In southeastern Wisconsin, residents of Racine and Kenosha can tune in to hear about a fundraiser to build a concession stand at a local school’s baseball fields. They can catch an interview with a leader from the Small Business Development Center. Or they can learn about changes at the area humane society. [Continue]
It’s been a rough go lately for the nation’s farmers, with some combination of tariffs, low prices at the farm gate and flooding all impacting their livelihoods. However, one provision in the 2018 Farm Bill offered a glimmer of light for some farmers: Hemp. [Continue]
In the last 12 months, Bob Worth has lost three Minnesota farming friends to suicide. Two of the men, aged 50 and 55, faced liquidation of their family farms. With the third, Worth said it was definitely not financial stress. He was “one of the best farmers in the area,” Worth said. “He just thought he was going downhill. As much help as he got, tried to get — medical help, psychological help — he just knew he was a failure.” [Continue]
Where many banks might present themselves with a look, tone and environment that’s as serious as the work they do, that’s simply not nbkc bank’s style. Even its name — all lowercase letters — asserts that this bank strives for a more casual image. [Continue]
The customer experience reigns supreme, but so does how a bank differentiates itself by its choices in location and design. Today’s design-build firms emphasize a full-service consultative approach to bank architecture that takes into account retail trends, community needs, and yes, bricks and mortar. [Continue]
The creativity that helped Richwood Bank launch a marketing consultancy has also helped the bank increase its lobby traffic and support its local economy. In 2015, when Richwood Bank decided to update its lobby, it needed to respond to two consecutive years of decline in lobby traffic. Bank CEO Chad Hoffman wanted to create a fresh experience in order to turn that decline around. [Continue]
Call it miscommunication, serendipity or divine intervention, but the first meeting between marketer Heather Wirtz and banker Chad Hoffman has resulted in a groundbreaking way for Richwood Bank in Richwood, Ohio, to earn money. [Continue]
Alan Baldwin was all set to retire from a 30-year banking career in Pacific, Mo., when he found a unique opportunity with a competitor bank. A little more than a year later, Baldwin finds himself re-energized in the role of executive vice president of First State Community Bank, headquartered in Farmington, Mo., greeting customers and giving tours of the historical décor featured in the bank’s newly-opened branch. [Continue]
When nbkc bank entered the fintech marketplace in 2018 with Fountain City Fintech, an accelerator for fintech startups, it began not with action, but by listening. Bankers talked with more than 150 startups in the first five to six months of 2018, said Zach Anderson Pettet, managing director of Fountain City Fintech. [Continue]
The Bank of North Dakota is celebrated around the country as a success story, now 100 years in the making. It has “helped shape and expand the state’s economy,” as the 2019 legislature declared in a celebratory resolution recognizing February 19 as “Bank of North Dakota Day.” [Continue]