Services

ACB ENDORSED PRODUCT & SERVICE PROVIDERS

Since 1988, ACB has concentrated on building the most comprehensive community bank member services program in existence. We believe we are making progress. Today, there are forty + bank product and service vendors endorsed by the Arkansas Community Bankers Association. The volume of member bank purchases is now over $40 million each year. The average per bank savings and increased revenue resulting from these purchases exceeds $16,000 annually. If that's not delivering value in return for $100 annual membership dues, please tell us what is.

Here’s the current list of ACB endorsed vendors and services. The names in color are links. Just click on a link and more information will appear about that provider in a new browser window.

• Allied Technology Group, LLC – provides clients across a wide range of industries with complete end-to-end network services:  Network Planning, Design and Engineering; End-to-end Systems Management; Converged Communications; Select Connect™™ Carrier Services; Network Administration; Allied On-Demand Managed Services; Strategic Insight Network Consulting; Storage Solutions; Allied ON-GUARD Security Solutions; Resource Planning; Federal Regulation and Industry Compliance Solutions - Brad Cicero 501-372-4909

• America's Community Bankers – ACB employs a broad range of advocacy and service strategies to enhance members' ability to compete freely and fairly in their marketplace with their choice of charter and products – Diane Casey 202-857-3100  

• Arcana – lender placed credit insurance programs – Mark Smith (870) 295-2588  

• Arkansas Bankers’ Bank – an independent non-competing source for correspondent banking services – Jimmy Thomason 800-737-0535  

• Arkansas Capital Corporation – Since 1957, a complementing rather than competing alternative source of capital for Arkansas businesses. As a group of nine companies, either debt financing or equity capital can be provided. By specializing in SBA and USDA loan programs, ACC assists banks and businesses in obtaining financing under these programs. Non-government guaranteed loans are also available. Contact Jay Wisener 800-219-7237.  

• Arkansas Student Loan Authority – a source to provide capital and support services for low-cost educational loans. – Chris Padgett 800-443-6030

• BANCOGRAPHY - Market analysis and branch planning software.  Financial projections, market share reports, competitor profiles, customer plots, demographics, maps.  Laura Levy 205-252-6671 or info@bancography.com   

• Barret School of Banking – a non-profit independent school created by and governed by a Board of Regents, whose members are executives from banks and other firms involved with the financial services industry. Barret's mission is to provide an adult learning experience for the career-oriented individual in commercial banking or a related financial services industry business - Chris Kelley (901) 321-4000  

• BauerFinancial, Inc.- analyzes and reports on the financial condition of the nation’s banks, thrifts and credit unions – commonly known as primary financial institutions. The source data used is “call reports’ which regulators require each financial institutions to file. That data is supplemented by BauerFinancial research.   The five-star rating system, introduced by BauerFinancial in 1988, is nationally recognized as “the bank rating system.” BauerFinancial provides these ratings FREE of charge as a consumer service.   ACB is pleased to offer our member bankers access to these ratings by simply clicking on the BauerFinancial logo.  

• BENMARK – bank owned life insurance program for offsetting employee benefit expense; supplemental retirement programs for bank executives and directors; consulting services for bank incentive programs – Chuck Dudley (501) 318-0010  

• BKD Financial Services Group provides solutions beyond the numbers for more than 1,200 financial institutions, ranging in asset size from de novo banks to large multi-billion dollar institutions. Clients include community banks, savings institutions, holding companies, credit unions, investment firms and other financial and lending organizations - Ryan Underwood (501) 372-1040   

• Center for Financial Training – educational resources for beginning and continuing bank education; comprehensive training programs classroom, computer, internet, in-house or webcast  –  Dee Dee Sebren (501) 520-4101  

• Community Bank Insurance – comprehensive retail insurance program including: life, health, property and casualty, bonding, annuities, variable life, underwriting support, sales training – Richard Trammell 800-771-1634  

• Thomas Cook - Interpayment – VISA travelers cheques; foreign exchange services; stored value card travelers cheques – Karin Scott 888-272-5376 option 2  

• Cox & Associates – health, major medical, dental, group life and disability insurance; groups of 10 and under – Connie Cox (870) 837-1097  

• Export-Import Bank of the United States – Marketing and credit programs for export-import customers of community banks – (202) 565-3946  

• Federal Home Loan Bank – a cost-effective funding source for long and short-term fixed rate lending – Chuck McBrayer 800-442-9841  

