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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

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. and CEO and chairman, Minnesota Lakes Bank, Delano, Minn.

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Community Banks and Our Retirement Problem

Jeff For Banks

It called for the establishment of USA Retirement Funds to re-establish pension funds as part of the three-legged stool of social security, pension, and personal savings. The employee can save all of the needed savings tax deferred. The US Government already shares with Social Security. that reads. The only other sharing (i.e.

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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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Advocacy at the Grassroots: Data, Debit and Docs

Independent Banker

In Texas, data security, debit card surcharges and compensation for records searches become legislative issues. Some of the most pressing issues this year involved data security breaches, patent trolls, debit card surcharges and reimbursements for litigation records search requests. Data security breaches. By Steve Scurlock.

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Happy Returns

Independent Banker

Investment principles of top bank portfolio managers. Community bank institutional investment portfolio managers have been put through their paces the past several years. Yet that is exactly what many community banks have accomplished. Greg Steverson, Ledyard National Bank. By Karen Epper Hoffman.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

They have seemed fairly nervous about their large balance sheet, so in September, 2017, they announced that they would allow bonds to mature or pay off in October- by $4 billion in Agency mortgage backed securities and $6 billion in Treasuries, for a total of $10 billion. Fiscal Policy We are not seeing activity from Washington DC.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

It was a prescient move for Hartings and the $450 million-asset community bank, which comfortably weathered the downturn even though residential mortgages are its biggest business line—but not everyone appreciated Hartings’ common-sense approach at the time. Large Community Bank Council, member. Membership-Marketing.

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