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Community Bank Acquires SMB Digital Bank Seed

PYMNTS

Community financial institution (FI) Cross River Bank is acquiring Seed , a small business (SMB) digital banking company, reports in Reuters said on Monday (June 24). Seed members will be migrated to Cross River as the community bank expands with new offices in California and Oregon. reports said.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

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. Philadelphia.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. First Community Bank of the Heartland, Inc.

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Bankers: Is your strategy the same as your competitor?

Jeff For Banks

We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. Since the fourth quarter, 2012, we have expanded to serve the small business community by offering loans guaranteed by the Small Business Administration as well as the U.S. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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Millennials Not Alone in Fleeing Big Banks

NCR

So last year, the New York resident left the big bank, setting up an account with Simple, an FDIC-insured direct bank based in Portland, Oregon, where he can do all of his banking online – without any monthly fees. “I Not surprisingly, after months of getting dinged for “maintenance,” Coleman had enough.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

Inside the FDIC: Thirty Years of Bank Failures, Bailouts, and Regulatory Battles 2015 Louis D. National Bank of Oregon and U. Bye Bye Banks: The End of Community Banking as an Engine of Economic Growth 2010 Robert H. Giannini: Banker of America 1994 Richard X. Bove Bove, Richard X. Bovenzi Bovenzi, John F.

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SAFE Banking Act Gains Cannabis-Friendly Spotlight In Congressional Hearing

PYMNTS

Over the last two years, more than $500 million worth of cash deposits from the legitimate cannabis business has flowed into Maps Credit Union in Salem, Oregon. Such prohibition could involve limiting FDIC protections for those deposits, for example, or trying to prevent loans to those businesses. But that’s the exception.

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