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Hispanic Heritage Month Spotlight: Bertha Rozier of Popular Bank

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As part of our Hispanic Heritage Month spotlight, she shares her story on her Cuban roots, her journey to corporate leadership and embracing individuality. Six years later, when Bertha was 11, they arrived in Miami and settled in Belle Grade, Florida, a small town in Palm Beach County. That is the beauty of our community and our world.

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FI Highlight: Apollo Bank

Banking 2020

Whether you’re a national or local financial institution, it’s important to make sure you have initiatives in place that help you connect with members of your local community. Apollo Bank , a locally-owned bank in the Miami area, is doing just this. What is one of your most recent community initiatives?

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. When you’re looking at key issues in the community, bring entrepreneurs to the table and ask them to solve it—because that’s who solves things,” Williamson insists.

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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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Innovation on Display: The 2017 Ford GT and FIS Connect 2017

Celent Banking

Ecoboost engine, FIS's long-term goal is to create build-once, deploy-everywhere core banking components that can be configured in various ways to support the need of a small community bank, boutique wealth manager, or a high-scale retail bank. As Ford has shown with its 3.5L

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The 2017 Ford GT and FIS Connect 2017: Innovation on Display

Celent Banking

Ecoboost engine, FIS's long-term goal is to create build-once, deploy-everywhere core banking components that can be configured in various ways to support the need of a small community bank, boutique wealth manager, or a high-scale retail bank. As Ford has shown with its 3.5L

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How the Popular Bank Associate Trainee Program sets recent graduates on a career path to success in banking

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Trainees receive close mentorship from managers and advisors, participate in leadership and community activities and initiate specific projects and solutions for different business areas of the organization. The connections you make across different teams in Popular throughout New York, Miami and Puerto Rico are very helpful.