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Keeping On-Campus Credit Unions Competitive

PYMNTS

Cybersecurity is more important than ever for credit unions (CUs), but keeping up with compliance and the latest best practices can be a challenge. In another recent partnership, Canadian lending technology developer CU Direct joined with Georgia United Credit Union. Rollick Inc. , Find the full feature story in the Tracker.

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Lexicon Bank: A bank that shows its hand

Independent Banker

Stacy Watkins (left), president and CEO, and Hilary Nelson (right), senior vice president and director of operations and compliance, at the Las Vegas Strip. While Lexicon Bank doesn’t offer consumer or mortgage lending, it does do small business lending, which suits its market. Tom Groenfeldt is a writer in Wisconsin.

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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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Trying No-Go Mortgages

Independent Banker

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending. Still holding back.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

Here, we highlight some of last year’s most successful loan producers in the areas of agriculture, commercial and consumer/mortgage lending. The score combines the average of the bank’s percentile rank for lending concentration and for loan growth over the past year in each lending category. By Ed Avis. Methodology. AGRICULTURE.