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Independent Banker

Founded in 1950, Independent Banker is a monthly trade magazine published by the Independent Community Bankers of America.

Articles from Vol. 55, No. 6, June

Always Learning
ICBA offers diverse, timely, flexible professional development optionsAs the saying goes, you can learn something new every day. Community bankers can take that saying literally, if they are aware of all that is available through ICBA.The scope of educational...
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Collaborative Effort
Partnership helps banks boost FDIC coverage options for customersSize matters in banking. It is just a fact of life that big organizations can do some things that small organizations cannot. But if smaller organizations band together to pool their strengths,...
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ICBA Airs GSE Reform Position to Congress
ICBA strongly supports efforts to improve the regulation of the housing government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs), but Congress should take precautions to ensure that new powers conferred on any created regulator are not overly broad. That was the message...
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Keeping Cool
Advice for retirement plan managers on staying out of hot waterIn the best of times, no one gives much thought to retirement plan managers.But when market conditions take a dive, mistakes are made, or corporate scandals turn millions of dollars in savings...
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Quick and Timely
ICBA Securities offers need-to-know information in various formatsIt's evident to anyone who has participated in the bond market for 10 years or more that the demand for immediate information has grown by leaps and bounds. Just a decade ago, a typical...
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Top 20 Community Banking's Best Performers
Lakeview, Ohio, doesn't have the hottest housing market around. Fewer new homes are being built. Existing homes spend on average 100 days on the market before being sold. And the state is ranked No. 1 in foreclosure filings, according to real estate...
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Working Together
FinCEN head says industry collaboration is helping thwart would-be terroristsI'd like to talk to you for a moment before we get into some of the issues that we're facing about the central purpose of the Bank Secrecy Act, because sometimes I really believe...
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