For Bankers Looking to Grow Deposits, Partnering With Rural Community Banks...
By Ryan Barrow From the SunTrust-BB&T (now the recently announced Truist Bank) mega merger on down, the retail banking industry finds itself in a period of sustained consolidation. For many...
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By Justin Dullum President Donald Trump’s ongoing trade war with China is taking its own toll on the ag industry. But it has come at a time of unprecedented weather events, and the phenomena are a...
View ArticleAg Tech Transforms the Field for Today’s Farmers
By Justin Dullum Editor’s Note: Growers Edge Financial, Johnston, Iowa, is carving a path as an innovator in melding financial technology into the ag sector. BankBeat, the sister publication of...
View ArticleWeather, Trade Make for Dizzying Year in Ag
By Brady Brewer and Jason R. Henderson This will be a year to remember as weather patterns went from wet, to dry, to wet again in many parts of the country. Trade negotiations improved, deteriorated,...
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Ag bankers consider 2019, look forward to 2020 By Alaina Webster Between trade tensions with China and natural disasters affecting virtually every part of the country, ag producers in the U.S. faced a...
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