Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Here’s how community banks can enhance their payments offerings. of banks’ revenues come from payments. Payments account for up to 30% of bank revenue, and that income stream is under attack. billion-asset Bank of Tampa in Tampa, Fla. Chris Doyle, Texas First Bank. Photo by Juan Moyano/Stocksy.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

Meanwhile, leaders at small banks recognize that their institutions play a vital role in helping community businesses and individuals not only weather uncertainty but also thrive. How can community financial institution leaders manage their challenges and seize their opportunities at the same time? The result? The result?

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Capital market access and employee ownership help fuel Veritex Community Bank’s rapid growth. After a career of nearly three decades as a banker serving various community and regional institutions in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, C. Veritex is a combination of the words “veritas,” which means truth in Latin, and “Texas.”

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2021

Working with a community bank is like being welcomed into the fold, and that’s why we choose our partners with care. But when I think about what makes this time of year special, it’s the sense of community it creates. I guess it’s no wonder that I’ve been drawn to community banking, where connectedness drives that all we do.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Location: The Woodlands, Texas. The 183-unit Melrose Trail in Austin, Texas, is one of the properties backed by Woodforest National Bank.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 23, 2016

NCR’s Business Banking Mobile is currently in beta testing at Tacoma, Washington-based Harborstone Credit Union and El Paso, Texas-based FirstLight Federal Credit Union, with general availability planned in early 2017. “We

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

To satisfy the banking needs of some commercial and high-net-worth clients, some community banks provide trust and tax strategy services. These banks report that specialized services are a way to deepen their already close customer relationships. United Community Bank in Mount Sterling, Ill., By Don Sadler.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.

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PYMNTS

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Community Bank of the Bay. Community First Credit Union (OH). Evans Bank. Federated Bank. First Bank of Boaz. First National Bank of Milaca. Grand Savings Bank. Greater Cleveland Community Credit Union. Greenleaf Wayside Bank. Hometown Community Banks. Success Bank.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Effects of the pandemic and other factors creating unpredictability have changed how community banks approach their credit and lending operations. These experts share nine tips and credit risk best practices to offer stability in an ever-changing market. John Beller, CEO of $160 million-asset Bank of Cave City in Cave City, Ark.,

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example. Key Community Bank. At the heart of Key Community Bank’s work culture is connection. Greg Dennis, Key Community Bank. “We

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American Banker

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The Amarillo bank is buying First National Bank of Tahoka, continuing the industry’s consolidation in the state.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 15, 2015

With mortgage rates down in the US , many homebuyers are looking locally to their community banks to finance their new, potentially life-changing purchase. In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Take the legal hemp and marijuana market, for example. According to the publication, the passage of SAFE won’t necessarily mean big banks will suddenly step in to service these small businesses; rather, reports said, it’s likely to result in “more community banks and credit unions deciding to serve marijuana businesses.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The pending purchase of Carlile Bancshares will lower Independent's concentration in commercial real estate, while introducing the company to fast-growing markets in Texas and Colorado.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2015

For the second year, ICBA recognizes the exceptional work of the individual employees of community banks with its. Community Banker of the Year award program. The association accepted nominations online during the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration. Scott Hansen.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

President and CEO for the $543 Million-Asset HomeTown Bank, N.A., in Galveston, Texas. IB: You were recently reelected to serve a second term on the Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas board of directors. Group 3 includes the smallest banks in the state with the majority in rural areas. Photo by Robert Seale.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2019

I’ll be heading to the Wisconsin Bankers Association annual convention and the Independent Bankers Association of Texas regional meetings. The law includes commodity price protections that will give producers and community banks greater business-planning certainty over the next five years. As a community banker in Taos, N.M.,

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Abrigo

MAY 11, 2017

Retail Retail is typically one of the larger segments within the commercial real estate portfolio for the average community bank. Along with multifamily and condominiums, the retail sector is surging in high growth areas such as the Carolinas, Florida, Texas and Nashville.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Faced with several transitional issues, here’s how these community banks gained support from their new providers to adapt to the change. Two years before changing core processors, Asian Bank began conducting weekly meetings to brainstorm attributes its dream core provider would possess. When Del Norte Bank in Del Norte, Colo.,

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2017

Despite the law’s exemption for financial institutions with $10 billion or less in assets, community bankers repeatedly told Congress that we were never going to be spared the effects of this market intrusion. First of all, consumers are not benefiting from the funding transfer to retailers. Follow Camden R.

