Self Lender Announces a Strategic Partnership with Austin Capital Bank
PR Newswire - Thu Jun 18, 8:00AM CDT
Self Lender, Inc., a financial technology start-up that helps consumers establish credit history and gain access to mainstream financial products, has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Austin Capital Bank.
Community Bankers Association of Illinois, Wolters Kluwer Financial Services Help Community Banks Reduce Regulatory Risk
Business Wire - Mon Mar 16, 8:00AM CDT
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced today that it has deepened its long-term relationship with Community BancService Corporation, Inc., the services subsidiary of Community Bankers Association of Illinois. The endorsement of the company's ComplianceOne(R) manager solution supports the organizations' ongoing efforts in helping community banks reduce regulatory risk. It is an extension to a longstanding product and services endorsement agreement between the two organizations initiated in January 1988.
Home BancShares, Inc. Awarded Raymond James Community Bankers Cup Award for Second Year in a Row
GlobeNewswire - Thu Mar 12, 4:15PM CDT
Home BancShares, Inc. (Nasdaq:HOMB), parent company of Centennial Bank, announced they received a 2014 Raymond James Community Bankers Cup award. The Raymond James Community Bankers Cup awards recognized the top 31 community banks with assets between $500 million and $10 billion based on various profitability, operational efficiency, and balance sheet metrics. Of the more than 300 community banks across the United States analyzed for the awards, Home BancShares ranked in the top 10 of the Cup winners. Home BancShares, Inc. is a past recipient of the Raymond James Community Bankers Cup, having received the award for the second year in a row.
HOMB: 37.24 (+0.67)
CPI Card Group Selected as ICBA's Preferred Service Provider for Instant Issuance for Community Banks with Card@Once(R) Solution
Business Wire - Mon Mar 02, 9:10AM CST
CPI Card Group, a global leader in financial and EMV chip card production and related services, announced today that it has further expanded its relationship with the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) as the ICBA Preferred Service Provider for instant issuance payment solutions. The expansion comes through ICBA's recognition of CPI's Card@Once(R)(1) technology, which allows community banks to provide customers with a fully personalized debit or credit card within moments of placing the order.
Continuity Partners With Three Major State Banking Associations
GlobeNewswire - Mon Mar 02, 5:00AM CST
Continuity, the Compliance Core(TM) provider for community financial institutions, has partnered with the Community Bankers Association of Georgia, Independent Community Bankers of Minnesota and Independent Bankers of New York State. All three state banking associations will now offer their member banks Continuity's Compliance Core solution.
Electronic Banking Certification Program to be offered by Community Bankers Association of Kansas
PR Newswire - Fri Feb 13, 9:00AM CST
Bstuff LLC, dba BankersHub (http://www.bankershub.net), one of the fastest growing online education portals in financial services, recently launched an online training program to help banks deal with ongoing regulations, risk exposure, fraud and new innovations with noncash payments. BankersHub is now partnering with Community Bankers Association of Kansas, an association dedicated to supporting Kansas' thriving independent community banking industry.
The Alta Group Joins Independent Community Bankers of America As Community Banks Expand into Equipment Leasing and Finance
PR Newswire - Thu Jan 15, 9:30AM CST
The Alta Group has joined the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), the nation's voice for more than 6,500 community banks, to serve as a resource for members that are launching or expanding equipment leasing and finance operations. Alta is the leading global consultancy dedicated exclusively to the business of equipment leasing and asset finance.
Ohio Banker Elected Chairman of ABA Community Bankers Council
PR Newswire - Wed Jan 14, 10:23AM CST
Jeff Smith has been elected chairman of the American Bankers Association's Community Bankers Council--which represents America's more than 6,000 community banks--for the 2014-2015 association year. Smith is the chairman of the board of Ohio Valley Banc Corp., an $800 million financial holding company headquartered in Gallipolis, Ohio.
OVBC: 22.55 (+0.10)
Community Bankers Association of Illinois Extends Endorsement Agreement with Wolters Kluwer Financial Services
Business Wire - Wed Dec 03, 8:01AM CST
Wolters Kluwer Financial Services announced today that Community BancService Corporation, Inc., the services subsidiary of Community Bankers Association of Illinois, has endorsed the company's tool kit designed to help banks prepare for and manage Truth-in-Lending Act and Real Estate Settlement Procedures Act Integrated Disclosure requirements, which go into effect Aug. 1, 2015.
