales representative. Make sure your team meets the team working behind-the-scenes, from the leadership team to the support managers. Generally, off-the-shelf core solutions won’t work for every bank. Read the story here. .

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Management eBook Community Meeting 103

Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Ken Finley, president of Johnson City Bank, in downtown Johnson City with Shannon Sultemeier, executive vice president (left); and Brenda Haynes, vice president/cashier (right). Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Photo by Dennis Burnett. By Mindy Charski.

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Texas San Antonio Community Bank Community 182

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Bank Merger of the Year. Some interesting finalists would be: M&T and People’s United Old National and First Midwest Webster and Sterling Columbia Bank and Umpqua. Huntington and TCF merge to create the $170 billion Midwest dynamo and vault them into one of the top 10 banks in the country. The Bank That Gets Fintech.

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Fintech Strategy Leadership Lending 147

South State Correspondent

APRIL 15, 2024

As usual, it was full of insight that every community banker should consider. Our focus is on information that pertains to the community banking industry. Lesson 2: Leadership Matters Jamie Dimon cites military decision making referring to the term OODA loop (observe, orient, decide, act) that we have written about HERE.

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Community Community Bank Leadership America 195

Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

Community bank marketing resources. With market opportunity heating up and big bank and big credit union competitors hitting hard, too many community banks lack marketing resources … or they have 2X more spending in sponsorships than the campaigns, analytics and digital sales improvements that actually bring in new business.

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Community Bank Apple Community Technology 60