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Predicting Community Bank Cost of Funds

South State Correspondent

Community bank cost of funds is jumping up. As shown in the graph below, the net interest margin (NIM) for community banks declined 22bps in Q1’23. The question is – what will happen to community bank’s cost of funds from here? The graph below shows community bank cost of funds compared to those banks over $25B.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Staying the course

Independent Banker

When I transitioned from a community bank CEO to ICBA president and CEO, my team gave me a beautiful handmade card with notes and best wishes. Over the past year, community banks have had a crash course in this philosophy. Despite it all, community bankers remained committed to the path ahead. Rebeca Romero Rainey.

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How The Corporate Card Recharted Its Adoption Course

PYMNTS

For buyers, of course, there is the added capital float and opportunity to enhance spend visibility and control. “So far, we’re seeing what seems to be, from our vantage point, a pretty collaborative effort on the parts of most stakeholders to get payments made,” Leavitt added. A Recharted Future.

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John V. Anderson: 75 years in community banking

Independent Banker

Anderson celebrates 75 years in community banking this year. And when that life takes in the Great Depression, World War II and 75 years in community banking, the challenge becomes more acute. Anderson’s life in community banking and elsewhere. Since then, the community bank’s growth has been steady. By Molly Bennett.

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Marketing-Led Post-COVID-19 Growth Strategies

Businesses are laying off workers, shutting their doors (some permanently), and struggling to react to the radical destruction that coronavirus (COVID-19) is doing to our society and communities. Most have already sustained massive damage, and we still have yet to see the scope of this global pandemic.

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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.;

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Tighten up your community bank’s security

Independent Banker

The pandemic forced industries to accelerate their adoption of digital applications, and community banking was no exception. And as banking processes increasingly moved online, community bankers needed to fortify their online defenses against fraud and cybercrime. In August, ICBA hosted the Bank Security Institute. Tiffany Lukk.