Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

This Community Banking Month, I invite you to try something new to spread your story. Share a new development, community project or initiative. As community bankers, we know relationships matter. Consider Watermark Bank in Oklahoma City, Okla., It’s about taking that next step to communicate how we engage.

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Abrigo

AUGUST 26, 2019

The community bank model is built around customer service, but for many bank and credit union customers, the definition of “good service” has been changing over the last couple of decades. Alison Trapp, Abrigo’s Director of Client Education, will moderate the discussion.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

The Peoples Bank helped the Jones family of Legacy Dairy in Hiseville, Ky., From left, Ally Jones; bank chairman, president and CEO Terry L. Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. The bank provides crop insurance to farmers in 11 states.

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American Banker

AUGUST 10, 2023

Citizens Bank of Edmond in Oklahoma, in conjunction with the digital-banking platform Narmi, recently launched an account-opening process that occurs completely online. The project, completed in less than three months, could be a model for community banks that want to innovate but fear being a low priority for vendors.

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American Banker

AUGUST 4, 2021

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Jeff For Banks

NOVEMBER 4, 2017

One of my favorites is the affinity brand Red Neck Bank , a division of All America Bank. All America Bank is a traditional community bank located near Oklahoma City, and has been around since the 1960's. And yes, they recently switched names from Bank of the Witchitas. But did they have to?

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Abrigo

AUGUST 3, 2017

For perspective, a mere 4 banks have opened since 2011, and two of those were in 2017 alone: both International Bank of Commerce of Oklahoma City, OK, and Blue Gate Bank of Costa Mesa, CA, opened in January 2017. For bankers considering starting a new bank, some of the hurdles you can expect include: 1.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

He’s vice president and IT director of Oklahoma City’s Quail Creek Bank, whose new suite of mobile services—called Linq—includes a mobile app, Apple Pay and an Apple Watch app. By connecting to the Apple Watch in October, the $580 million-asset community bank became the first in Oklahoma to let customers carry their bank on their arm.

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PYMNTS

APRIL 23, 2020

Below, PYMNTS rounds up the latest solutions that FinTechs and lenders are developing to ease the PPP lending process for SMBs and FIs alike, with many initiatives focused on enabling regional and community banks to maintain a competitive edge against the biggest banks. Citizens Bank Of Edmond. LendingTree.

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American Banker

APRIL 30, 2020

Tinker Federal Credit Union's deal for Prime Bank in Edmond, Okla., is set to close later this year.

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BankInovation

JULY 20, 2022

Real-time payments platform Pidgin and community bank services provider Bankers’ Bank are partnering to simplify and streamline payment processes.

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Jack Henry

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

In the last 60 days, I had several conversations with bank executives in Minneapolis, Oklahoma City, Fresno and Atlanta on that very topic. We discussed the challenge of transitioning some of the bank’s credit analysts into commercial lending roles. lenders loan growth commercial lending'

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Abrigo

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The “new normal” has also impacted the banking industry internally, too. For Jill Hudson, VP, Operations Officer at Vision Bank Vision Bank, it was important to learn strategies regarding supporting a strong company culture during this time. Planning for new technology and innovations.

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Abrigo

MARCH 24, 2021

Growing loans, earnings are banks' top challenges in 2021. The top banking challenges in 2021 are growing loans and earnings, according to Independent Banker’s recent 2021 Community Bank CEO Outlook survey. Chairman and Co-CEO of First Oklahoma Bank, in a recent interview with TulsaWorld.com. “Or

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ABA Community Banking

APRIL 1, 2025

Among the deals announced were proposed bank acquisitions in Oklahoma and Tennessee and the merger of two Massachusetts mutuals. The post Bank mergers announced in multiple states appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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ABA Community Banking

MARCH 23, 2018

Necessity propelled Jill Castilla to shape Oklahoma bank into a modern community bank Management Duties CSuite Community Banking.

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CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2020

Last week, the CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its advisory committees: Consumer Advisory Board (CAB), Community Bank Advisory Council (CBAC), Credit Union Advisory Council (CUAC), and Academic Research Council (ARC). Tim Welsh, Vice Chairman Consumer and Business Banking, U.S. Bank (Minneapolis, MN).

