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More Oversight, Same Team: Modern Community Bank Governance

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Examiner-Ready CECL: What the OCC's 2026 Handbook Update Changes

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Transforming Complex Core Evaluations into Strategic, Bottom-Line Wins

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What 1,100 Consumers Told Us About Banking

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What Does the New Reciprocal Deposit Legislation Mean for U.S. Banks?

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ICBA's Impact on the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act

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Anjelica Dortch: Community Bank AI Security Readiness Guide is Here

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How to Advocate for the Industry During the August Recess

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Mickey Marshall: How to Encourage De Novo Bank Formation

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How to Lessen the Chargeback Burden on Community Banks

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Branch Transformation in Community Banking Breaks Down Without Operational Alignment

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Do Paper Checks Have a Future?

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Driving Community Prosperity with Reciprocal Deposits

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In Community Bankers' Own Words

“Given the industry loss rates, you have to be more cautious on ensuring your restaurant clients have the appropriate collateral and cash flow from other sources to assist them in assuming [their] debt service payments can be made and that they can make principal payments.”

David Saber

David Saber

CEO, Park State Bank

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Compliance & Risk

Fraud Moves Fast. Are You Keeping Up?

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Free IT Assessment for Banks—Limited-Time Offer

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FHFA Updates Enable Faster, Fairer Mortgages

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Fighting Fraud with Tech and Training

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Clockwise from top left: Murray State University mascot Dunker and Community Financial Services Bank recruiter Heather Watkins at the MSU Career Fair; CFSB has lifetime naming rights to the school’s basketball arena; MSU students stop at CFSB’s marketing truck before a football game; (L-R) CFSB president Jason Jones, MSU vice president and director of athletics Nico Yantko, and CFSB vice president and director of marketing Dana Howard; (L-R) CFSB marketing intern Jada Poindexter and Howard; CFSB McCracken County market president Angela Meyer.

Community Banks Win Big with Sports Sponsorships

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Portfolio Management: What the Bond Yield Curve Mean Reversion Means for Banks

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Beyond the Rate Race: Bank Deposit Growth Strategies

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Portfolio Management: What Bank Portfolio Managers Need to Know About Optionality Risk

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3 Ways to Cool Down Hot-Tempered Bank Customers

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Certification Q&A: Jenny Bogden

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Anderson State Bank’s Cody Appell directs the ROWVA High band, which performs at community events. | Photo: Katelyn Turner

Cody Appell: The Mentor Behind the Music

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Giovanni Valdez of the Greater Southwest Development Corporation, with Maggie O’Keefe of Devon Bank, which runs workshops for nonprofits. | Photo: Nathaniel Smith

Devon Bank's Free Workshop Series for Nonprofits Forges Connections

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