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Lead Bank and GoldBean Will Talk Bank-Startup Success at Bank Innovation 2018

Bank Innovation

At Lead Bank, a Kansas City, Mo.-based based community bank, Lead, Rowland serves in multiple management roles, including.Read More. EXCLUSIVE – Josh Rowland, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of Lead Bank, will join Jane Barratt, CEO of GoldBean, to discuss banking innovation and bank-startup partnerships.

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For Ag Lenders, Farm Outlook Warrants Watching

Abrigo

The Kansas City Fed reported in May that wheat and corn prices were 60% and 30% higher, respectively, than a year earlier at the end of the first quarter. Kansas City Fed researchers in late May reported, “Farm production expenses, which had already been on the rise, increased even more sharply in the first quarter….

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Kansas City Based Academy Bank Makes Strategic Acquisition

Banking Exchange

The Merger adds 5 Locations Management Feature M&A Feature3 Financial Trends Community Banking.

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At home with HOA banking

Independent Banker

Location: Kansas City, Mo. Academy Bank in Kansas City, Mo., is a full-service commercial bank with 80 branch locations in Arizona, Colorado, Kansas and Missouri. billion-asset holding company also headquartered in Kansas City. billion-asset holding company also headquartered in Kansas City.

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Small banks: Big challenges and big opportunities

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Relationship focus helps CFIs Small banks can leapfrog competitors and better serve their communities by combining their unique advantages with smart management and partnerships. Declining deposits, higher cost of funds, and ever-increasing competition are just a few challenges these executives are managing.

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Umpqua brings retail banking to Utah, CUSO teams with gift-card firm

American Banker

Umpqua Bank introduces retail banking in Utah, Kansas City CUSO partners with New York gift-card firm, Huntington Bank looks within for new chief DEI officer and more in the weekly banking news roundup.

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Ag lending outlook & top challenges

Abrigo

As farmers adjust their credit needs in response, banks with a higher share of agricultural loan activity (“ag banks”) may see demand for loans increase,” Kansas City Fed economist Francisco Scott said in a recent research report. Develop and manage relationships with ag borrowers. Department of Agriculture projects a 4.5%

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