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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Stories worth telling

Independent Banker

This Community Banking Month, I invite you to try something new to spread your story. Share a new development, community project or initiative. As community bankers, we know relationships matter. I’m headed to Memphis to meet with our state and regional partners, and then I’ll be engaging with the team at CRA Partners.

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Tri-State Bank of Memphis Hires First Tennessee Veteran as CEO

American Banker

Tri-State Bank of Memphis in Tennessee has hired Christine Munson, formerly of First Tennessee Bank, as its chief executive.

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Jim Reber: March sanity

Independent Banker

What this has to do with community bank investment management may not be readily apparent. Belly of the curve matters to community banks. First, the average duration of a community bank bond portfolio is more than four years right now. In fact, the tone is about to improve. There are really two reasons.

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Sawyers & Jacobs Bank Tech Summit 2019: How Accelerators and Incubators May Hurt or Help Your Bank

William Mills

WMA president Scott Mills spoke at the Sawyers & Jacobs 2019 Bank Tech Summit in Memphis, Tennessee about how fintech accelerators and incubators can be of service to community financial institutions.

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Jim Reber: Collateral advantage

Independent Banker

By Jim Reber, ICBA Securities As many community bankers are still picking up the pieces from their bond portfolio’s meltdown last year, it occurs to me that the breathtaking rise in rates has created at least one byproduct that is both unusual in frequency and tangibly beneficial for future performance. One is that they are loan surrogates.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers take the high road

Independent Banker

Regulators have issued a proposed rule to reduce capital levels for global systemically important bank holding companies and their federally insured subsidiaries. I’ll be traveling to Memphis to visit Vining Sparks and CRA Partners. Where I’ll be this month. I’ll also be speaking at the Tennessee Bankers Association convention.

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Jim Reber: Floating rate assets are back

Independent Banker

ICBA Securities and its exclusive broker Stifel Financial will go on hiatus from its Community Banking Matters series for several months but will resume our schedule in the fall. The 2022 Balance Sheet Academy will be held in Memphis, Tenn., Look for announcements in this space beginning in September.

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