Community banking

Bearish car-sales forecast gets lenders' attention

09/25/17

Chemical Financial and Fidelity Southern are the latest banks to curtail auto lending, blaming trends in auto sales and overheated competition.

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Stop the emails: How this small bank streamlined project management

09/25/17

Out-of-control email chains, long meetings, haphazard approaches — that was project "management" at Exchange Bank in California. It took five years, but those things have changed.

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Better late than never: Colorado bank exits Tarp

09/25/17

Grand Mountain Bank raised $7 million to help it exit the crisis-era capital program.

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The Women to Watch: No. 25, Sound Community's Laura Lee Stewart

09/25/17

Sound Community Bank CEO Laura Lee “Laurie” Stewart has made a career of going against the grain, and her bank’s investors, employees and customers are all better for it.

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Women in Banking: The Most Powerful in 2017

09/25/17

American Banker on Sep. 25 announced its 15th annual ranking of the Most Powerful Women in Banking and Finance.

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Most Powerful Women in Banking: No. 17, Centric's Patricia Husic

09/25/17

The millennial advisory board at Centric Financial is far from being symbolic. CEO Patricia Husic, who aims to be on the leading edge of engaging with millennials, is making decisions based on its recommendations.

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The Women to Watch: No. 12, Howard Bank's Mary Ann Scully

09/25/17

A "transformational" capital raise led by CEO Mary Ann Scully set the stage for Howard Bank's largest-ever acquisition.

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‘Talk about unfair and deceptive!’: Comments of week

09/22/17

Readers chime in on debates about ILCs, the CFPB’s arbitration rule, the financial services ambitions of tech firms and more.

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How a large SBA lender found a new way to expand

09/22/17

Live Oak Bancshares is used to finding ways to make small-business loans, but its new M&A operation was formed after two bankers pitched the plan to Live Oak's management.

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New stock exchange, Square scare and other fintech invaders

09/21/17

Why IEX's Sara Furber says you should not fear the big jobs, and why Square says banks have nothing to fear in its bid for an ILC charter. Plus, workplaces women like and Lena Waithe on using your superpowers.

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