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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

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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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

Jim Gowen, Merchants & Planters Bank. Central Region Award Recipient. Merchants & Planters Bank. Bank assets: $250 million. Its staff had about 40 people, many of its procedures were manual, and its competition was stiff with about five community banks as head-to-head rivals. In Arkansas, Jim S.

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An Unexpected Turn

Independent Banker

Early Air Force service prepared the way for community banking in California. After six months at a training base in Texas, my first assignment was to Ching Chuan Kang Air Base in Taiwan, which was a base operated jointly by the United States and the Republic of China. military personnel in the region. By Stephen M.