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2016 IB Social Media Leaders

Independent Banker

Independent Banker ® magazine recognizes three community banks who have conducted creative, engaging and impactful social media campaigns. This year’s panel of judges evaluated social media campaigns submitted from several community banks across the country before selecting those that received final recognition.

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Penchants for the Personal

Independent Banker

A young entrepreneur prefers relationship community banking. With whatever time he has had left over, he runs his own regional business magazine. In general, Meadows believes community banks can play an important role in helping young businesspeople. By William Atkinson. He’s an entrepreneurial prodigy.

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Powering-Up Tools: Your Membership Resources

Independent Banker

An interview with Paul McGuire, ICBA’s executive vice president, national solutions group. These institutions are comprised of Subchapter C corporations, Subchapter S corporations, mutual banks, savings banks and closely held family banks. Community Bank Career Center. Community Bank Locator.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Don't take my word for it, follow him at his website, Maxfield On Banks. Or read him in Bank Director magazine. A Primer on Money, Banking, and Gold 2008 Cordelia Frances Biddle Biddle, Cordelia Frances Biddle, Jackson, and a Nation in Turmoil: The Infamous Bank War 2021 Alan S. I bet he read them all.

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Time to Refresh Your Bank's Board

American Banker

Directors today are expected to perform many duties that, even a decade ago, weren't part of the job, from overseeing cybersecurity and the bank's culture to setting online and mobile strategy. Yet the composition of many bank boards hasn't changed all that much.

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Why Midsize Banks Rule Right Now

American Banker

Large enough to meet the needs of most customers yet small enough to escape some of the Dodd-Frank Act's most onerous compliance expenses, banks with assets of $2 billion to $10 billion are more profitable, as a group, than their smaller and larger counterparts, according to an analysis by Capital Performance Group.

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Beware the 'Cargo Cult' of Performance Targets

American Banker

Is your bank effectively mitigating the risk of 'managing to metrics'? The phony-account scandal at Wells Fargo illustrates how sales quotas can incent bad behavior. Or could it be in danger of becoming a 'cargo cult'?