Independent Banker

AUGUST 27, 2015

Most banks today are struggling with the reality of shrinking net interest margins due to increased competition for fewer quality loan opportunities. Most community banks do not offer trust services due to the significant barriers to entry into this particular financial service line. But what about trust services?

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Communities First Financial Corporation (OTCQX: CFST) Communities First Financial Corporation is the bank holding company for Fresno First Bank , which opened in December 2005 dedicated to meeting the banking needs of businesses, professionals, and successful individuals in Central California. Triumph Bancorp, Inc.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

ICBA has planned an educational lineup of more than 60 workshops and networking sessions for next month’s Community Banking LIVE conference in New Orleans. Community banks can beat tech-based, nontraditional competitors at their own game. billion-asset community bank in Winter Haven, Fla., Digital Jujitsu.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 31, 2019

is set to see its first new community bank in decades, as the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) lent its approval for MOXY Bank to launch in Washington, D.C. With clearance to move forward with its plans, the community banking landscape will see its first new industry player in years.

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PYMNTS

JANUARY 29, 2018

The global financial crisis in 2008 was, in many ways, a catalyst to this innovation, especially in the area of small business (SMB) finance, as banks pulled their services away from SMBs and FinTechs stepped in to offer another option. despite a flurry of concerns over regulations, economic development and more.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

"Our combined financial institution will offer a wider array of products and services while continuing our long-standing personal commitment to our customers and community." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc.

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American Banker

AUGUST 19, 2022

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

When another lender left the $103 million-asset community bank, Harms picked up her client load for months without complaint and then trained the new replacement staffer. And even as new regulations make the mortgage environment increasingly challenging, he just smiles, adapts quickly and gets back to business.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

As voters in California, Florida and nine other states decide whether to legalize marijuana, the results may force Congress to resolve differences between federal and state laws that have paralyzed much of the banking industry.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

One word can summarize this action-packed banking year, GonzoBankers – tiring. Heavy-handed regulators. THE BANKING AWARDS. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. GonzoBanker of the Year – Large Banks. FinTech threats and distractions.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 10, 2011

(Nasdaq: OZRK) of Little Rock, Arkansas Over a 100-year banking history, Bank of the Ozarks expanded from its headquarters in Little Rock, Arkansas, to more than 100 locations throughout the Southeast and is consistently ranked among the top performing banks in America (see chart). How did they grow so quickly?

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American Banker

JUNE 15, 2016

Stonegate Bank in Florida has introduced a credit card that its customers can use in Cuba. billion-asset bank, in Pompano Beach becomes first U.S. bank to make credit cards available for use in the Caribbean island nation. In doing so, the $2.5

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 26, 2015

A New Accounting Twist—ICBA’s accounting expert James Kendrick tells community banks to closely watch for the Financial Accounting Standards Board’s pending new standards for recognizing credit losses, much earlier than currently required. Under the FASB plan, banks would instead take a hit the moment they make a loan.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Financial institutions that relied on mortgage banking fee income as a key earnings component have been left to make big adjustments. As if that wasn’t enough, regulators took a sledgehammer to debit fee income with Reg II changes that will begin reducing card-not-present interchange fees starting in July 2023. Bravo April!

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 13, 2022

Instantly, the cash flow for those businesses that many community banks lent to is impacted. That is a significant change in risk for a material part of a large community bank’s balance sheet. That means banks would have to analyze all post-event mitigating factors to ensure that they could execute in less than 60 days.

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