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Six Smart Steps

Independent Banker

A community bank’s practical guide to compliance cost control. When it comes to reducing compliance costs, recommendations typically fall into complicated territory. Few community banks have the luxury of ripping and replacing their entire compliance management strategy, leaving many executives on the hunt for practical tips.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

So, when the community bank’s leadership learned of a fintech that needed a bank partner to launch a credit-building tech product, they were intrigued. Bank of Wisconsin Dells. Wisconsin Dells. One of the missions of Lead Bank in Lee’s Summit, Mo., Lee’s Summit, Mo. Asset size: $738 million. Consumer lender score: 96.6.