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Long Lasting Ideas

JANUARY 5, 2015

But how do we attract a generation that communicates phone-to-phone and text to text, not face to face? Believe it or not, this is a slice of the market that in some cases has never opened the doors of a bricks-and-mortar branch bank or learned how to write a check. My son did the same with no plans to return. Read more: [link].

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Mikella Newsom (middle) successfully manages a $325 million institutional investment portfolio for City Bank in Lubbock, Texas. Jeremy Smail (right) successfully manages a $150 million institutional investment portfolio for First Option Bank in Osawatomie, Kan. Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2020

Banks and credit unions had to fundamentally change their delivery, support and relationship management models at scopes and speeds that were unheard of. And how did community banks and credit unions respond to the COVID craziness? Bank Deal of the Year PNC nabs BBVA USA – paying 1.3 Market cap in January: $19B.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2019

This deal looks good for Temenos, Kony and the banking industry clients of both firms. The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. market expansion. market has been a hard row to hoe for Temenos. It is slowly bringing its T24 core into the U.S.

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 18, 2017

I think correspondent bankers are finding their way and morphing into services that banks need. Their original purpose, as I understand it, was to use up operating, liquidity, and credit capacity in larger financial institutions to benefit nearby community banks. Call the correspondent bank. Need access to cash?

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Independent Banker

JULY 29, 2016

These in-depth and timely professional development programs are designed exclusively for community bankers and led by nationally recognized industry experts who know the issues community banks grapple with. Each certification course is designed to prepare bank professionals to handle essential tasks and responsibilities.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 27, 2015

Community National Bank & Trust of Texas. in Corsicana, Texas. IB: Along with its banking operations, Community National Bank manages about $250 million in personal and institutional assets through its trust and investment management department. Leskoven: To me, it really depends on the market.

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American Banker

MAY 12, 2021

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

The $5 billion-asset company said in a press release Thursday that due to market demand it increased the principal amount of the fixed-to-floating subordinated notes from $75 million to $100 million.

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American Banker

APRIL 27, 2016

Some banks in Texas and Oklahoma are likely to start scouting acquisitions in states such as Colorado and California so that their fortunes are not so tied to the energy sector.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 26, 2012

To be fair, Access National is headquartered in Reston, VA, one of the best banking markets in the country. Focused mission, young management team, great markets. Hingham Institution for Savings Founded in 1834, Hingham Savings'' mission is to provide the finest in community banking, with integrity and teamwork.

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ForwardBanker

MAY 23, 2019

Our Small Business Revolution – Main Street team recently finished its 2019 series of small business marketing seminars. Since 2016, the team put on more than 20 free seminars taking place in locations from Oregon and Washington state to South Carolina, Texas, and Michigan.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Adoption by community banks of the model is still likely a year or more away as lenders gradually upgrade to the new model. Wendel says many banks have narrowed their credit conditions and terms so much since the housing crisis and recession that many creditworthy borrowers are being ignored by the industry. “In

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 22, 2013

Bank of the Ozarks, Inc. #3. Texas Capital Bancshares, Inc. A summary of the banks, their strategies, and links to their website are below. #1. Especially if I believe community banks must increasingly be known for some niche to differentiate. Yet another niche bank for our Top 5. BofI Holdings, Inc. #2.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Fallout from recent global events presents an obstacle to generating revenue for community banks. Since COVID-19, profitability planning for community banks has mainly hinged on how the government was coping with the pandemic and the key role financial institutions played in keeping the economy afloat. By Elizabeth Judd.

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