The Board of Directors of Bank of Bird-in-Hand Announces the Appointment of Alan W. Dakey as President and Chief Executive Officer Effective Immediately
Business Wire - Tue Nov 25, 1:42PM CST
Kevin J. McClarigan, Chairman of the Board, Bank of Bird-in-Hand, announced today on behalf of the Board of Directors the appointment of Alan W. Dakey as President and Chief Executive Officer effective immediately. Lori A. Maley, who served as interim President and Chief Executive Officer of the Bank will continue in her position as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer.
ICBA Announces Ronald Paul as Eastern Regional Winner for Community Banker of the Year
PR Newswire - Mon Nov 10, 9:08AM CST
The Independent Community Bankers of America® (ICBA) announced that Ronald Paul, chairman and CEO of EagleBank, Bethesda, Md., is the eastern regional winner for the association's national Community Banker of the Year award. This annual award was created to recognize the exceptional work of individual community bank employees and the commitment they have to their local communities.
ICBA Agrees with Fed's Tarullo on Call for Congress to Revise the Small Bank Holding Company Policy Statement
PRWeb - Fri Nov 07, 7:20PM CST
The Independent Community Bankers of America(R) (ICBA) released this statement on today's remarks from Federal Reserve Gov. Daniel Tarullo who said during a speech at the Community Bankers Symposium in Chicago that Congress should consider a legislative change to make it easier for small banks to take on debt to finance acquisitions.
Community Bankers' Bank Now Offering Embrace Home Loans' Affinity Mortgage Solution to Community Banks
Business Wire - Wed Oct 22, 10:30AM CDT
Embrace Home Loans announced that Midlothian, Virginia-based Community Bankers' Bank ("CBB"
Ron Wysaske Named to Community Bankers of Washington's 2014-2015 Board of Directors
GlobeNewswire - Thu Sep 25, 8:00AM CDT
Riverview Bancorp, Inc. (Nasdaq:RVSB) today announced that Ron Wysaske, President and Chief Operating Officer of Riverview Community Bank was re-elected as a Director of the Community Bankers of Washington (CBW) Board of Directors during the group's annual meeting held September 12.
RVSB: 4.45 (+0.15)
ICBA Education and Vubiz Celebrate 12 Years of Success
PRWeb - Fri Aug 22, 2:25AM CDT
The ICBA Online Education Center has worked with Vubiz to continue to educate the nation's community bankers.
Carlile Bancshares, Inc. Completes Acquisition of Community Bankers, Inc. and its Subsidiary, Community Bank, Fort Worth
PR Newswire - Thu Aug 14, 12:08PM CDT
Fort Worth, Texas based Carlile Bancshares, Inc. ("Carlile) completed the acquisition of Community Bankers, Inc., the parent company of Community Bank, Fort Worth ("Community"
New GAO Report Confirms Too-Big-To-Fail Exists, Taxpayer Subsidy Continues
PRWeb - Thu Jul 31, 1:10PM CDT
The Independent Community Bankers of America(R) (ICBA) today highlighted the results of a new Government Accountability Office (GAO) report examining the too-big-to-fail subsidy. The report also details the various government-assistance programs that were used to assist the nation's largest financial institutions after they ushered in the worst financial crisis since the Great Depression.
ICBA Launches Petition for Call Report Relief as Part of War on Excessive Regulation
PRWeb - Mon Jul 28, 11:02AM CDT
As part of the Independent Community Bankers of America's(R) (ICBA) war on community bank regulatory burden, the association today launched a petition calling for relief from increasingly onerous quarterly reporting requirements.
On One-Year Anniversary of the CLEAR Relief Act, ICBA Urges Senate to Act Now
PRWeb - Thu Jul 24, 1:31PM CDT
The Independent Community Bankers of America(R) (ICBA) today marked the one-year anniversary of Sen. Jerry Moran's (R-Kan.) and Senator Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) introduction of the Community Lending Enhancement and Regulatory (CLEAR) Relief Act (S. 1349)--comprehensive Senate legislation that would help relieve community banks from excessive regulation and promote local economic growth. While the ICBA advocated legislation has gained 38 bipartisan cosponsors over the past year, this one-year anniversary serves as a reminder that more can be done right now to help Main Street community banks, businesses and communities.