Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

Under Larry Wilson’s leadership, First Arkansas Bank and Trust’s branch on the Little Rock Air Force Base was named the 2020 Air Force Bank of the Year. Community banks operate on a majority of the country’s military installations. Community banks comprise more than two-thirds of the 66 banks operating on U.S.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 30, 2021

We know that despite the frights cyberattacks bring, you continue to flourish by safeguarding the communities you serve. After all, the rapid rise in fraud during the pandemic would spook anyone and definitely keeps community bankers up at night, which is why meaningful monitoring and action continue to be necessary.

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NCR

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

The days when community banks and credit unions could stay behind the technology curve and still come out on top are long gone. Community banking has no future if leadership doesn’t wake to the new competitive reality and adapt some of their strategies and long-held biases in order to compete.

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Gonzobanker

APRIL 25, 2024

Once upon a time, First Southern Farmers, Merchants & Community Bank & Trust (or FSFMCBT, for short), a community bank in Anytown, USA, was renowned for its neighborly charm. When Calvin DoRight founded the bank in 1948, delivering exceptional customer service was his dream. No one will trust the tool!

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Independent Banker

JULY 30, 2015

An interview with Lindsay LaNore, executive vice president, Community Banker University®. Lindsay LaNore is responsible for ICBA’s new Community Banker University. She leads a team that works to identify, develop and offer courses that meet community banks’ educational needs. Community Banker University.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

But equally important is what they should be doing to keep the talented employees that they already have, both to avoid a short-term staffing crisis and to keep the pipeline of leadership full. However, community banks have a big opportunity to stand out from the crowd of potential employers.”. Malvern Bank’s personal touch.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Bank helped involve the community bank in providing funding for and access to affordable housing. Generational wealth typically starts with home ownership,” says Doug Schaeffer, Woodforest National Bank’s executive vice president and executive director, CRA.

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South State Correspondent

APRIL 19, 2023

This is one of the great mysteries of community banking. Almost every community bank touts its commitment to the relationship. Still, only some offer products that serve and are priced to build relationship value for the customer and the bank. This alone can have a material impact on retention and is inexpensive.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 30, 2022

During the pandemic, many community banks needed to change how they operated. But if they see it as a risk management tool, it’s a game changer. It can clarify roles and responsibilities, encourage timely communication and help community banks operate more efficiently. Photo by Alita/Stocksy.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. Koger Propst.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2022

Hats off to Thomas Shara at Lakeland and Tony Labozzetta of Provident for architecting the new $25 billion super-community bank in New Jersey. It’s hard to understand how Clobes has time in the day to drive her unlimited amount of leadership activities. Provident Financial Services, Inc. merges with Lakeland Bancorp.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

However, now more than ever, one may find more community bankers reaching out in this widely accessible medium as well. Patti Husic, president and CEO of Centric Bank in Harrisburg, Pa., is one community banker who’s doing it right. This year she was named to ICBA’s Top 25 Community Bank Influencers to Follow.

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American Banker

JUNE 3, 2020

David Howard's leadership of the OceanFirst digital strategy and innovation team that has developed a robo adviser, an Alexa skill and other cutting-edge tools earned him recognition as one of American Banker's digital bankers of the year.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 14, 2023

Not the financial industry’s “Troublemakers ” – those regional and community banks, credit unions and supporting fintech entrepreneurs who continue to engage customers and communities and find niches that keep the grassroots of our country’s financial system alive and kicking. We are in awe. Seriously in awe.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

Good news: The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool is still voluntary. Better news: In October, the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council completed a user-friendlier Excel version, called the FSSCC Automated Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, which the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will rule on.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

Good news: The FFIEC Cybersecurity Assessment Tool is still voluntary. Better news: In October, the Financial Services Sector Coordinating Council completed a user-friendlier Excel version, called the FSSCC Automated Cybersecurity Assessment Tool, which the Federal Financial Institutions Examination Council will rule on.

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Independent Banker

MAY 24, 2016

This leaves federal crop insurance support as a key risk-management tool. However, the farm community already is being forced to defend even this scaled-back safety net. It’s a crucial risk-management tool” for 1.7 million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

Community bank compliance professionals know three things about effective compliance management: It starts at the top. It permeates all of the policies, processes and procedures of the bank. leadership and staff understand the purpose of its BSA/AML efforts and how its reporting is used. By Mary Thorson.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio, and ICBA’s incoming chairman, held fast to his community bank’s conservative lending practices. Thoughtful action.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 17, 2021

After leading a great and vibrant organization at Andrews Federal Credit Union, Jim and his family have taken on a new adventure, and the Gonzo team is confident Jim’s ambition and transparent leadership style will be welcome in Raleigh, N.C. The Bank That Gets Fintech. Goes to Larry Mazza and the crew at MVB Bank in West Virginia.

