Sam Wilmes is a Managing Editor at BankNews.com and BankBeat magazine. He focuses on themes such as banking, financial services, and agriculture, with a particular interest in topics like cryptocurrency regulation, sustainable agriculture, and corporate finance. Sam has been featured in NewsBreak, BankNews Media, and BankBeat.
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By: Sam Wilmes
Successfully launching a de novo bank requires being open to new technology while maintaining a connection to the relationship-based model that has made the industry successful.
Former First National Bank of Lindsay, Okla., President and CEO Danny Seibel pleaded guilty May 4 to one count of bank fraud in connection with the bank's 2024 failure.
Sioux Falls, S.D.-based CorTrust Bank President/CEO Jack Hopkins capped off his 12 months as 2025-26 chair of the Independent Community Bankers of America with a short address March 7 during Independent Community Bankers of America LIVE in San Diego.
BankIn Minnesota President and CEO Rich Jones discusses the recent Independent Community Bankers of America Capital Summit.
Federal bank regulators recently proposed overhauling the CAMELS rating system, which they said would increase efficiency and transparency.
Published on Recent could benefit community bankers by reducing administrative tasks and reducing the system's reliance on Management considerations.
By: Sam Wilmes
First Bank of Berne in Indiana donated $6,500 this month to three nonprofits.
More than $4 trillion in U.S. mortgages carry rates below 4 percent, most originated between 2020 and 2022. Roughly 60 percent of borrowers are in loans well below today's prevailing rates. That concentration is sitting on community bank balance sheets and squeezing margins. Understanding the full weight of that problem starts with what is actually happening inside the institution.
It is too early to decipher the economic impact from the war in Iran, said Federal Reserve Vice Chair for Supervision Michelle Bowman.
