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What Goes Up …

Independent Banker

Coping just fine, community banks in energy-producing regions manage the oil-price plunge. New energy regions adapt. But North Dakota is a newcomer to the oil-producing world. Hydraulic fracturing by drillers has sent the region on an oil-producing frenzy since 2007. By Howard Schneider.

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Coronavirus surge in Upper Midwest has bankers on edge

American Banker

The region now leads the nation in virus cases, and with winter lurking the fear is that the outbreak will only get worse.

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A Deep Dive into the Distribution of the FICO Score Across the US

FICO

Another theory is that people’s exposure to their credit reports and FICO® Scores, like seeing their updated FICO® Score on their monthly credit card statements, may have increased awareness and resulted in more prudent management of their personal finances. For this blog, we evaluated 33 MSAs. population unless noted otherwise.

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Banking's Total Return Top 5: 2016 Edition

Jeff For Banks

billion in asset company headquartered in West Virginia, providing community banking services primarily in the Eastern Panhandle and South Central regions of the state, and the Northern and Shenandoah Valley regions of Virginia. (Nasdaq: SMMF) Summit Financial Group, Inc. Summit also operates an insurance subsidiary.

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The 2022 GonzoBanker Awards

Gonzobanker

There’s nothing more Gonzo than a CEO who simply bleeds the soul of front-line relationship managers, and Brager could write a bestselling book on this topic. As Quontic co-founder George Lazaridis so aptly put it, “Steve was a charismatic leader who inspired progress, got results – and managed to have fun along the way.”

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