Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

ICBA inaugurated its Community Banker of the Year award program this year to recognize the exceptional work of the individual employees of ICBA member community banks. The association accepted nominations online throughout the month of September, allowing anyone to recommend a community banker for consideration. The Judges.

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Community Wyoming Oakland Regional 116

Independent Banker

DECEMBER 1, 2021

The idea that community banking can be a force for positive change is at the heart of Beneficial State Bank, which engages its customers through financial activism. Location: Oakland, Calif. billion-asset community bank in Oakland, Calif., When it comes down to it, though, the community bank’s mission is radically simple.

Oakland 153

Oakland Community Community Bank Leadership 153

Independent Banker

NOVEMBER 24, 2014

“I love being around people, and people are what community banking is all about.” Overcoming various long odds over the years, Shirley Nelson launched and then grew a thriving California community bank. Bank Headquarters: Oakland, Calif. I love being around people, and people are what community banking is all about,” she says.

Oakland 98

Oakland Community Bank Community Industry 98

Abrigo

APRIL 28, 2016

This year’s National Small Business Week , themed “SBA: Dream Big, Start Small,” will include special events in Atlanta, New York, Denver, Phoenix, San Jose, Oakland and Washington, D.C. As Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen said, it was small businesses that powered our recovery after the Great Recession.

National 150

National San Jose Los Angeles United States 150

PYMNTS

NOVEMBER 8, 2018

To provide current and potential Lime customers a deeper education on how to use its scooters and bikes more safely, the company is launching a $3 million marketing campaign — the company’s largest campaign so far, according to Taylor Bennett, Limes’s director of public affairs — centered around safety.

San Francisco 128

San Francisco social media San Diego Los Angeles 128

PYMNTS

OCTOBER 5, 2019

“I didn’t even want to tell you, ‘I have fines,’” Penkert told the Journal of what she normally hears at work while collecting library fines from friends and family in the community, who usually wear a rather pained hangdog expression. But perhaps the scourge of library fines is migrating to the past. Bistritz-Balkan, spokeswoman for Equifax.

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Minnesota Oakland Indiana Customer Experience 188

CFPB Monitor

SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

The CFPB announced the appointment of new members to its Consumer Advisory Board, Community Bank Advisory Council, and Credit Union Advisory Council. New members to the Consumer Advisory Board will serve three-year terms and new members to the Community Bank and Credit Union Advisory Councils will serve two-year terms. Kathleen C.

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Groups Los Angeles San Francisco Community Bank 60