Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. Coldwater, Ohio. By Molly Bennett. Covington, Ind.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. The better prepared, the less likely they are to run afoul of the continually shifting regulations. Benjamin Franklin famously said that “by failing to prepare, you are preparing to fail.”

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Here are the key areas of D&I policies and practices that community banks may need if these requirements change or become mandatory. How does your bank’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) compliance program compare with the regulatory standards for D&I policies and practices? By Mary Thorson-Wright. Legislative updates.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

The Peoples Bank Co. Coldwater, Ohio. While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. Hartings required down payments for the bank’s home mortgage borrowers. By Kelly Pike. Employees: 80.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Mark Vis, a real estate and commercial loan officer with First State Bank Southwest, a $250 million-asset community bank in Worthington, Minn., This ups the ante for banks courting certain business owners, particularly those managing startup companies. Morton, a senior lender at the $120 million-asset community bank.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc. of Ocala, Florida on the bank''s sale to Heritage Financial Group, Inc. ." - Loralee Hutchinson, President of Alarion Financial Services, Inc. Our combination.

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