Bank on Community
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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