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Outstanding Women 2023: Deneen Axtman

Axtman

Deneen Axtman’s commitment to asking questions and listening to the answers has led to her recognition as one of BankBeat magazine’s 2023 “Outstanding Women in Banking.” [Continue]

Outstanding Women 2023: Amy Meyer

Sartell, Minn.-based BankVista Senior Vice President, CFO and Chief Credit Officer Amy Meyer is one of BankBeat’s 2023 “Outstanding Women in Banking.” [Continue]

Outstanding Women 2023: Sue Lee

Lee

When faced with an unknown, one can either embrace what comes as an opportunity — or wallow in angst. Highland Bank’s Director of Operations, Sue Lee, prefers the former. [Continue]

Outstanding Women 2023: Park State Bank

Park State Bank OWB honorees

Five Park State Bank female executives are collectively being honored as 2023 “Outstanding Women in Banking” for their work on a pandemic-hampered merger and their contributions to the bank’s impressive growth. [Continue]

Section 1071’s Murky Future

The future of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s controversial Section 1071 small business data collection rule remains uncertain, with only a year remaining until the nation’s largest bank lenders need to start reporting data.  [Continue]

Recession, liquidity and keeping up with the technology Joneses

David Lamb

Between bank failures, climbing interest rates, liquidity concerns, commercial real estate (non)occupancy rates and labor market problems, the economy of 2023 has no shortage of worries to offer community bankers. Offering his perspective on the state of the industry both national and local is David Lamb, president and CEO of Oxford Bank, based on the northern edge of the Detroit metro.  [Continue]