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Agricultural Alert!

Independent Banker

million farms and the community banks that lend to them each growing season, Scanlan points out. In a surprise move, congressional leadership sought to reduce the crop insurance program by $3 billion at the end of 2015 to offset other spending initiatives. A total of 300 million acres are covered by crop insurance. Ongoing concerns.

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Temenos to Acquire Kony: So What?

Gonzobanker

The digital banking market continues a long burn—this time like the smoke of a Texas summer barbecue. market expansion. market has been a hard row to hoe for Temenos. market – already well established internationally from the aforementioned growth. So now you can lose those European loafers and wear these [cowboy boots].”

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Nurturing New Businesses

Independent Banker

Of course, community banks are the primary economic engines behind small businesses on Main Street America, funding more than 60 percent of all small-business lending. Some startups may be the brainchild of an engineers with a feature-rich product, but with no idea how to market it or even if a market exists for their gee-whiz product.

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Banking's Top 5 Total Return to Shareholders: 2021 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 than those that make those investments. MCBS, with a market cap of $705 million, and LTM revenues (net interest income plus fee income) of $125.5

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The 2018 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

PNC made a Gonzo move with a national digital expansion in 2018 with the unique idea of building a small number of branches in target metro markets like Kansas City and Dallas. Goes to the always-sharp Mitch Feiger and the team at MB Financial for the bank’s sale to Fifth Third at a 24% premium to market price in May.

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The Mother List of All Banking Books

Jeff For Banks

The Panic of 1907: Lessons Learned from the Market's Perfect Storm 2009 Lowell L. The Chandlers of Kansas: A Banking Family 1983 Jesse H. Bonadio Bonadio, Felice A. Bruner Bruner, Robert F. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L. Bankrupt: Restoring the Health and Profitability of Our Banking System 1991 Lowell L. Bryan Bryan, Lowell L.

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