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How ‘old school personal banking’ helped turn Optus Bank around

American Banker

From 2010 to 2018 the South Carolina bank was on the FDIC's problem bank list, but in the last two years it has been profitable. Dominik Mjartan, the bank's president and CEO, explains how technology upgrades and relationship building helped it get back on track.

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Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: #4 Bank of the Ozarks

Jeff For Banks

During the discussion, the President of one of the bank''s most profitable divisions opined that less than $10 billion in assets was the "dead zone". But he held firm that the regulatory environment, changing customer preferences, and the pace and expense of technology were driving the market towards bigger is better.

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Banks find a cheat code to catch up on digital: Merging

American Banker

CenterState and South State are the latest regionals to announce a deal driven heavily by the need to compete with larger banks that can afford to spend more on cutting-edge technologies.