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The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success. Bank of Montana.

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Straightforward Principles of Success

Independent Banker

Under the big Montana sky, Mark Zaback helps lead a community bank with a cowboy code. Western Region Award Recipient. Our employees are encouraged to get involved in the community by attending events and participating in organizations they have a passion for. The community bank structure—it’s never about one person.”.

Wyoming 94
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Excited To Help People

Independent Banker

Central Region Award Recipient. His collection of shot glasses, each bearing a particular state’s name or emblem as tangible evidence of his visits to those states, is complete after a recent trip through the Dakotas, Montana, Wyoming and then, lastly, Alaska. One person cannot do it all—there’s just way, way, way too much to do.” —Jim

St. Louis 105
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An Unexpected Turn

Independent Banker

Early Air Force service prepared the way for community banking in California. military personnel in the region. I reluctantly agreed to call the number in the ad and, to my surprise, was granted an interview and soon hired as the first management trainee for American National Bank, a small community bank headquartered in Bakersfield.