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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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

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We’ll invest another $50 million in partnership with public health agencies to reach underserved communities with vaccine-related content and information.”. shows that disproportionately affected populations — especially people of color and those in rural communities — aren’t getting access to the vaccine at the same rates as other groups.”.

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Internal Memo: Simon To Reopen 49 Malls In May

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The properties in Texas, Indiana, Alaska, Missouri, Georgia, Mississippi, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Arkansas and Tennessee will not be limited to curbside-pickup reopening like the ones happening in Texas, the report said. Simon is also encouraging retailers to use technology, such as Apple Pay, for contactless transactions.

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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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Uber Of X: The Speed Stable, Motorcycles On-Demand

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With more than 100 users locked and loaded, the Mississippi-based company recently sped over to one of the largest motorcycle events — Barber Vintage Festival in Birmingham, Alabama — with more than 70,000 attendees, many of them learning (and getting excited) about The Speed Stable. My passion is also technology.

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Major Medium of Exchange

Independent Banker

Debit and credit cards, direct deposits, paper checks, online and mobile bill payments and other technologies have changed the role of cash in our economy. We still have a high demand for cash,” says Tylynn Theis, vice president of Harvest Bank, a $130 million-asset community bank in Kimball, Minn. By Ed Avis.