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Rebeca Romero Rainey: The future is bright

Independent Banker

reaches out to its diverse customer base with free seminars that have covered topics such as economic conditions, cybersecurity and residential construction trends. came up with an innovative lending solution to help its customers rebuild their homes after wildfires devastated their community. Quantum National Bank in Suwanee, Ga.,

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Education: By Popular Demand

Independent Banker

It teaches bankers how to develop a compliance program, meet lending compliance requirements, and comply with deposit and marketing regulations. Community Banker University offers educational opportunities through live, in-person seminars and webinars, publications, audio conferences, self-study programs and videos. Lead FWD Summit.

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Traditional Banks v. Alternative Lenders: How Goliath Can Beat David

Banking 2020

The rapid emergence of crowdfunding, alternative lending, and peer-to-peer transactions strongly indicates that small businesses are shifting away from the traditional banking environment. For instance, they could offer light advisory services or seminars to business owners who have working capital lines of credit.

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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. Successful entrepreneurial communities have mentoring and coaching programs and regular business workshops and seminars that support business startups.

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ICBA’s 2021 National Community Bank Service Award winners

Independent Banker

The KSB Lends a Hand program took anniversary funds totaling $20,000 and distributed them to more than 100 local organizations. “We Among its digital innovations is an extensive library of application programming interfaces (APIs) that runs its customer platform and allows the bank to originate and service loans on online lending platforms.