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Leaning into locality and seizing opportunities to serve small businesses, community banking institutions meet a compelling market need for a more personalized banking experience With all of the news of...
The Story: Community financial institutions have made up the vast majority of merger participants for the last decade, on both sides of the deal. But when banking experienced a pandemic...
As the annual list of Best Banks to Work For 2023 ranking is released by American Banker, one consistent theme runs across financial institutions of all sizes. Banks that focus...
In this special episode of the Believe in Banking podcast, Sean and Gina welcome back Dave Ehlis, President and CEO of Bravera Bank. In part two of their discussion, Dave...
In this special episode, Sean and Gina welcome Dave Ehlis, President and CEO of Bravera Bank, a regional banking leader in the Northern Plains. In this conversation, Dave discusses the...
The Story: Although the pandemic brought many small businesses to community financial institutions through the PPP program, those same banks and credit unions don’t have a proportionate amount of small...
Data from the National Federation of Independent Business finds small business owners more likely to look local when choosing a banking partner to support their growth The turbulence in regional...
The Story: Research from the Independent Community Bankers Association (ICBA) finds that Millennials prefer banks that support local communities. Even more than previous generations, Gen Y’s awareness and interest in...
Community based institutions provide sure and steady support in the wake of larger niche bank failures As the initial shock over recent bank failures settles, the financial services industry is...