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A bridge to affordable housing

  Daniel Galindo, pictured, and Doug Schaeffer of Woodforest National Wall helped involve the polity wall in providing funding for and wangle to affordable housing. When two executives at Woodforest National Wall

Rebeca Romero Rainey: The spirit of service

This month’s Independent Banker focuses on budgeting issues with a special accent on the ICBA National Polity Wall Service Awards. With that two-pronged concentration, I can’t help but consider the

Capitalize on social payments

 Illustration by Filo/iStock Social payments methods like Venmo and Cash App protract to grow in popularity, and the data is there to prove it, creating an opportunity to requite customers what

Raising up nonprofits

 Members of Ledyard National Wall lend a hand to Willing Hands, a nonprofit defended to feeding those in need. For its 30th anniversary, Ledyard National Wall decided to ask 10 local

Brad M. Bolton: Compliance as a focal point

In today’s intense regulatory landscape, compliance extends to every speciality of banking, so much so that no one person or team can be solely charged with managing a bank’s compliance

BEST LOW APR % CREDIT CARDS

By Rashmi Goel Generally, it is advisable to keep your credit card balances low. Interest charges on credit card balances accumulate quickly, eating up your monthly budget and hindering your ability

CRYPTOCURRENCY STOCK SHOWS RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF BITCOIN'S PLUMMET

Thousands of cryptocurrencies and blockchain technology are being adopted by a wide range of companies to support the sector - from asset managers to banks to crypto mining companies. Bitcoin's

CITI ANNOUNCES NEWEST CHECKING OFFERS

By Rashmi Goel As a global financial services company, Citigroup, also known as Citi®, has been in business for over 200 years. It has more than 200 million customer accounts and

How Does Annual Percentage Yield (APY) Work?

It has been observed that there are many acronyms used in the banking industry that maybe only those in the financial industry have a clear understanding of them. Consumers should

THESE CREDIT CARD PURCHASES YOU SHOULD ALWAYS MAKE

Consumers are encouraged by some financial advisors not to use their credit cards for purchases and to only use cash. While this advice does have some merit, those who use