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2016 Innovators to Watch: 26 to 30

Bank Innovation

CEO of a $250-million community bank in suburban Oklahoma City, Castilla is something of a sensation in the banking community, and with good reason. Jill Castilla, CEO, Citizens Bank of Edmond Chances are you’ve seen Jill Castilla on Twitter. (Or Or YouTube. Or at a banking conference.)

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Rebeca Romero Rainey: Stories worth telling

Independent Banker

This Community Banking Month, I invite you to try something new to spread your story. Share a new development, community project or initiative. As community bankers, we know relationships matter. Consider Watermark Bank in Oklahoma City, Okla., It’s about taking that next step to communicate how we engage.

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MidFirst in Oklahoma City to Buy 1st Century in Los Angeles

American Banker

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City has agreed to buy 1st Century Bancshares in Los Angeles.

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Schmidlap Bank, A Division of Community Bank

Jeff For Banks

All America Bank is a traditional community bank located near Oklahoma City, and has been around since the 1960's. It's strategy, however, is to build brands that resonate closer to the communities where they operate. More success stories of the divisional approach are cropping up in our industry. But did they have to?

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Young Lenders and the Groundhog Syndrome

Jack Henry

In the last 60 days, I had several conversations with bank executives in Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Fresno and Atlanta on that very topic. As in most community banks, there simply isn’t much training and development infrastructure to accomplish this effectively. lenders loan growth commercial lending'

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Are de novos making a comback?

Abrigo

For perspective, a mere 4 banks have opened since 2011, and two of those were in 2017 alone: both International Bank of Commerce of Oklahoma City, OK, and Blue Gate Bank of Costa Mesa, CA, opened in January 2017. For bankers considering starting a new bank, some of the hurdles you can expect include: 1.

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CFPB announces advisory committee members

CFPB Monitor

Last week, the CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its advisory committees: Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and Academic Research Council (ARC). Community Bank Advisory Council . Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman Consumer and Business Banking, U.S.

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