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There has been much focus recently on shrinking the size of, and increasing the efficiency of, the federal workforce. USDA will not be immune from these painful discussions. [Continue]
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]
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]
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]
With regulatory scrutiny growing over commercial real estate concentration in loan portfolios, some banks are attempting to branch out into commercial and industrial lending. [Continue]
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]
Kris Robbins is known around First Interstate Bank by her laugh. [Continue]
The drama over debit and credit card payments in Illinois got a little hotter last month when Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) issued a press release in support of the controversial Illinois Interchange Fee Prohibition Act. [Continue]
From the same office her grandmother once occupied, Jacqueline Ruge-Perkins, president and CEO of First State Bank of Porter, Ind., embodies the spirit of the bank’s one-time matriarch, leading with the belief that what’s good for the community is good for the $160 million bank. [Continue]
As the climate continues to churn out headline-generating crises, it feels almost trite to posit that a bank account can be part of the solution. [Continue]