Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 30, 2022

Clockwise from top left: Grand Ridge National Bank, Wheaton, Ill.; Community Financial Services Bank, Benton, Ky.; Bank of Montana, Missoula, Mont.; CNB Bank, Berkeley Springs, W.Va.; Midwest Bank, Norfolk, Neb. Bank of Montana: Breaking the mold. Bank of Montana. What great resignation?

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 28, 2025

Connect with an expert Common fraud schemes Check fraud Check fraud is one of the most concerning fraud trends for community banks in 2025. People : FIs should have adequate, qualified, trained staff to investigate suspected fraud alerts before they become hard-dollar losses. Let our Advisory Services team help when you need it.

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Abrigo

JANUARY 1, 2016

Government Accountability Office (GAO), community banks and credit unions are starting feel the impact of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform Act. The GAO report, released on December 30th, examined nine Dodd-Frank rules that became effective as of October 2015 for impact on community banks and credit unions.

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Independent Banker

MAY 31, 2022

Community banks have a choice about addressing the problem: Remain vulnerable or be vigilant. Fraud and cybercrimes continue to increase, causing challenges for community banks. But there’s plenty community banks can do to meet this challenge. Here are some ideas for strengthening fraud defenses.

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Independent Banker

JULY 31, 2022

Aligning these factors is critical to a community bank’s success, and a great way to start doing that is by ensuring your professional development programs support your strategic goals. Yes, it’s essential to satisfy annual training requirements but, as one CEO recently remarked, we need to grow our own community bank leaders.

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PYMNTS

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

For community banks serving small- to mid-sized businesses (SMBs), training an eye on credit cards can translate into additional revenue streams and tap into an unmet need for those SMBs. Kearney found 26 percent of small business cardholders have community banking relationships in place.

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Abrigo

MARCH 5, 2025

For new analysts, AI acts as a built-in training tool, providing real-time guidance and helping them get up to speed faster. Kirby said, Loan Review Assistant is a wonderful training tool for newer analysts, allowing us to reduce the time needed to onboard them while maintaining high-quality risk assessments.

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PYMNTS

AUGUST 4, 2017

Are community banks missing the chance to climb aboard the faster payments train? With various banks and FinTechs producing innovative solutions — like mobile banking and P2P tools aimed at improving the speed of payments — the pressure is on for community banks to keep up. faster payments system.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

As community banks navigate this process, there are plenty of resources available to answer questions and provide guidance. Three sources of information on FedNow As community banks look to take advantage of this new opportunity, they seek resources to help them navigate the journey.

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Independent Banker

FEBRUARY 28, 2023

Derek Williams, president and CEO of Century Bank & Trust in Milledgeville, Ga., wanted to be a financier before finding his way to community banking. So, he joined a training program at what was then Citizens & Southern National Bank, once the largest bank in the southeastern U.S.,

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Abrigo

JULY 16, 2021

Takeaway 2 Regulations haven't been written, but there are steps community financial institutions can take now to prepare. Currently, the accompanying regulations have not been written, so what should community financial institutions take away from these priorities now? BSA Training. BSA Training. financial system.

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South State Correspondent

JUNE 25, 2024

In a previous article [ here ] we discussed why community banks need product managers to ensure that financial products and services are effectively developed, launched, and managed to meet customers’ evolving needs and the bank’s risk and profitability goals. Not all customers are the right fit for the product.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

We simply need to remember what makes us special as community bankers, and with that as our foundation, we can embrace this season of change in four primary ways: 1. Demonstrating the community bank difference. They want to come into the bank and say, “We need your support to figure things out.” Gaining advocacy wins.

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Bank Innovation

JULY 26, 2019

OceanFirst Bank is seeing more consumers and businesses choosing to interact with the bank via video and, as a result, it is preparing for a future when bankers will be comfortable working in that channel. based community bank recently trained all 538 of its customer-facing employees in digital banking with a seven-week […].

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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. We are not Wall Street banks—we are community banks.

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 13, 2024

Community bankers have found that demonstrating efficiency, providing proper training and describing use cases can help get employees on board with AI products.

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South State Correspondent

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

We analyzed the loan performance (return on equity, loan yield, fee income, and loan size) of hedged borrowings in a large group of community banks and compared this to the community bank industry averages. The table below shows a summary of our analysis (community banks are defined as banks under $10B in assets).

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Independent Banker

JANUARY 31, 2023

Photo by Chris Williams [ICBA LIVE is] an opportunity to continue training up the next generation, so I would encourage community bank leaders to join us and bring your rising community continuators with you. I thought I already loved community banking, but I didn’t realize how much until then.

