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Farmer Mac Declares Dividends and Announces Conference Call for First Quarter 2017 Results
WASHINGTON, May 3, 2017 — The board of directors of the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac) has declared a second quarter dividend of $0.36 per share for each of Farmer Mac’s...
More than 100 ICBA Community Bankers Meet with President Trump
More than 100 ICBA Community Bankers Meet with President Trump White House meeting focuses on regulatory relief to ‘Make Community Banking Great Again’ Washington, D.C. (May 1, 2017)—More than 100...
Orange Bank & Trust Promotes Chief Financial Officer to Executive Vice President
Middletown, NY – May 1, 2017 – The Board of Directors and CEO Michael Gilfeather of Orange Bank & Trust Company are pleased to announce the promotion of Gerard A. Perri to the role of Executive...
Diversity in community banking
Diversity in community banking A diverse staff can make real business sense, even in geographies you’d least expect it. We asked minority bankers for tips on how community banks can build a more...
Grand Rapids State Bank announced as winner of 1st Annual Mayor’s Arts Award at Annual Grand Rapids Chamber Dinner
For Immediate Release: Friday, April 28, 2017 Grand Rapids, MN---Grand Rapids State Bank Grand Rapids State Bank proudly announces they were chosen as the recipient of the first annual Mayor’s Arts...
Mark Kaufman Named President of City First Enterprises
Mark Kaufman Named President of City First Enterprises Dynamic New Leader Hired from the U.S. Department of the Treasury Washington, DC, April 27, 2017 - City First is pleased to welcome Mark A....
Southern First Reports Results for First Quarter of 2017
Greenville, South Carolina, April 25, 2017 – Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFST) holding company for Southern First Bank, today reported net income available to the common shareholders...
First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Thomas Robinson to Senior Vice President - Commercial Lender
First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Thomas Robinson to Senior Vice President - Commercial Lender NAPLES, FL.- April 14, 2017, First Florida Integrity Bank, a Naples-based, full-service community...
U.S. Small Business Remains Cool on Investment
Policy Uncertainty Impacts Small Business Growth Chicago, IL (May 2, 2017) — The March 2017 release of the Thomson Reuters/PayNet Small Business Lending Index (SBLI) continues to show small...
Ncontracts Acquires Supernal Software, Further Extending Its Leadership Position as the Risk Management Solution of Choice for Financial Institutions
Ncontracts Acquires Supernal Software, Further Extending Its Leadership Position as the Risk Management Solution of Choice for Financial Institutions BRENTWOOD, TN, MAY 1, 2017 – Ncontracts...
ARMCO’s Web-based ACES Audit Technology Brings New Efficiencies to The Barrent Group’s Mortgage Quality Assurance Offering
ARMCO’s Web-based ACES Audit Technology Brings New Efficiencies to The Barrent Group’s Mortgage Quality Assurance Offering POMPANO BEACH, Fla., April 25, 2017 (SEND2PRESS NEWSWIRE) — ACES Risk...
Citizens Bank of Edmond Celebrates 116 Years in the Community at Heard on Hurd with 28,000
2017-04-18 Citizens Bank of Edmond Celebrates 116 Years in the Community at Heard on Hurd with 28,000 Thousands Celebrate Local For Edmond Bank’s Birthday Party EDMOND, Okla. (April 18, 2017) –...
Advisory Board Provides Insight so Community Banks Can Protect Seniors
Advisory Board Provides Insight so Community Banks Can Protect Seniors Memphis, TN - CRA Partners is proud to announce that it has formed an advisory board made up of community banking partners to...
TIB Welcomes Matt Ayers, First Vice President/Risk Management
2017-04-12 TIB Welcomes Matt Ayers, First Vice President/Risk Management DALLAS, TX…TIB announced today the hiring of Matt Ayers as First Vice President for Risk Management. Ayers joins TIB after...
Winner, of BOAA Financial Services, Earns Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Designation
Winner, of BOAA Financial Services, Earns Certified Divorce Financial Analyst Designation FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Timothy Marshall, 734.662.1600 Ann Arbor, Michigan, March 23, 2017 – BOAA...
Trump Administration Raises Banker Hopes Despite Potential Headwinds
2017-04-06 Trump Administration Raises Banker Hopes Despite Potential Headwinds Expectations of Rising Funding Costs and a Leveling Off in Loan Demand have Little Impact on Bankers’ Positive...
ICBA Urges OCC to Rescind Fintech Proposal
ICBA Urges OCC to Rescind Fintech Proposal Washington, D.C. (April 12, 2017)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today reiterated its concerns with the Office of the Comptroller of...
First International Bank & Trust Congratulates Winners of Live First Community Grants
2017-04-11 First International Bank & Trust Congratulates Winners of Live First Community Grants FARGO, ND –First International Bank & Trust (FIB&T) is proud to announce the winners of their third...
Alex Roy Promoted to Business Banker at Range Bank
Alex Roy Promoted to Business Banker at Range Bank Houghton, MI: Range Bank is pleased to announce the promotion of Alex Roy to the position of Business Banker at Range Bank. “Alex joined Range...
