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Community Bank History: Peoples National Bank, Hallstead, Pennsylvania

Jeff For Banks

Community banks tout themselves as better than national and regional banks because of how close they are to their communities. But this opinion ignores the generations of history many banks across our great land have built. When the bank opened in 1905, Hallstead was already a thriving community.

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These Are Your Most Profitable Cash Management Clients

South State Correspondent

Here, a tool like IBIS World comes in handy for setting bank strategy as you can look up any of the below industries to see their geographical dispersion. National and regional banks control 70% of the cash management market, yet most cash management customers choose their bank because of service.

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How Can Banks Thrive in the Next Five Years?

Jeff For Banks

Indeed, since the banking laws that were spawned from the Great Depression, banking has been stable, reliable, and boring. I know, my first job in banking in 1985 at Northeastern Bank of Pennsylvania was making microfiche. First Internet Bank in Indiana was founded in 1998. I'm bullish on community banking.

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Farmers National in Ohio will enter Pennsylvania with $105 million deal

American Banker

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2019 Edition

Jeff For Banks

It is the Mountlake Terrace, Washington holding company for 1st Security Bank, a $1.7 billion in assets community bank with 22 branches that encircle the Seattle Sound. Here's another bank that I'm happy to see on the list. It is the $888 million holding company for Plumas Bank. (NASDAQ: FSBW) FS Bancorp, Inc.

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Lead Like Lincoln

Jeff For Banks

Historically low interest rates and the recent poor economy highlighted the importance of leadership in community banking. At the consecration of the most storied battlefield in our nation''s history, Everett delivered a long-forgotten two-hour oration. In my opinion, he demonstrated three critical qualities of leadership.

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Bank Associations Take Lead Energizing Next-Gen Bankers

American Banker

Groups in North Carolina, Pennsylvania and elsewhere are stepping up efforts to create programs and conferences dedicated to younger bankers, including millennials.