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Why community banks should partner with fintechs

Independent Banker

With consumer expectations seeming to evolve faster every year, community banks could consider partnering with a fintech to keep up with technological innovation. Swashbuckling, nimble, well-funded and unapologetically entrepreneurial, fintechs are offering innovations that allow community bankers to dream big in a host of ways.

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2021’s Best Community Banks to Work For

Independent Banker

Premium benefits packages, professional development and TLC during the pandemic—this year’s winners do everything in their power to keep their community bankers happy and fulfilled. We asked both leaders and staffers to tell us what makes their community banks stand out as employers. Key Community Bank: Leading by example.

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Podcast: Rebuilding ‘the great Virginia regional bank’

ABA Community Banking

John Asbury didn't need a new job in 2016, but when he saw an opportunity build something lost in the 1990s, what he calls "the great Virginia regional bank," he took it. The post Podcast: Rebuilding ‘the great Virginia regional bank’ appeared first on ABA Banking Journal.

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Take Charge: Combat Call Report Encroachment with ICBA Petition

Finer Points

Before I was ever a community banker, I was a cadet at the Virginia Military Institute and an officer in the U.S. Community Banks' 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.

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Podcast: How boards can position their banks to navigate change

ABA Community Banking

Veteran bank board members and executives Jenn Docherty and Virginia Varela discuss how bank boards can position their banks for success in a challenging environment. From AI and crypto to complex regulatory challenges and increasingly diverse markets, bank executives face increasingly complex strategic decisions, and so do bank boards.

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Virginia Community Bank Eyes Listing

Banking Exchange

John Marshall Bank has reported record earnings for nine quarters in a row Feature Feature3 Community Banking.

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Amazon, JPMorgan Donate Money To Ease Coronavirus Crisis

PYMNTS

The first $15 million will go to groups directly dealing with how the virus is affecting people directly, with $5 million to institutions that handle community development, to dole out low- or no-interest loans. The bank has earmarked $3 million to international groups that provide the same service.

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