Temple, Winstead Promoted At Peoples Bank
Temple, Winstead Promoted At Peoples Bank MAGEE – Dennis Ammann, President and Chief Executive Officer at Peoples Bank, today announced that Noel Temple and Allison Winstead have been promoted....
Travelers Offers Customers Cybersecurity Services from Symantec™
2017-04-10 Travelers Offers Customers Cybersecurity Services from Symantec™ Company Release - 4/10/2017 9:35 AM ET Eligible customers can now access a robust pre-breach product suite HARTFORD,...
First International Bank and Trust Welcomes Kevin Jordre, Branch President
First International Bank and Trust Welcomes Kevin Jordre, Branch President FARGO, ND –First International Bank & Trust (FIB&T) is proud to welcome our new Fargo South (3001 25th St S Fargo) branch...
Southwest Capital Bank Expands ATM Channel with the Help of Cummins Allison
2017-04-04 Southwest Capital Bank Expands ATM Channel with the Help of Cummins Allison April 4, 2017, Mt. Prospect, IL – Southwest Capital Bank, located in Albuquerque, New Mexico, installed 35...
F&M Bank Announces Promotion of Trent D. Cox to Vice President, Commercial and Ag Banking
F&M Bank Announces Promotion of Trent D. Cox to Vice President, Commercial and Ag Banking Doug Sanders, President and CEO of F&M Bank is pleased to announce that Trent D. Cox has been promoted to...
First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Brad Butrum to Senior Vice President - Credit Manager
2017-03-29 First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Brad Butrum to Senior Vice President - Credit Manager NAPLES, FL.- March 29, 2017, First Florida Integrity Bank, a Naples-based, full-service...
CPI Card Group Highlights End-to-End Solutions & Emerging Payment Technology Innovations at the Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit & ICMA Expo
CPI Card Group Highlights End-to-End Solutions & Emerging Payment Technology Innovations at the Smart Card Alliance Payments Summit & ICMA Expo Download this Press Release Demonstrations and...
How Millennials View Banking
Read the original article here. Millennials have gotten a bum rap. They’ve been called “entitled” by Gen Xers, who have perhaps forgotten they were once labeled “apathetic,” and baby boomers, who...
ICBA’s Cam Fine: Let’s See it Through
ICBA’s Cam Fine: Let’s See it Through San Antonio (March 16, 2017)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine today called on community bankers to continue...
Watrous Joins Southern First
Greenville, South Carolina, March 15, 2017 – Southern First Bancshares, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFST), holding company for Southern First Bank, is pleased to announce that Emily Watrous has joined the bank...
Illinois Bankers Association Presents Financial Literacy Award to Farmers & Mechanics Bank
Illinois Bankers Association Presents Financial Literacy Award to Farmers & Mechanics Bank The Illinois Bankers Association (IBA) recently presented the Illinois Bank Financial Literacy award to...
John E. McWeeney Jr. Elected As New Board Member
Memphis, TN (March 29, 2017) - CRA Partners, which is powered by the Senior I-lousing Crime Prevention Foundation, announced today that John E. McWeeney Jr. was appointed to our board of directors....
ICBA Bancard Names Joe Buse as Vice President, Client Relations Manager
ICBA Bancard Names Joe Buse as Vice President, Client Relations Manager Washington, D.C. (March 24, 2017)—ICBA Bancard®, the payments-services subsidiary of the Independent Community Bankers of...
Banker Satisfaction with DCI Reflects Overall Excellent Service
– Customer service satisfaction earns high marks – HUTCHINSON, KAN., March 23, 2017 – Data Center Inc. (DCI), the privately-owned developer of iCore360® core banking software and related...
ICBA: Banking Agencies Fail in Joint Review of Banking Rules
ICBA: Banking Agencies Fail in Joint Review of Banking Rules Washington, D.C. (March 21, 2017)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released this...
Kinderhook Bank Corp. and Patrio Federal Bank Announce Plan to Merge
Kinderhook Bank Corp. (OTCQB: NUBK), the parent bank holding company of The National Union Bank of Kinderhook (“Kinderhook Bank”), and Patriot Federal Bank (“Patriot”) announced today that they...
First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Ron Rucker to Sr. Executive Vice President - Sr. Loan Executive
First Florida Integrity Bank Promotes Ron Rucker to Sr. Executive Vice President - Sr. Loan Executive NAPLES, FL.- March 9, 2017, First Florida Integrity Bank, a Naples-based, full-service...
ICBA Testifies on Success of SBA Community Bank Loans
Washington, D.C. (March 9, 2017)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today testified before Congress on the value of the Small Business Administration’s 7(a) loan program to local...
Fiserv Integrates Credit Score Monitoring into Digital Banking to Give Consumers One-Stop Insight into Their Finances
2017-03-08 Fiserv Integrates Credit Score Monitoring into Digital Banking to Give Consumers One-Stop Insight into Their Finances Technology also enables financial institutions to make pre-qualified...