• FundsXpress – Secure, reliable and convenient internet-based financial services products including the FundsXpress Financial Portal, secure internet banking, online brokerage and lending - Jay Carrigan 800-419-8804  

• Gerrish McCreary Smith – consultants and attorneys for community banks – Jeff Gerrish (901) 767-0900 

• Hydco - Hydco, Inc. doesn't just build a structure for a bank, they build banks. From vaults, to dirt work, to site locations, they do it all. Hydco, Inc. specializes in coordinating the entire building process from the time you decide to build until the first customer walks through the door. This is truly turnkey banking. Contact Roger Marlin 501-371-0255 rmarlin@hydco.com  

• Harland/Clarke – check printing services; platform systems; direct marketing services; new account screening; on-line check order entry – Bradley Ward 800-382-0818, Ext.2732  

• The Hatcher Agency – health; major medical; dental; group life insurance; cancer; long-term disability; long-term care. Groups over 10. – Curtis Bailey 800-359-3748  

• ICBA BanCard – the Nation's premier provider of payment services exclusively for community banks effectively leveraging their purchasing power with vendor partners and affiliations with other major industry players, in keeping with the values of the Independent Community Bankers of America – Linda Echard 800-242-4770  

• ICBA Financial Services – one in four community banks offers brokerage services to their customers.  It is important to connect with a brokerage partner you can trust. More and more bankers are recognizing that partner in ICBA Financial Services - the only national brokerage partner owned and governed by bankers - Bill Reid 800-786-0223  

• ICBA Mortgage – levels the playing field in local mortgage markets across the country. Along with unparalleled educational training resources, ICBA Mortgage offers unique, right size origination products, strategic secondary market partnerships and powerful technology, community banks can augment their existing mortgage lending operations – Dave Petro 800-253-5356

• ICBA Securities - ICBA Securities was founded to provide community bankers with quality investment products, services and education at competitive prices.  Performance Profile with cashflow market value, asset liability and other portfolio analyses; Bond Accounting; Fixed Income Portfolio Market Information; Transaction Analysis; Regulation and Product Research; Daily Market Letter; Weekly Market Review; Superior Analytics.Quarlerly peer group and local competitor comparisons.  Jim Reber 800-422-6442.

• Independent Community Bankers Association of America – the only trade association in Washington exclusively representing community banking; quality, competitively priced services designed for community banks – Cam Fine 800-422-8439

• Index Powered Financial Services -  Alternative funding source.  The Capital Market CD program from IPFS provides weekly, low-cost, non-callable deposits with flexible maturities from 6 months, 1-2-3-5 years and flexible denominations, $100,000 to over $1,000,000.  Call IPFS at 800-483-6863.

• Kansas Bankers Surety – Increase and hold large deposits.  Insure deposits in excess of FDIC limits with Bank Deposit Guaranty Bonds.  Coverage available up to 10% of total deposits or $20 million, whichever is less.  Can be pledged for public funds.  Contact a KBS representative at 785-228-0000.    

• Mitchell, Williams, Selig & Woodyard – legal consultation for retail bank insurance and bank-owned insurance agency configuration – Nicholas Thompson (501) 688-8834  

• MPA Systems – specializing in providing quick-setup temporary or permanent bank buildings available on short or long-term leases and for sale new or used.   MPA is the largest provider of standby disaster recovery facilities in the United States - Sharon Miller  888-233-1584  

• Quattlebaum, Grooms, Tull & Barrow – legal consultation for banking law and bank regulatory issues – Timothy Grooms (501) 379-1713  

• SMARTS – an automated sales management and tracking system that will help increase your bank's "New Business". Contact – Paul Melton 225-931-6892  

• Scantron Survey Solutions– customized customer survey services; internet, mail or telemarketing – Sal Rahman, 800-722-6876, Ext.2997  

• SHAZAM – For more than 30 years, SHAZAM has been making a striking difference in the EFT industry by delivering the technology and service that makes you more competitive. We are a single source provider for ATM processing, national debit products, merchant processing, and more. SHAZAM is your partner, not your competitor – Kurt Shunkey 800-717-4460  

• Travelers - Offering an extensive and flexible portfolio of products including coverage for crime (financial institution bond), trust errors and omissions, directors and officers liability, employment practices liability, property, general liability, bankers professional liability and workers comp. Travelers also offers a variety of products to address specific e-business exposures, including Internet liability. For more information contact Anita Redd at 501-223-6746.

For more information about any of these quality vendors call
Arkansas Community Bankers
800-771-1634

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