Independent Banker

MARCH 31, 2022

Executive committee members tell us what advocacy issues they’ll be focused on during their terms, while board members share their words of wisdom for up-and-coming community bankers: themselves. To sum it up, these leaders are all in and all heart for community banking. Coldwater, Ohio. By Molly Bennett. Covington, Ind.

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PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 18, 2019

Bank failures increased dramatically in the last financial crisis, rising from 25 in 2008 to 140 in 2009. Resolute Bank in Maumee, Ohio closed on Oct. 25 and was assumed by Buckeye State Bank in Powell, Ohio. Louisa Community Bank of Louisa, Kentucky also shuttered on Oct. It had one branch with $27.1

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American Banker

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

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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

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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Abrigo

JANUARY 15, 2015

With mortgage rates down in the US , many homebuyers are looking locally to their community banks to finance their new, potentially life-changing purchase. In the spirit of the go local movement, new data from Sageworks Bank Information peeked in on 10 cities to see which community banks were making an impact on local mortgage lending.

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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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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

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

NOVEMBER 22, 2024

The Columbus, Ohio-based regional launched Lift Local Business in October 2020 with a $25 million ceiling. Four years and $133 million later, the program is still going strong.

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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

JULY 30, 2024

The $330 million transaction announced late Monday would give the Jasper-based company a foothold in fast-growing Columbus, as well as in Cincinnati.

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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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ABA Community Banking

AUGUST 21, 2024

Bank acquisitions announced in Nebraska and Ohio while two West Virginia banks apply for a merger of equals. The post Bank merger, acquisitions announced in three states appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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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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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

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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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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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 7, 2016

First Financial Bancorp in Cincinnati has made Brad Ringwald its president of community banking; named Paul Silva the president of investment commercial real estate; tapped Rick Dennen to oversee the company's national lending businesses; and said Roddell McCullough, director of community development, will take on more responsibility helping determine (..)

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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

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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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

APRIL 22, 2020

The Ohio company, which bought United Community Financial in February, will start operating as Premier Bank later this summer.

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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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American Banker

JULY 28, 2016

in Ohio has agreed to buy Liberty Bank in Beachwood, Ohio. Middlefield Banc Corp.

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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

AUGUST 24, 2016

First Defiance Financial in Defiance, Ohio, has agreed to pay $63 million for Commercial Bancshares, the $342 million-asset parent of Commercial Savings Bank.

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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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American Banker

MAY 9, 2016

Farmers National Banc in Canfield, Ohio, has agreed to buy Bowers Insurance Agency in Cortland, 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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American Banker

MAY 26, 2016

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

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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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American Banker

JUNE 1, 2016

Civista Bancshares in Sandusky, Ohio, will record a gain of roughly $1.5 million in the second quarter after a nonperforming loan was fully repaid.

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American Banker

JULY 13, 2016

Jack Kuntz, president and chief executive at American Savings Bank in Portsmouth, Ohio, recently put his personal cell phone number on a billboard off Interstate 71 in Cincinnati as part of an advertising campaign for his $260 million-asset institution.

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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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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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