Posts Tagged ‘Community Bank’
It’s official! Independence Bank is now playing in the social media arena. We have taken our time, educated ourselves, put our toe in the water and now we are ready to dive in! Our official Facebook page and Twitter profile have been launched and we are already receiving some great feedback.
This is the place where you can see what our revolution in banking is all about. Now, instead of us just telling you, we can
SHOW you what a true community bank really does for its community. It also gives us a place to create a virtual scrapbook of our family business forread more...
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Post by Chris Reid at August 11th, 2011
Independence Bank has made a commitment to our communities to build
seven Habitat for Humanity homes in the
seven counties we serve over
seven years. We have also taken on the goal this year to meet the basic needs in our communities this year especially as so many are experiencing hard times. We are now right in the middle of not only a record-breaking heat wave, but also in the middle of our third Habitat home in Providence.
This commitment to our communities is not for the recognition that we may receive. It's not so that we can hang another plaque on our wall. It's about doing the right thing. It's aboutread more...
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Post by Chris Reid at July 28th, 2011
Some people ask me, "What makes Independence Bank revolutionary?" I would have to say that our revolution is about
giving back what has been taken from the people. It’s about
NOT taking advantage of what other banks are doing by eliminating free checking in order to make up for profit losses due to new regulations. It’s about
NOT changing our “Old Banking Formula.” This is what makes us, as a community bank, different from other banks that have taken a blow to their bottom line and quickly passed that onto their customers in the form of fees.
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Post by Chris Reid at June 3rd, 2011
Did you know that…
1 in 9 senior citizens are at risk of hunger?
30% of local seniors that receive assistance from GRADD (Green River Area Development District) have to
choose between buying
food or getting
medical care?
35% of our local seniors that receive assistance from GRADD have to
choose between buying
food or paying for
utilities?
Alarming, isn’t it? You would expect to see these in the headlines in a developing country or maybe a country crippled by conflict. Unfortunately, these headlines could appear in any of our national papers or lead any national news broadcast right here in the United States.read more...
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Post by Chris Reid at May 12th, 2011
Five years ago, the Human Resources Department at the Bank approached me with a request to enter the Best Places to Work competition for the State of Kentucky. At first, I was a little reluctant with the uncertainty that we could even make the list out of the 17,000 business across the Bluegrass State and worried that it might also produce more problems than answers and solutions, as many questionnaires tend to do.
2007 was our first year to enter and not only did we place 7
th in the small to medium sized category but also learned quite a lot fromread more...
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Post by Chris Reid at April 28th, 2011
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