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Focusing on what you can’t control can be a form of avoidance. Instead, turn your attention to actionable matters. Wendy Cai-Lee, founder and CEO of Piermont Bank, shares more insightful lessons in this Art of Leading interview with The ExCo Group's Adam Bryant. 🔗 https://hubs.la/Q02rtWcC0 #FocusOnControllable #ActionableInsights #PersonalGrowth

We were honored to be a part of this video project with CBA of Georgia, ICBA and Moultrie Bank & Trust. Watch the full video below to learn more about the importance of community banking: https://hubs.ly/Q02rZhFj0

Will Great Eastern have better luck with Anwar Ibrahim in 2023, or will the proposed acquisition of AmMetLife be a replay of the 1997 Pacific Bank debacle? https://lnkd.in/g5gKrSt7 The background to the 1997 Pacific Bank debacle, by Ganesh Sahathevan, The Sun, 6 June 1996

NAGGLNow: NAGGL's Community Cornerstones Community Banks with Jodi Ehrenberger ____ On this week's episode, Kristen Granchelli, Jane Butler and Karen L. are joined by Vice President, Business Banking Officer at Coulee Bank, Jodi Ehrenberger, to discuss the role in which community banks play within our association, and their unique perspectives on 7(a) lending. #sbalending #sba7a #communitycornerstones #40yearsofNAGGL #nagglnow

New blog post! The former Wilkinsburg Bank was much more than just a bank! Here’s Part 2: https://lnkd.in/ebYibtXm

Whether you're planning for something big in your life or just planning out your finances for the next few months, you can trust that Oconee State Bank is in your corner through it all. #DoMore this year with the local bank that also doubles as your biggest cheerleader 📣 #ExperienceRemarkable #moreplanning #communitybank #localbank #banklocal

Rick Rule and I had a great conversation with market oracle Lou Basenese about Battle Bank. Take a listen to the plans and also a few pieces of information about our convertible note offering. #battleforbetterbanking #banking #bank #gold #preciousmetals #lending #bankmanagement

MDB President and Chief Market Strategist Lou Basenese interviewed Rick Rule and Frank Trotter about plans for Battle Bank and some information about the current convertible note offering. It's a great exchange of ideas and hard questions from a pro. We're here to battle for better banking. Take a look and let us know what you think. Also, take a stop at our Battle Bank website and join the Waitlist. https://lnkd.in/gDxxGA_b #battleforbetterbanking #banking #capital #convertiblenotes #lending

Bank with a bank whose priority is YOU. Make the switch. #CommunityBankingWeek PeruFederalSavings.com - Member FDIC #PeruFederalSavingsBank #PeruIL #CommunityBank #BankLocal

As long time shareholders in Evans Bancorp, Prime Media Investments is pleased to support, and will vote in favor of, the announced merger with NBT Bancorp. We congratulate the board of directors for obtaining a price close to the all-time high stock price for Evans. Just in the past year the stock has gained nearly 40 percent. We have had the privilege of talking to members of the board over the years and appreciate their desire to listen to stockholders and do what was best for enhancing shareholder value for everyone involved. Employees, customers and shareholders should benefit from this process. The future with NBT Bancorp looks bright! People have asked if Prime Media Investments engages in activist investing? The answer is both yes and no. We have never gone hostile on a company and nominated our own slate of candidates for the board of directors. We do however make friendly recommendations. If we believe we can help a business by recommending a spinoff or sale of a division; a stock buyback; a dividend increase; the sale of noncore assets; a CEO succession plan; or frankly, the sale of the entire company; then we will engage in a discussion with the board. In the end, shareholders own the company, the goal of Prime Media Investments is to look out for the best interests of all shareholders. We have in the past joined with activist investors such as Nelson Peltz, Bill Ackman, Carl Icahn, Daniel Loeb, David Einhorn, ValueAct Capital, Starboard Value, Elliott Management, among others, and voted our shares in favor of their recommendations. We often share the same goal of increasing shareholder value and making sure boards of directors are held accountable to all shareholders. We are primarily long term investors and even in cases where we may join in voting with an activist we will almost always hold the stock for the long term. We try to invest in good businesses and in most cases our holding period is forever. A good example would be Proctor & Gamble. We joined in voting for activist Nelson Peltz to join the board of directors. Nelson did a great job working with the board to sell off non-core assets and improve productivity. Today, six years later we continue to hold the stock and have no plans to sell.