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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

An entrepreneur with a background in accounting and finance, CEO and chairman of the board Thomas Swenson set up Montana Business Capital Corporation in 1998 with a focus on job creation and economic development lending. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”. CNB has a Leadership Advisory Committee dedicated to this mission.

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Six Smart Steps

Independent Banker

Specifically, they seek short-term tactics that will free up funds for margin-increasing activities—like hiring new lending officers, pursuing new marketing programs or purchasing new technology. Start with low-risk candidates—like branch operations or deposit operations. Improve IT vendor management.

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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.