After we assemble at LIVE, it’s about coming collectively to ignite the eagerness for group banking on behalf of our communities in a means that strikes the trade ahead.
The Hawaiian phrase for household is ‘ohana, and as we put together to move to Honolulu for ICBA LIVE subsequent month, I’m struck by how a lot that phrase describes this group. We’re a household of group bankers, supporting each other and our communities by our shared mission, imaginative and prescient and values.
In lots of instances, we’re not solely a selected household; we’re associated by blood as nicely. Many people are fourth- or fifth-generation group bankers, embodying an extended household custom of caring for group. We’re passing that ethos down, too. In truth, now we have extra kids attending LIVE this 12 months than now we have previously, and I can’t assist however consider the rising group financial institution leaders which may be proper in entrance of us and all they may convey to the trade.
The place I’ll be this month
I’ll be sharing the group financial institution perspective and talking on the Federal Reserve Financial institution of Atlanta’s Again to the Future: 2023 Banking Outlook Convention.
So, it’s becoming that this 12 months’s theme for ICBA LIVE is “Mild the Hearth. Mild the Approach.” Not solely are we wanting on the subsequent era of leaders amongst us; we’re additionally specializing in what we will do immediately to protect and develop group banks’ impression. It’s by no means been extra necessary to maintain that flame of group banking spreading all through the nation.
Our communities want our continued assist by these sophisticated financial instances. They want us to stay advocates for his or her wants. They want us to proceed to serve them as folks, not as transactions. So, after we assemble at LIVE, it’s about coming collectively to ignite the eagerness for group banking on behalf of our communities in a means that strikes the trade ahead.
As we take a look at the continued tempo of change, we’re met with our fair proportion of challenges but in addition nice alternatives. After we come collectively, the vitality that arises helps us collectively establish the trail ahead. Then, we elevate our heads up and deal with the technical and nuanced elements of what we do with a give attention to the long-term way forward for the trade. We create progress and momentum.
However probably essentially the most rewarding a part of LIVE is the chance to fulfill fellow group bankers from across the nation. These hallway conversations the place we share anecdotes and make new connections exemplify who we’re as group bankers. That sense of ‘ohana shines by, as a result of in group banking we’re extra than simply enterprise leaders. We’re a household, and I hope to see you at LIVE to assist us construct the relationships that can form the way forward for the trade.
Rebeca Romero Rainey
President and CEO, ICBA
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