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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2023 Edition

Jeff For Banks

I chose five years because banks that focus on year over year returns tend to cut strategic investments come budget time, which hurts their market position, earnings power, and future relevance more than those that make those investments. NasdaqGS: FCNC.A) First Citizens Bank was founded in North Carolina in 1898 as the Bank of Smithfield.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

When it became apparent that the Small Business Administration (SBA) would be providing loans to businesses to ease the sting of the pandemic, Cross River Bank employees urged leadership to embrace the program, Goldfeder says. Location: Fresno, Calif. The average PPP loan it provided was just $27,000. Ed Avis is a writer in Illinois.