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Demystifying Bitcoin and Digital Assets

SPONSORED | We recently sat down with Thomas Grundy for a conversation on demystifying Bitcoin and digital assets. A former regulator and a compliance professional for U.S.-based financial institutions. Tom shared insights on where Bitcoin could be headed and the compliance challenges facing financial institutions as they enter the market for digital assets.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Why Banks Should Focus on Board Security

SPONSORED | As more bank board executives, directors, and administrators adopt digital board management processes, cybersecurity risks from half-baked digital adoption make them more vulnerable to expensive cyber threats.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Payments 

Out of Office: Justin Kitzinger

Justin Kitzinger, a private banking officer at $6 billion-asset Bankers Trust in Des Moines, Iowa, dedicates 200 hours each year to volunteer firefighting.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Rhonda Thomas-Whitley: Defending overdraft protection for consumers

Overdraft programs and policies are once again in the sights of officials in Washington. ICBA takes on the fight.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Charles Potts: Back-office innovation

Community bankers are embracing innovation like never before—with impressive results. But with so much emphasis placed on customer-facing products and technologies, innovating back-office operations can fall to the bottom of the priority list.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Brad M. Bolton: Educating future leaders

Focusing on the ‘whys’ helps employees see how decisions fit together in a perfect puzzle for high-performing success, and it motivates them to be contributors to that success.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Rebeca Romero Rainey: Community bankers are all in

Everything feeds into the customer experience, and that ability to meet and exceed customer expectations is what distinguishes us as community bankers.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker  

Technology your remote and hybrid employees need

Remote and hybrid working was once the exception but, for some community bank employees, it’s now the norm. What technology is needed to keep remote workers productive, connected and, most of all, engaged?
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Payments 

The top-performing community banks of 2021

Independent Banker’s annual listing top-performing community banks of 2021 alongside interviews with some of the winners. In true community bank fashion, each has its own story to tell and its own path to success.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Lending 

Mortgage eClosing: The Path to eSignatures

SPONSORED | The path to eClosing is complex but achievable. During this Dialogue on Demand session, we will uncover the benefits and uses of eSignatures, legislation surrounding eSignatures and steps to achieve a fully digital mortgage closing process.
May 01, 2022 | Independent Banker   Lending 

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