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5 New Year’s Resolutions For Any Sized Bank That You Must Get Right in 2023

South State Correspondent

In addition, they may consider focusing on these five critical areas: Improve Operating Leverage. To improve the quality of their earnings, banks need their number one focus to be on making their operations more efficient. To the extent projects improve operating leverage and the total experience, so much the better.

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Xero Partners With Gusto As Payroll Provider

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According to Gusto Chief Operations Officer Lexi Reese, “We first began our partnership with Xero five years ago and, since then, they have quickly become one of the most popular integrations on Gusto. In addition, Gusto instantly syncs payroll and financial data with Xero, as well as expense-tracking and time-tracking software. Xero has 1.4

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

Certification through ICBA and Community Banker University ensures that a pivotal community banker has the necessary knowledge and understanding in critical operational areas. The Compliance Institute, which is six days of classroom instruction, leads to the Certified Community Bank Compliance Officer certification.

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Whatever Happened To … WorldRemit, Aiming To Be The ‘WhatsApp Of Money’

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We want to be known as the WhatsApp of Money,” said Brion Nazzaro, group compliance director at WorldRemit. We’re focused on building even more partnerships with leading banks and telecoms operators around the world so that our customers can send money to their loved ones in the most convenient, relevant ways for them.”.

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Investing in Our Future

Independent Banker

Also check out ICBA’s Community Banker University, which offers state-of-the-art courses and certification programs in auditing, compliance, credit and lending, operations, security, technology and more. Our future is bright because community bankers recognize the importance of investing in our people.

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

Linda Feighery, Vice President and Community Reinvestment Act /Fair Lending Officer for Citywide Banks, Denver, CO. Dion Kidd Johnson, President, Chief Operating Officer and Chief Risk Officer, Western Bank, Alamogordo, NM. Cal Ratcliff, Senior Vice President, Chief Compliance Officer, Bank of North Carolina, High Point, NC.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. Rowland with Greg Bynum, president and chief operating officer. Wrentham Co-operative Bank. Marion, Ky. Asset size: $114 million. Ag lender score: 90.74. Rank in category: 18. “We