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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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Simon Properties Earnings Show Positive Trends For Brick-And-Mortar Retail

PYMNTS

We continue to improve our company through innovative investment opportunities, which, when combined with our A-rated balance sheet, sets us apart and allows us to redefine the future.”. We have withstood fires in Northern California, hurricanes in Louisiana and elsewhere and civil unrest. We have withstood government shutdowns.

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in

Independent Banker

Everything feeds into the customer experience, and that ability to meet and exceed customer expectations is what distinguishes us as community bankers. Because it’s more than a saying; it’s a rallying cry for community bankers. A community banker is on a journey with their customer, through the ups and downs of life.

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A Roadie For Everyone

PYMNTS

She did note, however, that one does have to mentally adjust a bit to letting someone who goes by the name “Big Sam from Louisiana” take your stuff and go someplace with it, but Big Sam had performed his task admirably. He further noted, “I love the way we take care of the community. We’re honestly built on neighborliness.”

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Technology and Fun Merge at Perficient’s Lafayette Delivery Center

Perficient

Meet Some of Our Perficient Colleagues from Lafayette, Louisiana. The community is a good one. We also always have opportunities to give back to the Lafayette community, such as our Food Drive to help support a local food bank during the COVID19 pandemic.” — Sara Roberts , Associate Technical Consultant. They don’t micromanage.

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Sizzle Or Fizzle: Facebook, Online Lending, Cash – And The Twilio Surge

PYMNTS

This week it was Minnesota, and then yesterday Walmart really got warmed up and announced the expansion of their new payments service in: Michigan, Virginia, the Carolinas, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Louisiana, Missouri, Mississippi and Washington, D.C.

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We analyzed 7 of the fastest-growing personal finance apps of all time to figure out the secrets to their success — here’s what we learned

CB Insights

Allowing users to “cut” by referring other users was an innovative idea, and it worked. Much of Mint’s early success can be tied to a very simple product innovation. Louisiana — #6 in Credit Karma searches. The more people you refer, the faster you move up. Mississippi — #1 in Credit Karma searches.

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