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Jeff For Banks

MARCH 29, 2014

These services are provided through a variety of delivery systems including automated teller machines, private banking, telephone banking and Internet banking. We believe we can effectively compete as a community bank in our market area and the niche markets we serve. We focus our marketing efforts in three areas.

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American Banker

MARCH 11, 2016

MidFirst Bank in Oklahoma City has agreed to buy 1st Century Bancshares in Los Angeles.

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Independent Banker

JULY 2, 2022

In 2019, the community bank was a partial sponsor of the $2.25 In return, the facility was renamed First National Bank Field, according to Jerry Glidewell, Fort Smith Boys & Girls Club executive director. It’s evidence that, like the Boys & Girls Club, Fort Smith’s community legacy is alive and well.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 14, 2014

When Community Bank of Bergen County unveiled its online mortgage hub this summer, the bank put “ease of use” at the top of its goals for the site, says President and CEO Peter Michelotti. “I Sam Vallandingham, president and CEO of The First State Bank in Barboursville, W.Va., Hubs of Opportunity. By Elizabeth Judd.

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American Banker

MARCH 28, 2025

BMO hired former CEO of Citi Private Bank Hal Behzadi to accelerate the bank's growth strategy in California; Pennsylvania's Linkbancorp received regulatory approval to sell its New Jersey operations to a credit union; Dream First Bank announced plans to gain branches throughout Oklahoma; and more in this week's banking news roundup.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

Coping just fine, community banks in energy-producing regions manage the oil-price plunge. Yet community bankers serving the oil industry say they’ve been expecting a drop in the notoriously cyclical price of crude. Pat Hickman, chairman and CEO of Happy State Bank, a $2.6 By Howard Schneider. New energy regions adapt.

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Gonzobanker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

A: Citizens Bank of Edmond regularly hosts a local music festival. While the Oklahoma bank secured an impressive 3,000 attendees for the first one, the events are really bumping these days. B: Coastal Community Bank launched Coastal World , a virtual world designed to market the Everett, Wash.,

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American Banker

AUGUST 29, 2023

DOJ cites American Bank of Oklahoma's lending record, as well as racially inflammatory emails it claims bank employees forwarded, in support of its redlining claims.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 18, 2023

American Bank of Oklahoma agreed to a consent order in August to settle allegations from the Department of Justice over redlining. However, the institution strenuously objected to references to the Tulsa Race Massacre in the agreement and asked that the language be stricken.

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American Banker

MARCH 30, 2016

Former Oklahoma governor and American Bankers Association chief Frank Keating has been named a director of BancFirst in Oklahoma City.

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American Banker

MAY 5, 2016

Midland Financial in Oklahoma City has hired a former Wells Fargo executive to run its finance unit.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 28, 2016

Gary "Litefoot" Davis, a member of the Cherokee Nation in Oklahoma and a music and on-screen personality, was named executive director of the Native American Financial Services Association.

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American Banker

APRIL 27, 2016

Some banks in Texas and Oklahoma are likely to start scouting acquisitions in states such as Colorado and California so that their fortunes are not so tied to the energy sector.

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American Banker

JUNE 9, 2016

The clock is ticking to amend Dodd-Frank Act regulations before consumers in rural communities run out of borrowing options, community bankers from Kansas and Oklahoma told a House panel on Thursday.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2016

But how to account for the flight of customers, prospective employees and economic opportunities from rural areas is perhaps the biggest challenge facing community lenders and policymakers, warns a longtime Oklahoma banker.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 18, 2020

A collaboration between the two industries to help voters cast absentee ballots has been approved to continue through the general election.

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Gonzobanker

DECEMBER 19, 2017

THE BANKING AWARDS. GonzoBanker of the Year – The Gonzo team would like to salute the career of David Rainbolt of BancFirst in Oklahoma. Rainbolt has quietly built a community bank in the past 20 years that is closing in on $2 billion of market cap. When labor markets tighten, we turn to immigration.

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Banking Exchange

DECEMBER 8, 2019

President Trump invited three representatives from small businesses to speak to him about their concerns Compliance Management Compliance/Regulatory Community Banking Consumer Compliance Compliance The Economy Feature Feature3.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

While the legal status of banking cannabis-related businesses remains fuzzy at the federal level, community banks in some states are finding that, with proper controls, they’re able to enter this niche market and offer banking services to these local businesses. billion-asset Cogent Bank in Orlando, Fla.,

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