Small banks: Don't forget about us

A handful of some of the smaller community banks in the region covet something different: to be big.

  • By Ted Carter
  • | 6:00 a.m. June 15, 2018
File. Freedom Bank President and CEO Cathy Swanson says surpassing $500 million in assets is an important goal at the bank.
File. Freedom Bank President and CEO Cathy Swanson says surpassing $500 million in assets is an important goal at the bank.
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That’s a genuine grin your local community banker is wearing.

 

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