Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Across the world, people are using super apps to send messages, purchase tickets and, of course, bank online. What are they, and how can community banks stay on top of this trend? Community bank considerations. So, what does this intersection of regulation and technology competition mean for community banks?

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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.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

Experts say community banks can use education, biometrics and solid cybersecurity practices to fight this growing area of crime. Say a scammer calls a community bank customer and gains their trust by using information obtained from a major data breach. By Elizabeth Judd. Examples of remote authentication fraud.

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ABA Community Banking

APRIL 26, 2020

With the SBA’s Paycheck Protection Program set to re-opening for applications tomorrow, a Maryland bank CEO this weekend recounted his bank’s experience getting up and running during the early days of the program. The post Maryland Bank CEO Reflects on First Round of PPP Applications appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

“For Ron, giving back to the community is part of the essence of who he is. With vigor and a strong commitment to service, Ron Paul leads a rapidly growing community bank in Maryland. Ronald Paul first encountered community banking as a real estate developer in the early 1980s. Laurence Bensinger, EagleBank.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2022

So how do social payments fit in community banks’ long-term future? In fact, a 2020 NerdWallet survey found that 68% of consumers have maintained a balance in their mobile payment app, and on average, those who use them have allowed up to $287 to accrue before they transfer it to their bank. DJ Seeterlin, Chesapeake Bank.

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Banking Exchange

JULY 24, 2019

Maryland bank enables next-level communication at nine branches Technology Feature3 Feature Customers Branch Technology/ATMs Tech Management Community Banking.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

An event at EMS in June brought together (L–R) Clear Mountain Bank president/CEO Dave Thomas, ICBA president Rebeca Romero Rainey, FHLBank Pittsburgh president/CEO Winthrop Watson, and Tim Critchfield, EMS owner/president. Name: Clear Mountain Bank. In 2021, the bank was named West Virginia Community Lender of the Year.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

The payments space can be dizzying for even the most enterprising community bank. Banking-as-a-service (BaaS). Central bank digital currency (CBDC). The financial services industry is acting on this digital demand, incorporating fintech solutions, instant payments offerings and crypto banking products.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2022

The FedNow Service is launching in early 2023, giving community banks about a year to plan. Here’s how community bankers, payments experts and fintech vendors suggest using the time to prepare. With less than a year until the scheduled launch of the FedNow Service, community banks are still awaiting updates on specifics. “And

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American Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2023

The acquisition would deepen Orrstown's presence in its home state and Maryland. Codorus Valley Bancorp in recent years had faced pressure from an activist investor to consider selling.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2021

Here’s what community banks need to know about these products and how they can take advantage of this model. BNPL: The community bank play. Those drawbacks present opportunities for community banks to emphasize their roles as trusted financial partners. Colleen Morriso n is a writer in Maryland.

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American Banker

JULY 17, 2023

Scully, who founded and then eventually sold Howard Bank, will help the Rockville, Maryland-based Capital expand its footprint in the Washington, D.C., metro area.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 15, 2022

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Faced with several transitional issues, here’s how these community banks gained support from their new providers to adapt to the change. Two years before changing core processors, Asian Bank began conducting weekly meetings to brainstorm attributes its dream core provider would possess. When Del Norte Bank in Del Norte, Colo.,

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American Banker

JULY 27, 2023

Like many of its peers, the bank is grappling with higher deposit costs and net interest margin pressure.

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American Banker

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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American Banker

JUNE 18, 2020

Delmarva Bancshares, which was on the brink of failure during the financial crisis, will be sold to BV Financial for $54 million.

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American Banker

AUGUST 4, 2016

said that its insurance unit bought The Advantage Group, which offers personal, business and life insurance to clients in Maryland, northern Virginia and Washington. Sandy Spring Bancorp in Olney, Md.,

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Quail Creek Bank develops its own Apple Watch app. Many of your community bank’s customers are using smartphones, and most smartphone users with bank accounts are using mobile banking. Community banks must improve their customers’ mobile banking experience to remain competitive with national banks.”.

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American Banker

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

is planning to enter Maryland with its agreement to buy New Windsor Bancorp in Taneytown, Md. in Gettysburg, Pa.,

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American Banker

AUGUST 17, 2022

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

Driver Management, a bank investor, alleges that First United in Maryland made false claims and improperly lobbied lawmakers to keep its nominees off the board. The bank asserts that it acted properly in response to an attempted hostile takeover.

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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

AUGUST 26, 2015

At some community banks, budgeting for technology has become a more important focus over the past several years. If the project is something that can make a bank more profitable in the short term or long term, the bank should make the purchase, whether it was budgeted for or not. State Bank and Trust Co.

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American Banker

MARCH 3, 2021

The company would gain its first branches around Annapolis after it buys Severn in a deal valued at $146 million.

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American Banker

JANUARY 9, 2023

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When Community Bank of Bergen County unveiled its online mortgage hub this summer, the bank put “ease of use” at the top of its goals for the site, says President and CEO Peter Michelotti. “I Sam Vallandingham, president and CEO of The First State Bank in Barboursville, W.Va., Hubs of Opportunity. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 7, 2015

Me to a community banker: Why don't you offer more options than real estate secured lending to help fund early stage businesses? Banker: Because that's not community banking. I've been in this business over 20 years and still don't know the definition of community banking. In other words, be a General Bank.

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American Banker

MARCH 6, 2020

The company will pay $25 million in cash for Carroll Bancorp in a deal between Baltimore-area banks.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

The Internet of Things, also known as the Industrial Internet, is where networked smart devices communicate to powerfully automate a multitude of complex tasks for both consumers and businesses, potentially including community banks. Michael Blankenheim is a freelance writer in Maryland. in Stamford, Conn.,

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

The combination has helped make him the star lender at Farmers & Merchants Bank, a $120 million-asset community bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. With a flat local economy, “98 percent of our business comes from happy customers,” says Shon Myers, the bank’s president and CEO. Clinton Morton, Famers & Merchants Bank.

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American Banker

AUGUST 5, 2020

Delmar Bancorp will lose its regionally associated brand when it becomes Partners Bank.

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American Banker

APRIL 19, 2021

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American Banker

DECEMBER 30, 2019

Susan Riel succeeded Ronald Paul as CEO of the Maryland bank shortly before questions surfaced about credit quality and lending practices.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

Will community bankers be playing with ‘gamification’ soon? He points out that because gamification is a way to get users to return to an activity, it could prove particularly attractive for community banks, which tend to take a lead role in financial education and forging strong customer relationships. By Elizabeth Judd.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 13, 2014

Once upon a time, community banks were more than happy to leave the chore of choosing technical devices and running networks to their chief technology officers. One increasingly prominent way for community bank chief information officers to help formulate strategy is to collaborate more closely with marketing heads and with others.

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