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Finer Points

AUGUST 4, 2014

Before I was ever a community banker, I was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute and an officer in the U.S. One of the core principles instilled in me during my military training was the importance of never giving up ground—of always looking for opportunities to take ground from the enemy. Community Banks'

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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

We asked community bankers and experts for their advice on ensuring employees feel a sense of belonging. If community banks put in the effort to foster a sense of belonging, the result is a stronger workplace culture, greater employee loyalty and, ultimately, a better experience for customers. Misti Stanton, Mercantile Bank.

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 3, 2020

Covid-19 has changed many aspects of banking from branch operations to credit underwriting and remote supervision of employees. Many community bank managers are physically distanced from their teams because of the pandemic.

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PYMNTS

MAY 27, 2020

And that is something that merchants, as well as community banks and credit unions, must be prepared for.”. For credit unions (CUs) and community banks serving those small businesses, partnerships can help speed up the process of providing financial services and to enable new payment flows for merchants. Getting Prepared.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 9, 2014

Community banks are expanding their loan portfolios to include more small business loans, according to the most recent Community Bank Performance report by the FDIC. While this form of education is successful, it has to be supplemented with formal training. percent over the 3rd quarter of 2013.

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Abrigo

DECEMBER 26, 2024

However, community banks, in particular, face challenges in quantifying risk and applying compliance measures using a risk-based methodology, Brewer said. To succeed against fraud, more banks and credit unions must also focus on internal fraud prevention training. Check fraud detection efforts will continue.

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Abrigo

JUNE 4, 2024

Takeaway 2 The panel encouraged banks and credit unions to change their approach to compliance and technology, getting compliance involved sooner in new initiatives to encourage safe innovation. Takeaway 3 Attracting new and younger customers is a top priority for community financial institutions.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 1, 2022

Community banks are at a critical juncture when it comes to cybersecurity. With cybercrime becoming increasingly complex and sophisticated, community banks must remain vigilant and monitor and manage their critical infrastructure. Training employees and customers. By Charles Potts, ICBA. Governance.

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Independent Banker

OCTOBER 31, 2022

After 40 years in its Cape Giradeau branch, Wood & Huston Bank moved to a new building and allowed firefighters to train in its former building. Before Wood & Huston Bank’s former headquarters was demolished, the community bank lent the space to a local fire department for critical, hands-on training.

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South State Correspondent

JULY 18, 2016

If you have an MBA or have any corporate strategy training, undoubtedly you have been exposed to the famous Boston Consulting Group’s Boston Matrix. The framework is used by many banks today and charts each line of business along the twin dimensions of growth potential and market share.

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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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Independent Banker

JUNE 30, 2022

Working through any difficulty or crisis at your community bank won’t be a walk in the park, but it may lead to an experience for which you’re truly grateful. As a community banker, you’re either going through a crisis or you’re preparing for one. Is there education or training at ICBA Community Banker University that can help?

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American Banker

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

Robotic process automation is normally the province of large banks, but Extraco Banks in Texas and Carter Bank in Virginia are training bots to perform repetitive, mind-numbing tasks.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Community banks have long been a bastion of relationship-focused service. But what happens when a community bank makes the decision to put technology—specifically, AI—at the heart of its customer service strategy? For Union Savings Bank (USB), a $3 billion-asset community bank in Danbury, Conn.,

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South State Correspondent

AUGUST 8, 2022

This article will consider the forecasted yield curve (Fed Funds vs. ten-year financing) for the next few years and show a tactic of how community banks can take advantage of this shape. This poses some challenges and creates some opportunities for community banks. Forecasting Errors.

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Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2020

.” As the song says, “It’s the most wonderful time of the year,” and this year, our communities, customers and employees are likely looking forward to the holiday season more than ever. It always felt like an honor to be at the center of that community spirit and see the happiness that it brought to everyone involved.

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Abrigo

MARCH 31, 2025

Kirby cited FDIC statistics showing nearly three-quarters of community banks require three or more levels of approval, regardless of the loan size. A bloated credit memo combined with a multi-tiered approval process creates a slow, frustrating experience for staff and borrowers.

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Abrigo

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Takeaway 2 Community banks may face challenges seeking reimbursement for breach of warranty claims filed with other FIs. Banks and credit unions should seek out software that uses the best technology available to detect suspicious activity and can be customized for the most efficient check fraud prevention possible.

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South State Correspondent

MAY 18, 2022

Ask almost any community banker, and they will tell you their value proposition around their bank revolves around service. They are local, they are close to the customer, and they have limited bureaucracy are all factors that get brought up as to why the bank can deliver on its promise. Solving Problem Resolution Issues.

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