STC Capital Bank Announces Executive Appointments
STC Capital Bank Announces Executive Appointments St. Charles, IL – February 6, 2017 STC Capital Bank, a growing and successful community bank in St. Charles has announced several managerial...
FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Order
2017-02-23 FinCEN Renews Real Estate Geographic Targeting Order The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) renewed the existing Geographic Targeting Order (GTO) that temporarily requires...
Fannie Mae Announces Simplifying Servicing for Customers
Fannie Mae Announces Simplifying Servicing for Customers Fannie Mae is Simplifying Servicing™. Customers highlighted concerns with the complex servicing environment. Fannie Mae listened....
ICBA Statement on Financial Regulation Review
2017-02-03 ICBA Statement on Financial Regulation Review Washington, D.C. (Feb. 3, 2017)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released the following...
Agencies Release Annual CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments for Small and Intermediate Small Institutions
Agencies Release Annual CRA Asset-Size Threshold Adjustments for Small and Intermediate Small Institutions 2016-12-29
You Don't Have to Fall Short with Fall Back
Fallback transactions are a natural side effect of EMV adoption and occur when a chip card cannot be read by a chip-enabled terminal for any number of reasons, including a damaged chip, a terminal...
TMG CEO Shazia Manus Named Finalist for Inspiring Women of Iowa Confidence Award
TMG CEO Shazia Manus Named Finalist for Inspiring Women of Iowa Confidence Award Award recipient will be announced on April 5 in Des Moines (Des Moines, Iowa – March 6, 2017) – Through her...
Level One Bank Hires Peter Root as VP, Treasurer
2017-03-03 Level One Bank Hires Peter Root as VP, Treasurer FARMINGTON HILLS, Mich., - Level One Bank, a leading community bank in Michigan, has hired Peter Root as VP, Treasurer. The announcement...
Axiom Bank Announces Extended Hours, New Hires, Branch Openings for First Quarter
Axiom Bank Announces Extended Hours, New Hires, Branch Openings for First Quarter ORLANDO, Fla. (March 2, 2017) – Axiom Bank, a community bank headquartered in Central Florida, is making...
Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma Endorses ICBA Securities
2017-01-31 Community Bankers Association of Oklahoma Endorses ICBA Securities Washington, D.C. (Jan. 31, 2017)—ICBA Securities® Inc., the broker-dealer subsidiary of the Independent Community...
Community Bankers to Gather in San Antonio for 2017 Community Banking LIVE®
Community Bankers to Gather in San Antonio for 2017 Community Banking LIVE® WHAT: Register today for the Independent Community Bankers of America’s ® (ICBA) 2017 National Convention, Community...
Marijuana Banking Grows, Terminations Too
More financial institutions are servicing the marijuana industry, but depositories have terminated 5,650 accounts at an increasingly rapid clip. 2017-01-25 Marijuana Banking Grows, Terminations Too
Horizon Scanning
Horizon Scanning Following last issue’s review of compliance in 2016, we look at how community banks will meet the challenges of compliance in 2017 2016-12-19
Demand-Letter Deluge
Recently, ICBA has witnessed a growing and alarming trend: a resurgence of aggressive demand letters from plaintiffs’ law firms. Unlike the rash of demand letters regarding flimsy patent claims...
Psychology of Money
2016-12-01 psych-money_233x275846a05b051c36d55bb68ff00003634f2 How emotions, thoughts and biases drive financial decisions—and what community bankers can do about it Short description text How...
ICBA Statement on Minneapolis Fed Plan to End Too-Big-To-Fail
ICBA Statement on Minneapolis Fed Plan to End Too-Big-To-Fail Washington, D.C. (Nov. 16, 2016)—Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released the...
ICBA Statement on 2016 Election Results
2016-11-10 ICBA Statement on 2016 Election Results Washington, D.C. (Nov. 10, 2016)— Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) President and CEO Camden R. Fine released this statement on the...
275 Community Banks Offer Student Loans with ICBA and iHELP®
275 Community Banks Offer Student Loans with ICBA and iHELP® Washington, D.C. (Nov. 3, 2016)—Today, the Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) and iHELP announced that 275 ICBA community...
Consumer Authentication Grows Up – 3D Secure 2.0
2016-10-28 For nearly two decades, issuers, merchants and acquirers have been forced to rely on imperfect technology in an effort to protect themselves in the ecommerce space. This Consumer...
ICBA Extends Preferred Service Provider Agreement with PMA Funding
ICBA Extends Preferred Service Provider Agreement with PMA Funding ICBA and PMA Funding have announced that they have extended their Preferred Service Provider agreement. As a result, community...
ICBA: Credit Union Proposal Would Render Membership Restrictions Meaningless
2016-12-12 ICBA: Credit Union Proposal Would Render Membership Restrictions Meaningless Washington, D.C. (Dec. 12, 2016)—The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) today expressed its...
Are You Ready to Get Enabled?
Are You Ready to Get Enabled? A March 2016 study, titled “What’s in Your Mobile Wallet?”, by Javelin Research reported that the proximity payments market is projected to reach $54 billion by 2019...