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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; In our annual workplace survey, employees of ICBA’s best community banks to work for told us they benefit from engaging cultures, opportunities for advancement and innovative benefits. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”. He always refers to us as his coworkers.

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Banks and CDFIs: Partnering for community impact

Abrigo

And to thrive, those customers need economically diverse and healthy communities in which to live and work. Partnering with local organizations to promote the health of those communities is often a top priority for banks. communities where capital tends to be scarce.

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How community banks can leverage payment trends

Independent Banker

Community bankers and industry experts share how to best put this data to use. billion-asset First State Community Bank in Farmington, Mo. To use data effectively, community bankers need to balance the information with what they know to be true about their customers. All data creates a competitive advantage. The results?

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Should you be doing something with reference rates?

ForwardBanker

Just a few short years ago, banking experts encouraged community banks to tie variable rate loans to LIBOR. They said the switch would help smaller banks compete with big banks, while reducing their basis risk, operational overhead, and more. The post Should you be doing something with reference rates?

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Brad M. Bolton: Compliance as a focal point

Independent Banker

Our senior leadership team took that to heart, and it stuck with us, creating an environment in which compliance plays a significant role in everything from our strategic direction to our daily operations. Managing compliance is a role that community bankers take more seriously than any other segment of the financial services industry.

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What #Banking Trend Will Have the Greatest Impact on Your Bank?

Jeff For Banks

Shadow Banking refers to banking-like operations that take place outside of the mainstream banking industry. Although shadow banking mostly serves larger corporations, think money market funds buying commercial paper, bankers fear the trend will continue going downstream to more traditional community bank customers.

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How community banks are leading the way with innovation

NCR

Community banks are an integral part of the US banking system. In the US, a community bank is typically defined as one with assets of less than $1 billion – and for many people a local credit union or community bank is often the first choice when opting for a financial services provider. Why does all this matter?