Impacting Lives at Southern First Irene Kyere Southern First At Southern First, our philosophy is that relationships come first, and our mission is to impact lives in the communities we serve. These guiding principles are the foundation of our strategy and decision-making. Our team cares deeply about what they do, and they are dedicated to…
DetailsSupporting Diverse Goals Written by LaQuan Lucas-Harris, First Bank At First Bank, Our Promise to Service Excellence states, “We help our customers realize their dreams by providing financial solutions and building trusted relationships.” Associates at the bank focus on this Promise every day in the way they support one another, service their customers, and contribute…
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Written by Elizabeth Madlem, Vice President of Compliance Operations and Deputy General Counsel at Bankers Alliance “Keep it long enough and it will come back into fashion.” The early 2000s are remerging with their crop tops, low rise jeans, flip phones, and mortgage buydowns. Deja-vu! Pre-crisis’ teaser rates have been reborn into mortgage buydowns, both…
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The Time is Now for Future Bank Leaders Program John Sullivan NCBA The North Carolina Bankers Association (NCBA) is partnering with Historically Black Colleges & Universities (HBCU) and NC banks on the Future Bank Leaders program. The goal of this custom-designed initiative is to attract undergraduates to the dynamic, fast-changing world of modern banking,…
Details“Umoja- Unity” Eva Ogden, Pinnacle Financial Partners Partnership with The Center for New North Carolinians: Umoja Women’s Refugee Support Group There are an estimated 242 languages spoken in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). One of these languages is Swahili. In Swahili, Umoja means UNITY. As our NC Central DEI Council members first…
DetailsPrinter Friendly Visit us online: Website | NCBA LinkedIn | NCEL LinkedIn | InstagramNCBA Members, Recent events with the bank failures in California and New York have created uncertainty about the strength of the banking system in the media and among customers. The NCBA spent the past weekend on the phone with bankers and members of…
DetailsWritten by Neal Reynolds, President, BankMarketingCenter.com We all know that every company in every industry faces the risk of a cyberattack that threatens their data security. And we all know that the likelihood of an attack — ever more sophisticated attacks, too — is growing every day. Banks, of course, are high value targets for cybercriminals: they…
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