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Best Community Banks to Work For 2022

Independent Banker

Swenson’s goal has been to create a team of individuals who can manage themselves but also function well together. Once we’ve been here for 10 years, we are awarded a three-month paid sabbatical,” says Emilie Johnston, chief operations officer. We don’t operate from a position of fear.”. Reasons to stay. Its Tampa Bay, Fla.,

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Capstone Conference

Independent Banker

Wisconsin bank uses LEAD FWD Summit as a development resource. You can feel the energy boost at Park Bank from its leadership development program. It really gives people a sense of ownership,” explains James Hegenbarth, the bank’s president and CEO of the employees who have participated in the leadership development program. “It

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Retail banking trends to look out for in 2023

Independent Banker

It has introduced a plethora of new retail banking initiatives in the past couple of years, including online account opening for anyone in the state of Wisconsin. This began with its launch of Personal Finance, a software program that helps customers budget, track spending and manage savings goals. “We One such bank is $1.7

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Six Smart Steps

Independent Banker

Few community banks have the luxury of ripping and replacing their entire compliance management strategy, leaving many executives on the hunt for practical tips. Start with low-risk candidates—like branch operations or deposit operations. Improve IT vendor management. Re-examine compliance management processes.

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

In her first semester at Southwest Minnesota State University, she majored in Computer Science and learned quite a lot about terminals, using Jedit, and also learned about gates and machine languages operating off binary numbers. Christina is always finding new ways of using her creativity to inspire others. Bright Paths Project: Plenti.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. By Ed Avis.