In New Hampshire, the Feeling Is Mutual
How three banks formed a mutual holding company to streamline operations while retaining high-value local New England brands.
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In New Hampshire, the Feeling Is Mutual
A multibank mutual holding company validates its model by adding a third bank.
Podcast: Community Bankers’ Regulatory Optimism for 2019
Charlie Schmalz talks about policy issues facing community banks in 2019, the persistence of the mutual banking model, community bank technology plays — and the best place to get Wisconsin cheese curds.
The Relationship Builder
Meet Charlie Schmalz, ABA’s 2018-19 Community Bankers Council chairman.
ABA: HOLA Flexibility Proposal Would Help Banks Meet Changing Needs of Customers
The American Bankers Association today called on the OCC to quickly finalize a proposal to implement a new section of the Home Owners’ Loan Act permitting certain federal thrifts to elect the rights and duties of national banks, as mandated by the regulatory reform law S. 2155.
Podcast: Nine Young Bankers Who Changed America
To conclude the first season of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, co-host Evan Sparks tells the story of nine young bankers who changed America.
Podcast: A Trio of Mutual Banks Find Savings Together
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, leaders at a New Hampshire mutual holding company to discuss how the MHC structure allows each bank to retain its unique community presence but benefit from shared services.
Podcast: Laurie Stewart’s Credit Union Conversion Story
When it comes to banking, Laurie Stewart has seen it all. She started her career as a teller at a regional thrift; later, she worked as a bank examiner, and more recently, she served as chief executive of a credit union, a mutual bank and a commercial bank.
OCC, ABA File Briefs in Appeal of Missouri Mutual M&A Case
The OCC, ABA and the Missouri Bankers Association have filed friend-of-the-court briefs in the appeal of a Missouri case in which two mutual thrift depositors claim that they were entitled to a distribution of their thrift’s capital at the time the bank merged into another institution.
Podcast: Attracting Future Bankers with an In-School Branch
On the latest episode of the ABA Banking Journal Podcast, sponsored by Windstream Enterprise, Connecticut banker George Hermann discussed his bank’s in-school branch program.