MEET YOUR MISSOURI BANKER Where are your main bank and branches located? What is the market like? We have six branches across three counties in south central Missouri, with our main branch located in Salem. Our markets are rural towns with populations around 5,000 or less and strong agriculture concentrations, specifically cattle and timber. What is something unique about your bank? Our vision. Most people in the industry would expect a small, rurally based, independently owned bank to be more of a legacy-driven system, but that has not been the case in my time at Progressive Ozark Bank. One of the first things my hiring CEO suggested I do was ask “Why?” She said if the answer was “Because we’ve always done it that way,” then something needed to change. That may not have been the approach of every past CEO, but it was so encouraging to me as a new employee without prior banking experience. Cynthia Ramsey Senior Vice President, Marketing & Business Development, Progressive Ozark Bank 18 | The Show-Me Banker Magazine
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