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15 Twitter accounts every bank executive should follow

Abrigo

Sageworks (which is also on Twitter at @Sageworks ) has identified 15 must-follow Twitter accounts for banking professionals. 1) @davidpoconnell – David O'Connell is a former commercial lender and a senior analyst at Aite Group, where he covers commercial banks and their use of analytics. Learn more here.

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Operation Choke Point 2.0

Jeff For Banks

Imagine the community bank that is experienced in lending to fuel oil businesses in or near its markets because it's comfortable using trucks, tanks, and oil inventory as collateral. Let bankers determine if lending to this industry or that is risky. Because we are going after "climate related businesses."

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Powering-Up Tools: Your Membership Resources

Independent Banker

An award-winning, monthly magazine that provides in-depth industry news, including member profiles, lending and technology trends, and expert insights. Community Bank Career Center. The ICBA Community Bank Career Center is the community banking industry’s resource for online employment connections.

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Customer to Community Banker

Independent Banker

With vigor and a strong commitment to service, Ron Paul leads a rapidly growing community bank in Maryland. Bank assets: $5 billion. Ronald Paul first encountered community banking as a real estate developer in the early 1980s. He became an enthusiastic advocate of relationship-based banking. Bethesda, Md.

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My Fantasy Banking Team

Jeff For Banks

The Owner/Chairman Criteria: I looked to Bank Director Magazine's annual scorecard for my pick. Building a low-cost core deposit base is arguably the most difficult task in banking, and it creates significant value to the publicly traded bank because it is difficult to replicate. Chief Retail Officer. The wide receiver.

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Bank Be Nimble, Bank Be Quick

American Banker

How Eastern Bank pulled off something few community banks have: launching a digital lending product that the 197-year-old mutual dreamed up in its innovation lab.

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Stand Up. Step Up. Speak Up

Independent Banker

That dynamic provides a unique opportunity for individual community bankers to tell their stories to their federal lawmakers, which has always been a vital part of getting ICBA’s pro-community banking legislative agenda enacted. As an example, “If X goes into effect, it would decrease my mortgage lending by X percent.”.