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Rebeca Romero Rainey: The spirit of service

Independent Banker

With that two-pronged concentration, I can’t help but consider the connection between our role of service and the impact regulation can have on our very ability to serve. On the other end of the spectrum, rigidity is intrinsic to regulation. Overzealous regulation will limit a product specifically designed to protect their interests.

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New ICBA chairman Derek Williams’ commitment to community

Independent Banker

Photo by Harold Daniels Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Georgia, is bringing his passion for community banking to his term as ICBA chairman for 2023/24. Derek Williams and fellow Georgia community bankers at the 2013 ICBA Washington Policy Summit, now the Capital Summit. But the world had other plans.

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