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How to keep good employees

Independent Banker

From left: Heather Kelley, Jan Button-Minton, Andrew Pyles and Ro Byrd of Eclipse Bank in Louisville, Ky., of adults have left a job to get away from a manager as a way to improve their overall life. Source: Gallup, “State of the American Manager” report. create a team-centric focus as part of the bank’s company culture.

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Why Panera Does Its Own Delivery

PYMNTS

Current CEO Blaine Hurst was the prime mover behind Panera’s first large-scale delivery test in Louisville, Kentucky, four years ago. The problems were myriad: Operational complexities were much bigger than anticipated, and finding a stable of qualified delivery drivers ended up being tough. It will either work, or it won’t work.

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Retail Pulse: FAO Schwarz To Open New Flagship; Amazon Expands Grocery Delivery

PYMNTS

And Starbucks has a new investor : Pershing Square Capital Management, the activist hedge fund controlled by activist investor William Ackman, now has about a 1.1 Sources have also said that Lampert has asked AlixPartners, Lazard and lawyers at Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP for advice. percent stake in Starbucks.

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Uber Of X: Truxx Is The Uber Of Moving

PYMNTS

From coordinating friends to help out to borrowing multiple vehicles, there are a multitude of moving parts that need to be managed. When one of these variables falls out of place, the whole operation can be out of whack. Also, launch Truxx in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Louisville. PYMNTS: What are Truxx’s 2017 goals?

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Regulation and Compliance: Ready for Review

Independent Banker

As David Barr, spokesperson for the FDIC, points out, “a vast majority of community banks remain well-rated and exhibit satisfactory corporate governance programs and compliance management systems.”. increased operational risks. We expect our examiners to challenge imprudent risk-management practices as warranted,” Barr says.

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Efficiency now: 8 smart strategy tips

Independent Banker

Before 2022, says Thomas Grottke, managing director at Crowe LLP, “a lot of factors were going right. Andrew Pyles, president and CEO of $350 million-asset Eclipse Bank in Louisville, Ky., Jeff Reynolds, managing director at Darling Consulting Group in Newburyport, Mass., Pyles notes that while Louisville, Ky.-based

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CFPB announces new appointments to advisory groups

CFPB Monitor

DeBery, Senior Vice President, Internal Audit and Risk Management, Bath Savings Institution, Bath, Maine. O’Connor, Senior Vice President, Lending and Operations, Community America Credit Union, Shawnee Mission, Kan. Spradlin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Park Community Credit Union, Louisville, Ky. Kathleen J.

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