Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

Pulaski Savings Bank has been serving the diverse people of Chicago’s Bridgeport neighborhood for more than 130 years. Due to its dedication to community and loyal employees, the community bank has become a well-known pillar of the city. The community bank and its staff have long-standing, time-tested roots.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Goodfield State Bank, chartered in 1920, has decided that sticking to the basics and focusing on niche markets will provide steady asset growth and a reasonable return to our shareholders. There is no secret sauce to our community bank’s recent strong performance. By Chad Martin. Employees: 26. Founded: 1920.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Job seekers are in the driver’s seat across most industries, including community banking,” says Lindsay LaNore, group executive vice president and chief learning and experience officer for ICBA. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. Put people first.

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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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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Ted Whitehurst, Providence Bank president and CEO, led the charge to open a new brick-and-mortar location of the Raleigh, N.C., community bank during the pandemic. Providence Bank chose to open a new brick-and-mortar site during the pandemic, when many other businesses were ceasing operations or shutting down altogether.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Following their stints as interns, Malvern Bank retained the talents of (L to R) Cody Sorenson, Keegan Wederquist and Adam Konfrst, hiring them as full-time, mid-level team members. These community banks share how they have (or haven’t) altered their hiring strategies. Eclipse Bank: Reputation matters. Total employment.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

A young entrepreneur prefers relationship community banking. A dozen years ago Evan Meadows started a produce market in Odon, Ind., He was seven when he opened the produce market. In general, Meadows believes community banks can play an important role in helping young businesspeople. By William Atkinson.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

NYMBUS secured Series D financing (led by Insight Partners), partnered with Hurdlr for small business banking; with Atty Bank, Saint Louis Bank ’s legal community bank; and with Roger, Citizens Bank of Edmond ’s military niche bank. announced the acquisition of Burling Bank , also based in Illinois.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Community banks are vital providers of small-business credit because of their extensive local market knowledge and deep customer relationships. In Illinois, a loan participation plan by a community bank “insourced” jobs to the local area from overseas. By Jessica Milano. million of their $5.1

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Illinois bank launches insurance premium financing sideline. In an era of exceptional competition with tight interest margins, many community banks are attempting to tap new lines of business. Triumph Community Bank in Moline, Ill., billion-asset community bank operates. According to Aaron P.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Funds transfer (within same bank). Deciding which mobile features and functions to offer.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Certain mobile functions and features are essential to the success of a community bank’s mobile banking offerings. Newfangled mobile capabilities could help community banks stand apart from their competitors. Funds transfer (within same bank). Deciding which mobile features and functions to offer.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Big-brand megabanks, the Visa and MasterCard networks, and big-box merchants had signed up to become partners with Apple’s universal retail smartphone app that uses Near Field Communication and tokenization technologies. So where do ballyhooed mobile banking and payments developments among the biggest players leave community banks?

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

And the great news, according to “American Millennials and Banking,” a major new study commissioned by ICBA, is that Bauhs and the 80 million other people in his generational cohort are prime potential customers for community banks. This is really the moment for community banks to show that they’re a fit for millennials.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

In this feature, we’ll look at a number of ways you can continue to build trust—an especially crucial task as the pandemic continues, telecommuting persists and consumer banking practices evolve. But for most community banks, building a trustworthy brand isn’t a conscious effort. billion-asset community bank.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

Increasingly, more digitally connected consumers are saying yes to that question with their community bank. Some even assume their bank will interact with them however and whenever they want. For many community banks, telephone calls still generate the highest volumes of customer service interactions.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

imberly Anderson, senior vice president and chief administrative officer of Cañon National Bank in southern Colorado, became her community bank’s loan compliance officer in 2003. In early 2004, examiners visited her $253 million-asset bank, an experience that revealed a need—someone with a stronger compliance background.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

We still have a high demand for cash,” says Tylynn Theis, vice president of Harvest Bank, a $130 million-asset community bank in Kimball, Minn. Maybe the baby boomers and older [customers] have a little higher demand for cash, but really we see all ages still coming into the bank for cash.”.

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American Banker

APRIL 12, 2016

The $company said in a regulatory filing Monday that it has applied to list shares on the Nasdaq Global Select Market. Midland States Bancorp in Effingham, Ill., is planning to raise $120 million through an initial public offering.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 18, 2014

Open Bank (OTCQB: OPBK) Open Bank commenced operations in 2005 as First Standard Bank in the Koreatown section of Los Angeles. They are built as a relationship bank serving the Korean community in LA and surrounding areas. BNCCORP, Inc. OTCQX: BNCC) BNCCORP, Inc., share at the end of 2010.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 19, 2015

My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. Photo by Linkes Photography. By Ed Avis.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

Then Thurston First Bank stepped in. The $120 million-asset community bank made the reverse move and relocated from the outskirts of the city into a vacant building in the heart of downtown. “We We decided to be part of the revitalization of downtown,” says Jim Haley, president and CEO of Thurston First Bank.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2016

My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 12, 2017

My method was to search for the best banks based on total return to shareholders over the past five years. I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance than those that make those investments.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 14, 2022

2019 Mehrsa Baradaran Baradaran, Mehrsa The Color of Money: Black Banks and the Racial Wealth Gap 2019 Neil Barofsky Barofsky, Neil Bailout: An Inside Account of How Washington Abandoned Main Street While Rescuing Wall Street 2012 Patricia Beard Beard, Patricia Blue Blood and Mutiny: The Fight for the Soul of Morgan Stanley 2007 Ben S.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 16, 2015

From opposite political directions, Senators Shelby and Brown stand on point to greatly influence community banking’s agenda in the next Congress. The mix of contrasts and similarities of Shelby’s and Brown’s perspectives and policymaking portend an active session for community banking’s agenda in the new 114th Congress.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

These protections bring needed reform to a market where far too often, lenders have succeeded by setting up borrowers to fail,” Cordray said during a call with the media to discuss the rule. The rules also make an exemption for community banks, credit unions and any other lenders that have not made such loans a big part of their business.

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PYMNTS

OCTOBER 6, 2017

These protections bring needed reform to a market where far too often, lenders have succeeded by setting up borrowers to fail,” Cordray said during a call with the media to discuss the rule. The rules also make an exemption for community banks, credit unions and any other lenders that have not made such loans a big part of their business.

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