South State Correspondent

AUGUST 29, 2022

Over the last 15 years, an ever greater percentage of community banks have embraced some form of interest rate hedging. However, about one in five community banks offer some form of loan-by-loan hedging products. Each has advantages and disadvantages, and the right solution may differ for each community bank.

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Perficient

JANUARY 22, 2021

Through Perficient’s kindness campaign , the philanthropy our colleagues provided touched tens of thousands of people in communities large and small. Pleasant, Michigan Community. In other words, $100 from Perficient to my small community grew to becoming $600 that will provide a meal for about 300 people!!!

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Perficient

MARCH 4, 2021

The people of Perficient are big believers in giving back to the communities in which we live and work. Louis, there is an opportunity to invest in the surrounding community that Perficient takes seriously. . See open jobs or join our talent community for career tips, job openings, company updates, and more!

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Community continuation is not about checking a regulatory box; it means putting a name to the people who will be the future of our banks. In our bank, we have retired the phrase “succession planning” and replaced it with “community continuation.” A checklist for effective community continuation. Photo by Chris Williams.

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Perficient

AUGUST 9, 2022

The financial services industry must consider its customer experience game while also grappling with a sense of distrust from many communities due to systematic barriers, maintaining utmost accessibility due to the essentiality of the business, and the lack of financial literacy across the country. Trust and Transparency. .

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ABA Community Banking

SEPTEMBER 11, 2023

The post Stressing ‘community’ in community banking appeared first on ABA Banking Journal. As CEO of First United Bank and Trust, ABA Treasurer Carissa Rodeheaver views personal relationships as the core business strength of the institution.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Inspired by the entrepreneurship of lemonade stands, Scottsdale Community Bank created a microloan program. Photo by Brandon Sullivan De novo Scottsdale Community Bank set out to provide microloans to small and mid-size businesses, family organizations and nonprofits—a project that was inspired by the humble lemonade stand.

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Perficient

JUNE 26, 2020

Sonatype recently released findings from its seventh annual DevOps Community Survey that examines the differences between mature and evolving DevOps practices, but with a new lens – how maturity levels impact developer happiness and culture. This year’s survey was comprised of 34 questions of Sonatype’s DevOps community between Jan.

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Perficient

APRIL 26, 2021

The Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) has released 15 Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) performance evaluations. Reviews, which can take weeks, assess an institution’s performance in helping to meet the credit needs of communities, including those of low or moderate income within its assessment area. Large Bank.

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Perficient

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Here are some ways insurance companies can step up for everyone in their communities (those they serve and the uninsured) in the wake of natural disasters. Community outreach.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. That love of community has defined his career.

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PYMNTS

JULY 7, 2020

For more community banks, the latter strategy can fast-track digitization initiatives. This week’s look at the latest bank-FinTech tie-ups shows Banking-as-a-Service and other FinTech players embracing smaller regional and community banks to elevate small- to medium-sized business (SMBs) and corporate banking offerings.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

As community bankers, our customers depend on us to keep their dreams alive. Thankfully, that glass-half-full attitude comes naturally for community bankers. As community bankers, our customers depend on us to keep their dreams alive. We take these actions because we are community continuators. We’re more than just banks.

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Jeff For Banks

JANUARY 26, 2023

I recently spoke to a community group, and subsequently a community bank all-staff meeting regarding the definition of a community bank. The FDIC has defined community banks in their December 2020 Community Banking Report that either exclude or include the following criteria: Seems complicated.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.;

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

Lisa Rickert and Ruth McCord, who manage branches for Nicolet National Bank, share a passion for connecting with their customers and supporting their communities.

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PYMNTS

SEPTEMBER 17, 2020

Mastercard said it will invest $500 million in Black communities across the U.S. We have an obligation … to be part of the positive change Black communities so rightly need now," said Ajay Banga , Mastercard CEO. "We over the next five years in a bid to address racial disparities in financial services. This is a time for action.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 26, 2022

Be recognized as one of community banking’s best employers. ICBA Independent Banker ‘s Best Community Banks to Work For award is your chance to show job hunters and current staff why your community bank is an unbeatable place to build a career. Please send a note to nominations@icbabanks.org. -->. Leadership.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Here’s how four community banks are thriving in this environment. Clearly, community banks in the region have plenty of opportunities to do what they do best: forge deep and lasting relationships with their customers and communities. These include family-owned businesses, community businesses and operating companies.

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ABA Community Banking

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Banks contribute to their communities and local organizations in ways that matter a lot during the pandemic. The post Putting the ‘Community’ into Community Banking appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Let’s rediscover what it means to be community bankers. Because as community bankers, it’s what we do. That just may be community bankers’ word of the year. ICBA helps community banks in many ways, but here are the three I plan to take advantage of this year: ThinkTECH Accelerator cohorts. Photo by Heather Esposito.

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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. Instead, we give those dollars to the community.”. Asset size: $1.36

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

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. Philadelphia.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Community banks own an enviable amount of data, but not all are leveraging it to its fullest extent. By Mindy Charski People share important data about themselves with their community bank in myriad ways. Data about existing customers can even help community banks improve their efforts to find new customers.

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CFPB Monitor

AUGUST 7, 2023

Texas First Bank (Texas First), Independent Bankers Association of Texas (IBAT), and Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) (collectively, Proposed Intervenors) have filed an unopposed motion seeking leave from the court to intervene in the lawsuit challenging the CFPB’s final small business lending rule (Rule). Continue Reading

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As community banks navigate this process, there are plenty of resources available to answer questions and provide guidance. Three sources of information on FedNow As community banks look to take advantage of this new opportunity, they seek resources to help them navigate the journey.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

Anderson celebrates 75 years in community banking this year. And when that life takes in the Great Depression, World War II and 75 years in community banking, the challenge becomes more acute. Anderson’s life in community banking and elsewhere. Since then, the community bank’s growth has been steady. By Molly Bennett.

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Jack Henry

JANUARY 17, 2022

For decades – maybe even centuries – an individual’s sense of community was most often based on their interactions in a particular physical location. Neighbors, schoolmates, coworkers, and even those with whom they shared a place or method of worship formed a person’s community.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Promotional merchandise, or swag, has long been regarded as a no-brainer approach to business branding, but community banks are shedding those thrifty connotations with a new, mindful approach to company gifting that imparts value and purpose while bolstering bottom lines. It helps others in the community. By Judith Sears.

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