Bank on Community
2018 Community Banking Hometown Champion Awards
The 2018 Community Banking Hometown Champion Award winners exemplify the importance of community banks across Pennsylvania. These projects and stories are just a taste of what our members are constantly doing to ensure the success of the communities in which they serve. In a time when friends, business-owners and neighbors are working harder than ever for success, these PACB member banks have stepped up their community outreach and support to keep the lights on in their hometowns. Congratulations to all of this year’s Community Banking Hometown Champion Award winners! Read More
Ambler Savings Bank: The Cornerstone of the Community
by: Diane Sweeney Ambler Savings Bank is rooted as firmly in this Montgomery County community as is the Wissahickon Creek which runs alongside the borough. As deeply ingrained as they are, both the creek and the bank have adapted through the years to serve the...
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Enormous Views: From Local to Global, Everyone Wins
by: Diane Sweeney With the Stone Mountain ridge to the north and the Jacks Mountain ridge to the south, the Big Valley area of central Pennsylvania boasts enormous views. Even its formal name, Kishacoquillas Valley, is big. MCS Bank is big here too. The community...
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A New Vision for the First Frontier: Altoona First Savings Bank
Nestled in the foothills of the Allegheny Mountains, the city of Altoona boasts several National Historic Landmarks and buildings on the National Register of Historic Places. Read More
Greenville Savings Bank: Trust and Service – The Core of Community Banking
By: Diane Sweeney When The Board of Trade Building and Loan Association was founded, their mission statement was: “A financial institution created for the purpose of mutual helpfulness to citizens of the community in promoting thrift and helping its patrons to buy...
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Bank of Bird-in-Hand: A Different Type of Mobile Banking
By: Diane Sweeney When most of your customer base doesn’t have electricity or a landline phone in their home, you have to approach mobile banking a little differently. In today’s culture when you say mobile banking you think of apps for smart phones and on-line...
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Mid Penn Bank’s New Wave: Face Time With Young Professionals
By: Diane McNaughton Mid Penn Bank, based in the forested hills and open cornfields of northern Dauphin County, is giving young professionals more bank for their buck by going straight to the source to track their likes and thumbs-downs. Bank leaders see the...
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Hyperion Bank – Bringing “Community Banking” Back to Philadelphia Communities
By: Ellen F. Warren What does it take to build—or rebuild—a community? Lou DeCesare, President and Chief Operating Officer of Hyperion Bank, says, “Every neighborhood needs a bank, a supermarket, and a drugstore—but these are things that not every inner city...
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Making a Name For Themselves: Indiana First Bank Transitions to InFirst Bank
By: Diane McNaughton What’s in a name? A “bankable” bank name should embody an organization’s identity and goals, plus help drive a strategic and focused marketing campaign. It should encapsulate a bank’s character in one or two words, without being too...
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Fleetwood Bank: A Tale of Three Presidents
By: Diane McNaughton Great presidents shape, and are shaped by, the times. Through the years, Pennsylvania’s community bank presidents have been thrust into a larger universe of economic, political and social tumult and have often emerged as the steadying hand for...
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