Amazing Outside Directors 2025: Brad Basse
Brad Basse is a member of the board of directors at Big Horn Federal Savings Bank in Greybull, Wyo. Basse is also much more. [Continue]
Amazing Outside Directors 2025: Jennifer Docherty
When David Reiling, president and CEO of Sunrise Banks, invited Jennifer Docherty to lunch to talk about diversifying his board, she believed it was because of her work with Bank On Women. [Continue]
Could proliferation of fraud finally kill the paper check?
Early in 2020, Isaiah Jordan obtained an “arrow” key stolen from the U.S. Postal Service. [Continue]
Amazing Outside Directors 2025: Jack Hillstrom
Jack Hillstrom is the unofficial historian for Premier Bank, Maplewood, Minn., and Premier Bank Minnesota, Hastings. The 88-year-old director recently commemorated 72 years in the banking industry, and 50 years with the Premier Banks organization. [Continue]
Amazing Outside Directors 2025: Gary Keller
When Gary Keller joined the board of Clear Lake, S.D.-based DNB National Bank in 2022, owner Mark Law said something that still sticks with him every time he votes. [Continue]
Does pushback on CU-bank acquisitions match market realities?
Credit unions acquired a record number of banks last year to expand into commercial banking while growing their member bases. [Continue]
Community bankers play key role in rural immigration
When Greg Gannon started his work at DeWitt Bank & Trust in DeWitt, Iowa, he did not expect to one day play a leading role in refugee resettlement in the town of 5,500 people. [Continue]
Farm, commercial real estate concerns abound in ’25
There are a number of uncertainties in the new year: Will a new farm bill pass? How will the farm economy progress over the next 12 months? [Continue]
Community banks targeted with overdraft/NSF lawsuits
Community banks are more frequently being targeted with overdraft/NSF lawsuits as plaintiffs shift their focus from the largest financial institutions, according to law firm Winthrop & Weinstine. [Continue]
Bankers, industry players bullish on 2025 potential
Could lower taxes and reduced reg burden be enough to set aside worries about fraud or lack of succession or putting the right people in the right seats? [Continue]