American Banker

JULY 26, 2024

Ending a five-year M&A hiatus, the Wheeling, West Virginia-based company has agreed to pay $959 million in stock for Premier Financial in Defiance, Ohio.

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American Banker

AUGUST 12, 2024

The proposed startup in Columbus, Ohio, would be the third U.S. bank specifically formed to be women-owned, according to its organizers. Supporters say it's another win toward obtaining gender-equitable capital access.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

The Social Bankers, a collective of community bank marketers, offers inspiration, information and professional development advice to community bankers focused on marketing and social media. Membership is open to non-competing community bankers throughout the United States. Illustration by miakievy/iStock.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Last year, community bank loan producers were faced with both record-low interest rates and a glut of deposits. 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. American Bank, National Association.

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American Banker

JULY 12, 2023

The company said long-time chief executive Chuck Sulerzyski would retire in 2024 and be succeeded by Tyler Wilcox, Peoples' executive vice president of community banking.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 25, 2014

Anticipating what’s new for your community bank’s next field examination. This is particularly true for community banks preparing to undergo their next regulatory safety and soundness or compliance examination. As Barr points out, most community banks—close to 75 percent—are now growing their loan portfolios.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

One Community Bank’s 30-year relationship with All-Color Powder Coating is carried on by banker Steven Erickson (left) and Dan Anderson. Whether achieved by internal or external resources, community banks provide valuable support for small businesses. To achieve this, community banks use a number of strategies.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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Abrigo

AUGUST 9, 2017

First City Bank, a $60 million-asset institution in Columbus, Ohio, has been performing bottom-up stress testing on their portfolio for over six years. Learn more about stress testing methodology by downloading this guide, Actionable Stress Testing Results For Community Banks.

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Independent Banker

MARCH 15, 2015

The Peoples Bank Co. Coldwater, Ohio. While out-of-town lenders gave money to customers requiring no down payments to buy overpriced homes that they couldn’t afford, Hartings, the president and CEO of The Peoples Bank Co. Hartings required down payments for the bank’s home mortgage borrowers. By Kelly Pike. Employees: 80.

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Independent Banker

AUGUST 31, 2021

Here are the key areas of D&I policies and practices that community banks may need if these requirements change or become mandatory. How does your bank’s diversity and inclusion (D&I) compliance program compare with the regulatory standards for D&I policies and practices? By Mary Thorson-Wright. Legislative updates.

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American Banker

AUGUST 4, 2020

First Bank of Central Ohio would be based near Columbus, where another group opened a bank last year.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 13, 2015

As community bankers, supporting local small business is second nature for generations and will continue to work for generations to come. Even though we as community bankers support small businesses every day of the year, the holidays provide us with a unique opportunity to put small businesses and our communities front and center.

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Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

As community bankers, supporting local small business is second nature for generations and will continue to work for generations to come. Even though we as community bankers support small businesses every day of the year, the holidays provide us with a unique opportunity to put small businesses and our communities front and center.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 29, 2014

an advanced data management company in Akron, Ohio, that periodically studies how companies’ emails are read. Patti Renner, Knotice’s director of marketing, points out that this news should concern any community bank that is not sending out mobile optimized emails, or emails that “render well on a mobile device.”

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

As in past years, community bankers will continue to contend with a dynamic, highly competitive lending environment in 2016. Mark Vis, a real estate and commercial loan officer with First State Bank Southwest, a $250 million-asset community bank in Worthington, Minn., Look for more community banks to do the same in 2016.

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American Banker

OCTOBER 3, 2016

has agreed to buy DCB Financial in Lewis Center, Ohio, for $106 million in cash and stock. First Commonwealth Financial in Indiana, Pa.,

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 8, 2016

United Community Financial in Youngstown, Ohio, has agreed to buy Ohio Legacy Corp. in North Canton for $40.3 million, or $18 a share, in cash and stock.

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Independent Banker

JUNE 29, 2015

The rejection of the recent MasterCard-Target settlement showed us something that many of us community bankers have known for a long time—that pennies on the dollar is never a good deal for anyone. As community bankers, we know our customers, but it’s more difficult to protect them when we don’t see them at the point of transaction.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 25, 2014

"Our combined financial institution will offer a wider array of products and services while continuing our long-standing personal commitment to our customers and community." - Gregory Schreacke, President of First Financial Service Corporation in Elizabethtown, KY on his bank''s sale to Community Bank Shares of Indiana, Inc.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 28, 2015

Happy New Year, fellow community bankers! This upcoming year has a lot of good in store for our industry, because ICBA continues to pursue even more successes for community banks nationwide. Last year’s community banking successes showed firsthand the outsized reputation and influence we have in our nation’s capital.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 14, 2016

Community Savings in Caldwell, Ohio, has begun the process to convert from a mutual thrift to a stockholder-owned company.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Thank you to all of you whom I’ve had the opportunity to meet over the past year during my travels, and thank you to those of you who—while our paths may not have crossed physically—stood together for one cause, community banking. Jack Hartings is president and CEO of The People’s Bank Co. in Coldwater, Ohio.

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

With the ICBA Community Banking LIVE® conference just around the corner, I can’t help but think about how lucky we are as community bankers to have such amazing networking and education opportunities throughout the year—both in person and at our fingertips. Not only that, the convention makes us better community bankers too.

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Independent Banker

JULY 1, 2015

Clint Morton Farmers & Merchants Bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. The combination has helped make him the star lender at Farmers & Merchants Bank, a $120 million-asset community bank in Miamisburg, Ohio. One of the best things community banks offer is the opportunity to learn banking inside and out.”.

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Jeff For Banks

DECEMBER 13, 2018

is the parent company of Willamette Valley Bank, a community bank headquartered in Salem, Oregon. The Bank operates five full service offices. billion in asset holding company for Farmers & Merchants State Bank (F&M). I always search for the "why" when banks excel in total return. And to them I say.

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Independent Banker

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

Under the right circumstances, providing residential mortgages that fall outside of the new federal Qualified Mortgage definition could help a community bank grow its lending, some community bankers say. a $613 million-asset community bank serving central and northern Wisconsin that engages in non-QM lending.

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American Banker

MAY 20, 2020

The Ohio company said the decision reflects branch overlap and lower customer usage of the locations being shuttered.

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American Banker

APRIL 15, 2016

United Community Financial in Youngstown, Ohio, has hired a JPMorgan Chase executive to be in charge of its technology.

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American Banker

JUNE 18, 2021

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 26, 2016

More community bank loan officers are using laptops and tablets to allow customers in the field to complete loan applications and obtain faster approvals. Commercial loan officers at Univest Bank and Trust Co. billion-asset community bank’s president of small-business banking. By Katie Kuehner-Hebert.

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Jeff For Banks

APRIL 16, 2020

At December 31, 2019, the SNL Bank & Thrift Index stood at 193% price/tangible book, 13.6x At April 14, 2020, I measured all banks and thrifts with total assets between $1 billion and $10 billion. Still community banks, and have decent trading volume for more efficient pricing. EPS, and a 2.63% dividend yield.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 24, 2016

Welcome to the Crescent City, where the largest educational gathering of community bankers convenes this month. It’s Community Banking LIVE 2016 in New Orleans. The Peoples Bank Co. Coldwater, Ohio. Independent Community Bankers of America. For the most current information about Community Banking LIVE 2016.

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

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American Banker

OCTOBER 25, 2022

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 7, 2020

million in cash for a bank with one branch and a large amount of low-cost deposits. The company will pay $15.5

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American Banker

MAY 26, 2016

in Ohio has raised roughly $11 million through several stock offerings. Middlefield Banc Corp.

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