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A Solution for Closely Held Banks

Jeff For Banks

This month, Old Fort Banking Company in Tiffin, Ohio gave us an answer. The ESOP is funded with tax-deductible contributions by the employer in the form of company stock, or in the case of the Old Fort ESOP, with cash that was used to purchase company stock. Their may be tax benefits to the selling shareholder. Krumsee herself.

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The Thinker

Independent Banker

Coldwater, Ohio. in Coldwater, Ohio, and ICBA’s incoming chairman, held fast to his community bank’s conservative lending practices. Coldwater, Ohio. FDIC Advisory Committee on Community Banking, member. Ohio Banking Commission, board member. Jack Hartings Photo by Michael Nemeth. By Kelly Pike. Employees: 80.

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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

3-yr average pre-tax ROA. First Bank of Ohio. pre-tax ROA: 3.08%. pre-tax ROA: 2.83%. pre-tax ROA: 2.68%. 3-yr average pre-tax ROA. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Molly Bennett, executive editor, Independent Banker. Less than $300 million.