Allison Heimberg
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April 2, 2019Woodforest National Bank Wins CBA’s 2019 Joe Belew Award WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association (CBA) today presented the ninth annual Joe Belew Award to Woodforest National Bank for its Woodforest Foundry program. The 2019 Joe Belew Award was presented to the CBA member-bank applicant with the most innovative and impactful small business initiatives, highlighting its “Currency of NOW” efforts in the community. The winner was selected by CBA’s Community Reinvestment Committee from a record 12 entries from ten banks. This marks the first year Woodforest has won the Joe Belew Award...
March 14, 2019CBA LIVE 2019: The Currency of NOW to Kick Off April 1-3 in D.C. Media RSVP Available Here WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Consumer Bankers Association will host its annual conference, CBA LIVE, April 1-3, 2019, at the Gaylord National Harbor. CBA LIVE, now in its tenth year, is the premier retail banking conference with more than 1,500 representatives from across the financial services industry, including more than 750 senior-level bankers, 200 speakers and 90 hours of in-depth, topical programming. This year’s theme is The Currency of NOW and senior executives from more than 85 national and super...
January 16, 2019Banks Offering Shutdown Assistance: CBA member institutions work with customers facing hardships – whether manmade or natural – every day. Banks are working with customers on a one-on-one basis as the partial government shutdown continues and federal employees, through no fault of their own, miss paychecks and small businesses are not able to access Small Business Administration loans. We know federal employees had no role in this shutdown, neither did banks. As with so many other issues ranging from wildfires, floods and hurricanes to data breaches at retail giants, banks are the ones on the...
