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Community Bank CEO Outlook 2022: Your priorities for the new year

Independent Banker

Independent Banker ’s annual Community Bank CEO Outlook survey reveals how community bank leaders plan to leverage today’s deposit-laden banking environment to grow this year. Janet Silveria, Community Bank of Santa Maria. So, what’s at the top of community bank leaders’ to-do lists? What changes will 2022 bring?

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Bright Paths Students Demonstrate New Skills with Incredible Variety of Apps

Perficient

Perficient Bright Paths is a program designed to advance STEM education and career opportunities for underrepresented constituencies and communities. Emily Merline, originally from Milwaukee, WI, attended Arizona State University on a National Merit Scholarship. Learn More About Perficient’s Bright Paths.

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Mortgage applicants find cozy home at some credit unions

Abrigo

• Alliant Credit Union, which offers services to the communities around O’Hare International Airport and based in Chicago, captured the top spot for the Midwest. • Navy Federal Credit Union, serving military customers and headquartered in Vienna, Virginia, had the highest volume of mortgages in the Southern U.S.

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3 Ways Credit Union Are Driving Growth

Abrigo

A recent article in the Milwaukee Wisconsin Journal Sentinel notes, “More community bank takeovers by large credit unions are likely.” Bank acquisitions by credit unions did not exist until 2011, when St. Joseph, a Michigan-based credit union, acquired Indiana-based Griffith Savings Bank.

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Local Governments Move In On Retail Vacancies

PYMNTS

It was supposed to be a thriving retail center in Milwaukee when it was built seven years ago. In fact, last week, it was announced that the building would be the new home of the Milwaukee School of Engineering’s K-12 STEM program. But it never happened. No one ever leased from the development called Viets Field.

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Peace Coffee Perfectly Times Its Pandemic-Fueled Growth

PYMNTS

Last week, it announced that its products would expand beyond the Twin Cities to Madison, Milwaukee, Chicago and (in September) Denver. “I It contributes three cents for every pound purchased into the Carbon, Climate and Coffee initiative, which supports coffee farming communities.

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Proxy Showdown Averted at Bank Mutual in Milwaukee

American Banker

Bank Mutual in Milwaukee has agreed to support an activist investor's nominee to its board.