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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.

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Your Financial Institution Issued a PPP Loan – Now What?

Abrigo

Community financial institutions have worked non-stop since learning of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) to understand the details, take applications, and get loans through the SBA E-Tran system so that fellow business owners in their communities can retain or bring back workers.

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Guest Post: FInancial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

This is because the economy has been gaining momentum, however modest, from the tax cuts and deregulation. As well as the economy has been doing from the momentum of tax cuts and reduced regulation, there are always looming issues. In our local area, we are still seeing modest growth in Philadelphia and surrounding counties.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

I admire his business savvy, his wealth of knowledge about the economy and the financial markets, his ability to deal with crisis, and his dedication to making people’s lives better through JP Morgan Chase Bank community initiatives. The impact of the tax cuts has faded. I estimated that real GDP growth would be between 2.0%

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

A tightening campaign that started in December, 2015 and has totaled 2.25% has basically offset the boost from tax cuts and the tightening also succeeded in flattening the yield curve. Dorothy has been with Penn Community Bank and its predecessor since November, 2004.

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Guest Post: Financial Markets and Economic Update by Dorothy Jaworski

Jeff For Banks

The promises included tax cuts to 15% (although a much less dramatic decrease is expected), repeal and replacement of ObamaCare (stalled in the Senate), regulatory reform (some energy rules relaxed, but not much else), infrastructure spending to repair and replace our crumbling structures, roads, airports, electrical grids, etc.

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Banking's Top 5 in Total Return to Shareholders: 2017 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia. Actually, the Bank had a one-time after tax litigation settlement (from a 2002-04 event) of $6.2