Tag: Community Banks

How banks like Chase are expanding their branch networks to help support the quarter of low-income Americans without access to financial services Perhaps one of the most significant but unanticipated...

The Story: Community financial institutions say they’re challenged to find the find the right staff for the right roles, according to data from Rivel Banking. Given that one out of...

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...

In this special guest episode of the Believe in Banking podcast, Gina and Juliet welcome Michael Bell, Partner and Leader of the Financial Institutions Practice at Honigman, LLP, where he...

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...

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...