Professional athlete pivots to storytelling for community banking
Jena Cogswell comes to bank marketing from a slightly unusual background. A professional athlete, she spent time playing soccer for both league and national teams. Now, she’s ready to tell the story of Fargo-based Bell Bank as its chief marketing officer ...
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Meeting needs with a neobank
Successful people reimagine how things should be done, according to entrepreneur Mark Cuban. “They don’t ask people what they would ...
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Filling a Native Niche
Offering financial services to members of Federally recognized tribes can be a complicated endeavor. In order to meet those needs, ...
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Harnessing unique business lines to boost bottom line
Prominent niche lenders emphasized the benefits of specialized segments on May 1 during the Bank Holding Company Association’s Spring Seminar ...
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Chronicles
Banking groups criticize CU membership proposal
Banking groups are pushing back against an NCUA proposal that would ease membership standards for credit unions ...
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Farm debt grew in the first quarter
Farm debt at commercial banks increased at a steady pace in the first quarter of this year as liquidity remained ...
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Iowa’s Central Bancshares acquiring Illinois bank
Muscatine, Iowa-based Central Bancshares is acquiring Moline, Ill.-based McLaughlin Holding Co ...
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Economic activity stagnant as ag conditions improve
Economic activity was largely unchanged in April and early May, according to the Federal Reserve’s Beige Book. ...
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Household debt topped $17 trillion in Q1
Household debt increased by $148 billion or nearly 1 percent in the first quarter of the year to $17.05 trillion, ...
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Pushback continues on expanded SBA lending program
A bipartisan group of legislators called on the Small Business Administration to pause expanding its flagship 7(a) lending program ...
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People
Forward Bank promotes HR leader to vice president
Oregon, Wis.-based Forward Bank named Gwen Schnitzler vice president. The bank’s human resource director, Schnitzler has more than 25 years ...
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Associated Bank hires private banking executive
Arnold Brown joined Associated Bank as a private banking executive in the $41 billion, Green Bay, Wis.-based bank’s Chicago market ...
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Centier Bank hires VP, treasury officer
Indiana-based Centier Bank hired April Bowers as vice president, treasury management sales officer. Bowers, who is based in Indianapolis, joined ...
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Opinion
Learning to balance AI usage with human instinct
Reading about big banks chomping at the bit to deploy AI in every space to save a few bucks is ...
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Tech lessons from a financial crisis
It might be easy to say, “That was a big bank, and we’re community banks. We’re different.” And while that’s ...
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Custodia offers deposit insurance innovation
At a time when some are calling for changes to the deposit insurance system, the Federal Reserve has shut the ...
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Community Relations
Bank First awards four scholarships to local students
Manitowoc, Wis.-based Bank First awarded four $2,500 scholarships this year. The scholarships, given to students who demonstrated achievement and high ...
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TS Bank donates $10,000 to YMCA Family Park
Treynor, Iowa-based TS Bank recently donated $10,000 to Charles E. Lakin YMCA Family Park in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The YMCA ...
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First Bank of Berne donates to three nonprofits
Indiana-based First Bank of Berne recently donated $9,500 to three local nonprofits, including: $4,000 to purchase dental and medical supplies ...
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