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Which loan types are fueling bank growth?

Abrigo

Which areas of lending and what banks are driving the expansion? A recent issue of Banking Insights , published by the Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis, revealed the answers by analyzing call reports of all U.S. commercial banks. As of the third quarter of 2014, the total value of portfolios was $7.4

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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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