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Facebook CMO Leaving To Focus On Promoting Diversity In Tech

PYMNTS

It is a time for reckoning for our nation and industry, and it is time for me to play a more active part in accelerating change. I know the company and its leadership agree on the centrality of this important task. “In leaving Facebook, I am nothing but grateful,” he wrote.

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Bankers: Are We Accountable?

Jeff For Banks

Banking is an industry that is particularly susceptible to external forces such as interest rates, business and consumer confidence, and the economy (both local and national). It reminds me of Louisiana Senator Russell Long''s quip in the 1950''s. I don''t think I''ll be invited back. But I digress.

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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Fortunately for Red River Bank, loan demand is picking up in Louisiana as cities stabilize from the pandemic and businesses reopen. Blake Chatelain, president and CEO of $2.9 billion-asset Red River Bank in Alexandria, La. Plus, continued economic uncertainty has caused many borrowers to be cautious in their growth plans.”.