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St. Louis Colleagues Rank Perficient a Top Workplace in 2020

Perficient

Colleagues now engage in philathropic and social activites through technology like video calls, Microsoft Teams , and social media. This year, Perficient has been named as one of the 2020 Best and Brightest Companies to Work for In Chicago , 2020 Top Workplace in Minnesota, and a 2020 Top Workplace in Atlanta.

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The ICBA 22/23 executive committee is all in

Independent Banker

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. and CEO and chairman, Minnesota Lakes Bank, Delano, Minn.

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Amazon’s Great Infrastructure Expansion Rolls On — Now With A New Logistics IT Center

PYMNTS

The logistics IT center is slated for downtown Minneapolis and will reportedly create 100 new technology focused full-time positions. Amazon is already a large-scale employe in Minnesota, with hundreds presently employed and about 1,000 more currently being hired to staff the firm’s new Shakopee, Minnesota fulfillment center.

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The effect of nonbanks in the mortgage space

Independent Banker

Josh Prejean (right) of Bank of Zachary, here with mortgage client David Rozas, says community banks must compete through customer service. We look at how community banks can counter nonbanks’ offerings through streamlined technology, customer service and other strategies. By Beth Mattson-Teig. trillion this year and $2.72

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The benefits of micro-lending programs

Independent Banker

These community banks are working to fix that through microlending programs. Now, some community banks are launching microlending programs to redress the balance. That realization sparked the idea at Summit Bank to create a microloan program that would target underserved groups in its communities. By Beth Mattson-Teig.

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Back to school

Independent Banker

are getting a behind-the-scenes look at the world of community banking thanks to an innovative partnership between Blue Ridge Bank and Trust Co. The $762 million-asset community bank’s involvement started in 2018 when Blue Ridge Bank president Bill Esry happened to sit next to the ISD superintendent at a local rotary club meeting.

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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.