Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

FASB awoke wide-eyed and astonished to the liberating truth that community banks played no role in either triggering or participating in the Wall Street financial crisis. The good news is that FASB’s unfortunate remarks could lead to a desperately needed wake-up call and policy turnaround. Imagine that?

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 25, 2016

Advocacy Advocate—ICBA’s Joshua Harbursky works to assist community bankers with their industry policy engagement with lawmakers and regulators. ICBA has a great infrastructure in place and a lot of active advocates among community bankers. IB: How important is grassroots to ICBA’s policy goals?

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. And ready for the toss, President Obama says he would welcome such bipartisan legislation to sign. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks. The Time Is Now.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2015

Community bankers aren’t the only ones who think so. And ready for the toss, President Obama says he would welcome such bipartisan legislation to sign. Inside and outside Washington, most people agree the time has come to enact real, meaningful and significant regulatory relief for community banks. The Time Is Now.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

THE BANKER AWARDS. Bank Deal of the Year. With prices rational and revenue pinched, there were some nice acquisitions by many banks. Bancorp for grabbing MUFG Union Bank. Lots of tech and operations to clean up, it appears, but no solid bank is better qualified than the team from Minneapolis. Doug Larson.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

“I know that unnecessary regulation saps the strength of community banks.” Federal banking regulators are always alert to emerging safety and soundness issues. Having said that, I believe very strongly that community banks have a bright future, and they don’t need to ease or lower their standards to build market share.

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

Throughout the 84th Texas legislative session this year, the Independent Bankers Association of Texas focused on several proactive agenda items intended to address issues of importance as directed by IBAT’s legislative committee and board of directors. By Steve Scurlock. Data security breaches. Debit card surcharge enforcement.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

This year’s winners: Left: Central Valley Community Bank, People’s Choice Award; Middle: Kennebec Savings Bank, Exceptional Community Bank Service Award; Right: Cross River Bank, Emerging Service Program Award. Exceptional Community Bank Service Award. Kennebec Savings Bank.

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South State Correspondent

OCTOBER 28, 2022

This was followed by a focus on banking-as-a-service, embedded finance, open banking, Web 3.0, Many of the new banking and payment technologies have now far eclipsed traditional cores’ capabilities. Banks are just starting to realize this. Small Idea – It’s Our Kid’s Technology. That will require a new core.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

If your bank truly wants to be known for service, the very first step is to get your problem resolution process right. Ask almost any community banker, and they will tell you their value proposition around their bank revolves around service. The Need To Improve Customer Problem Resolution.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Happy New Year, fellow community bankers! This upcoming year has a lot of good in store for our industry, because ICBA continues to pursue even more successes for community banks nationwide. Examples of terrible policy ideas that ICBA has helped kill in recent years include forming a U.S.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

The housing industry, and mortgage banking revenue, came to a stop. The specifics are unclear, but bankers recognized that this will be an absolute game-changing technology in future years, and delivery will change in ways we can’t even conjure yet. Employees are back to work. Or maybe two or three days a week. We are in awe.

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FICO

MAY 6, 2020

The media has been giving banks a lot of bad press for how the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) was handled. While small businesses are scrambling to obtain emergency funding, the COVID-19 crisis has exposed some of the shortcomings of the big bank system. This is the story and timeline of a small banker’s experience with PPP loans.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 22, 2020

The House is expected to pass the measure on Thursday (April 23), with President Donald Trump signing it into law by week’s end. In less than two weeks, all of the money had been allocated to firms that had successfully submitted applications via their banking institutions – about 1.6

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Abrigo

APRIL 23, 2020

SBA still working out processes for purchases under loan guarantees, other detailed policies. My best estimate is that if he signs today, it will be available the next day,” he said. To sign up for lender notifications from the SBA, use this link. Ready, set, E-Tran. There is no queue,” he said.

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Fintech Labs Insights

SEPTEMBER 1, 2015

So pick up your ticket while you still can and join the 1,500-person gathering in Manhattan September 16 & 17. Market segments include insurance, banks, telecom, utilities, and property management. It is currently deployed at 20+ retail banks with over 500m transactions a year.

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Abrigo

JULY 23, 2021

Key Priority: Proliferation Financing Among FinCEN's first list of key priorities for AML/CFT policy is preventing proliferation financing. It is a concept that we have all heard of, however, the concept remains somewhat of a mystery in the community bank world. Would you like others articles like this in your inbox?

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