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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

Communities First Financial Corporation (Now FFB Bancorp) (OTCQX: FFBB) #2. The bank was founded in 1907 and has operated continuously since 1908 with branches in Durham, Raleigh, Charlotte, Greensboro, and Winston-Salem. It is a Minority Depository Institution (MDI) and is one of only a few North Carolina banks designated by the U.S.

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CEO Roundtable: Ideas for a successful 2023

Independent Banker

We recently spoke with community bank CEOs from across the country to gain insights on how they’re proactively positioning to manage risks and take advantage of growth opportunities in the coming year. Following some respite in 2022, community bankers are bracing for a tougher economic landscape ahead in 2023. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Job Description: EVP of Distribution and Service Excellence

Jeff For Banks

I first wrote of such a position based on an idea posed by a student in my class at the North Carolina School of Banking. I envision the person occupying this role to be a savvy marketer with strong IT skills, as well as senior leadership abilities. Participate in community events and represent the FI within the community.

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

Jeff For Banks

Bank of the Ozarks began in 1903 as a small community bank in Jasper, Arkansas, and by 1937, included an additional bank in Ozark, Arkansas. Since that time, the company has grown to more than 100 locations throughout Arkansas, Texas, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Alabama and Florida.

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Google Pledges $150 Million To Aid COVID-19 Vaccination Campaign

PYMNTS

We’ll invest another $50 million in partnership with public health agencies to reach underserved communities with vaccine-related content and information.”. The blog post said these would include the CDC Foundation and the Morehouse School of Medicine’s Satcher Health Leadership Institute. Early data in the U.S.

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New CEO At The Helm Of Winn-Dixie, Harveys Growth Plans

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It operates in 11 countries and territories. Now, the protégé plans to carry on his mentor’s work as a member of Southeastern Grocers’ senior leadership team. “We’re looking at the demographics around our stores and deciding which format works best in those communities,” Hucker told the Tampa Bay Times.

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