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Casey’s Considers $2B Kroger Convenience Store Acquisition

PYMNTS

Under pressure from an activist investor, JCP Investment Management, convenience store chain Casey’s General Stores has reportedly placed an initial bid to acquire grocer Kroger’s $2 billion C-store business. That line operates under brand names like Kwik Shop, Turkey Hill and Tom Thumb, CNBC reported Friday (Jan.

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Build your community bank’s brand with swag

Independent Banker

We want branded items that are professional and useful, not something that someone takes home and throws away,” says Bob Howard, Iowa division president of $1.1 billion-asset CBI Bank & Trust in Muscatine, Iowa. Businesses are thus moving away from “trinket-y” items to products that bring a high perceived value to recipients. “We

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Should My Financial Institution Enter into This Interest Rate Swap?

Abrigo

Note that this analysis doesn’t include the cost to the broker or any other operational costs to enter into the transaction. Asset/liability models are critical for meeting regulatory requirements, but financial professionals can also utilize them more fully as a tool for helping ALCOs make more informed management decisions.

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Boosting Innovation And Mobile Gaming Via Sports

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PYMNTS recently spoke to Dustin Hemesath, FanFood’s co-founder and national sales manager, about the company’s position in the industry and how it meets logistical and security challenges. The app was initially available at just six locations in California, Iowa and Texas, but now caters to more than 60 venues across the United States. “We

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Cultivate a better ag lending process: 7 best practices

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Takeaway 3 Better ag lending workflows streamline document collection and management and increase credit analysis accuracy. . Whether the institution offers an ag operating loan, an ag real estate loan, or a loan for farm equipment, it can create a better ag lending process with these seven best practices: Provide a mobile experience.

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The community banks beating the Great Resignation

Independent Banker

Between displacement of operational folks and discontent among lenders trying to adapt to a larger bank, we’ve been able to pick up some great talent,” says Pyles. Left to right, Katelin George, Adam Konfrst, Kate McGann and Cody Sorenson represent part of a growing banking team at Malvern Bank in Malvern, Iowa.

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Who were ICBA’s Top Lenders of 2022?

Independent Banker

But as they always do, they came through for individuals and businesses in their communities with a combination of personalized service and prudent risk management practices. We worked with them with loans to buy equipment and vehicles for delivery and the beginning operational cash needs of the business,” Bunnell says. Iowa Falls.