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Jeff For Banks

SEPTEMBER 2, 2019

And the younger generation want help managing their budget, using the improved technology tools, and applying for loans. Because what I hear in community bank strategy sessions, the branch is an important if not critical portion to an enduring future. It's branch leadership that needs to earn breadwinning pay.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 3, 2016

This improves work productivity and efficiency, as well as employee satisfaction because they have the tools to be successful right at their fingertips. For more information on how an integrated CRM can benefit your institution, download our free white paper, Latest Generation CRM Helps Community Banks Recapture their Competitive Advantage.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2018

Although the customer journey mapping discipline is a great tool and something Cornerstone leverages, we can’t help but think that the most productive journey this year was Steve Perry’s return to high-pitched vocal finally belting on a new album. Bank Purchase of the Year. CVB Financial acquires Community Bank.

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Gonzobanker

JULY 28, 2015

.” Sensing that I had won yet another debate regarding banking, I eased off the gas pedal and said to my friend: “So you see, you don’t know Jack. And as I look around the industry, it’s the mega-banks and fintech startups–not the community banks and credit unions–that are doing something about it.”.

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Independent Banker

APRIL 28, 2016

Independent Banker talked with him before the Community Banking LIVE 2016 conference in March, where he spoke as a general session speaker. What’s your message to community bankers about team building? Because leadership is about putting people in a position to win, right? Now there are so many values.

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 30, 2017

Maybe I’ve spent too much time breathing re-circulated plane air, but I couldn’t help but think of President Clinton’s tagline as I read a concerning statistic in the recently released “What’s Going On in Banking” : more than half of both credit union and bank executives reported that their contact centers are not “future-ready.”

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Gonzobanker

MARCH 30, 2017

Maybe I’ve spent too much time breathing re-circulated plane air, but I couldn’t help but think of President Clinton’s tagline as I read a concerning statistic in the recently released “What’s Going On in Banking” : more than half of both credit union and bank executives reported that their contact centers are not “future-ready.”

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 20, 2019

Mark Turner, Executive Chairman of the Board, WSFS Bank – We have to give the nod to an early 2019 retirement of Turner, who had one hell of a run in 12 years at the helm of a great community and wealth bank. It was always clear how much Jones loves his credit union, his team and his community. Change Agent of the Year.

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Gonzobanker

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Big announcements like JP Morgan Chase’s to hike the pay of 22,000 workers and build 400 new branches certainly had bankers inspired to show some level of investment and even civic leadership from the tax break. Sarver grew Alliance from a small $700 million community bank acquisition to a $20 billion powerhouse in less than 15 years.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 22, 2015

To those community bankers claiming their growing Compliance departments say no to everything. Let’s see if better technology and delivery tools get the idea farther down the road this time. Community bank marketing resources. FFIEC’s Cyber Security Self-Assessment Tool. Popular Community Bank in Miami.

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Social Assurance

JANUARY 11, 2021

This new digital storefront simplifies how companies can build an eCommerce business and quickly build a digital shopfront, with access to payment tools. The larger potential disruptor for financial brands is Facebook’s payment tool, known as Facebook Pay. This is a formidable challenge for community banks.

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Social Assurance

JANUARY 11, 2021

This new digital storefront simplifies how companies can build an eCommerce business and quickly build a digital shopfront, with access to payment tools. The larger potential disruptor for financial brands is Facebook’s payment tool, known as Facebook Pay. This is a formidable challenge for community banks.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Richman and his shareholders now must decide if their $3.8

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Since Richman and about 100 other bankers from LaSalle Bank in Chicago joined PrivateBancorp nearly a decade ago, the bank has grown to an $18 billion solid niche player with $10 billion in assets under management. Hats off to a decade of strong leadership and hard work. Richman and his shareholders now must decide if their $3.8

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Insights on Business

DECEMBER 7, 2016

In the article, Mike describes huge losses for JP Morgan and the collapse of MF Global caused by IT systems and the use of inappropriate tools that may have been put in place more than 25 years ago. Once migration is done, close the old bank. The single biggest threat to banks today is imposed by those people who run them.

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Banking 2020

AUGUST 24, 2015

For community banks or credit unions who are thinking about search, what would you say is the easiest way for someone to get started with a program? A financial institution’s goals should be something that’s really going to show engagement with a product that they offer or with the bank overall. Sabrina : That makes sense.

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