Amazing Outside Directors 2024: Drew Vogel
For his role in the growth of Iowa State Bank, Drew Vogel was named a 2024 “Amazing Outside Director” by BankBeat magazine. [Continue]
For his role in the growth of Iowa State Bank, Drew Vogel was named a 2024 “Amazing Outside Director” by BankBeat magazine. [Continue]
Banks have been utilizing fintech since at least the creation of the abacus, but until recently, community banks have not been investing in it in the traditional sense. [Continue]
Open banking is bringing both extensive promise and security concerns to community bankers as more customers desire the frictionless, near-instant service enabled by the technology. [Continue]
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau has already unveiled an open banking rule that would require financial firms offering transaction accounts such as checking, prepaid cards, credit cards and digital wallets to give consumers access to their personal financial data. [Continue]
For Melanie VanRoekel, being an effective board chair requires open communication while recruiting directors with expertise outside of the banking world. [Continue]
When you ask Ashley Podhradsky to explain a cybersecurity concept or the current threat landscape, she offers you a cheerful warning: “I could spend all day on this.” [Continue]
Over the last 25 years, Paula Phillippe has been on a lot of boards ranging from food shelves to theater, engineering to securities. When it comes to corporate boards, she gravitates toward community banks, though. [Continue]
Andrew Young lives up to his name on the Starion Bank board — he is the youngest director serving the Bismarck, N.D.-based bank. [Continue]
The Consumer Electronic Show, perhaps the largest technology convention on the globe, returned to Las Vegas on January 9-12, bringing together more than 4,000 exhibitors, including many companies producing banking and personal finance tools. [Continue]
Forty years have passed between Citizens Alliance Bank’s first bank acquisition — made in the early 1980s when the bank was known as Citizens State Bank of Clara City, Minn. — and its most recent, closed last summer. [Continue]