PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE COLLECTIVELY ADVOCATING FOR COMMUNITY BANKING I extend my heartfelt gratitude for your unwavering commitment to serving our communities with integrity and personalized care. In a financial landscape increasingly dominated by large, national institutions, your dedication ensures that local businesses, families and farmers have access to the trusted, relationship-based banking they need to thrive. However, our ability to serve effectively is profoundly influenced by decisions made in Washington, D.C. It’s imperative that we collectively advocate for policies that recognize and support the unique needs of community banks. A group of our community banker members and I did just that recently as part of the ICBA’s Capital Summit, where we met in person, one-on-one with four of the five members of Nebraska’s congressional delegation to discuss issues of importance to our state’s community banks. Those priorities, which I have By DEXTER SCHRODT President and CEO, NICB 4 NEBRASKA INDEPENDENT BANKER
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