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Jeffrey Szyperski, President and CEO, @chesbank (OTCQX: $CPKF) joins the #OTCQX Community Spotlight. Looking forward, the company sees a people‐driven customer experience supplemented with strong digital technology as its growth engine. Learn more: ow.ly/gAch50Il7ye

John Manolides, President & CEO, Commencement Bancorp Inc (OTCQX: $CBWA) joins the #OTCQX Community Spotlight. The company is looking forward to future growth through innovation, a fresh outlook on market opportunities, & continuing to serve the community. ow.ly/wjlO50I6fAP

Join us Tuesday, February 1st for the @BankDirector Acquire or Be Acquired Conference. Laura Hamilton, OTC Markets VP, Corporate Services will present on the "Impacts of Amended SEC Rule 15c2-11 on Community Bank Over-the-Counter Trading" at 7:30am MT. ow.ly/IHQF50HFSpM

As the pandemic subsides, shareholders will look for interest income to rebound, while regulators keep a close eye on risk profiles at an institutional level. Learn how Qaravan can help banks understand their balance sheets relative to peers & benchmarks. ow.ly/rLyg50Hoznu

We’re so excited to be back in person with OTCQX banks at the @BankDirector Acquire or Be Acquired Conference. Make sure to stop by booth 14 for a live demo of Qaravan with Tony Hodson, SVP of Market Data, and Laura Hamilton, VP of Corporate Services. ow.ly/afVH50HFQWJ

Most of these new COVID stimulus deposits came in the form of demand accounts, which require such a high degree of liquidity that they can’t be invested for any meaningful level of yield. Find out how banks are approaching this challenge. ow.ly/yjMj50HozbT

The COVID stimulus has caused a surplus of deposits on community banks’ balance sheets that bankers are struggling to deploy. Understand your bank’s balance sheets relative to peers and benchmarks with Qaravan. ow.ly/XQy150Hoz6u

Benchmark against leaders not against the average. Learn how banks can leverage high performing peer data to set strategy and goals. ow.ly/AlUu50HoyAw

“Kitchen Sink” reports are challenging and are an inefficient use of your bank staff's time. Discover how Qaravan can minimize the workload and improve benchmarking by encouraging a more focused review of key performance indicators. ow.ly/uwqx50HoyiJ

Learn how your bank can develop a benchmarking program that lowers workload, reduces info overload & yields insight by - Reconsidering Peers - Looking toward Leaders, not Averages - Multiple Peer Groups - Context to Trends - Limits the Scope ow.ly/kAw550Hoy1U

Learn why it’s essential for Banks to incorporate a benchmarking comparison approach to the question of “how are we doing?” and how a focused program can decrease workload, reduce information overload and yield strategic insight. ow.ly/oKUq50HoxPp

Ever looked at UBPR peer comparisons and thought “we’re a lot different than those banks?” Qaravan can help you adopt a benchmarking mindset that provides you with more enhanced insights on how your bank could target improved performance. Learn more. ow.ly/cCmI50GKrj3

Bank regulators created the UBPR peer analysis to help further their mission of prudential regulation, but it cannot be a substitute for the bank’s own performance benchmarking. Learn more about how Qaravan’s software can help bankers conduct benchmarking. ow.ly/BwL550GKqzN

When reviewing their UBPRs, bankers sometimes struggle to find insightful conclusions. With Qaravan’s software, bankers can distill peer analysis into more relevant and meaningful performance benchmarks. Discover how your organization can benefit: ow.ly/qaKP50GKp89

Jeffrey Newgard, Bank Of Idaho (OTCQX: $BOID) president & CEO recently testified on behalf of the Independent Community Bankers of America on why Small Banks are urging Congress to act given the increased cyber risk community and regional banks face. ow.ly/MpkG50GTSZO

Why should you adopt a benchmarking mindset? Benchmarking looks beyond peer averages to identify top performers; it redefines the nature of an assumed peer group, & it requires a deeper level of analysis from management teams. ow.ly/t3Gt50GKoWj

“Expanding the universe of analytics & market data available through Qaravan was a critical driver behind this new offering. The addition of holding company & OTC market data for public banks rounds out Qaravan's product offering.” Learn more: ow.ly/4IF550GOI5P @OTCMarkets

"As we expand on the coverage and capabilities of Qaravan, we continue to look for ways to share that data across our ecosystem & more broadly with the banking & investment community," Matthew Fuchs, EVP of Market Data & Strategy at @OTCMarkets ow.ly/BcHc50DZtY0

“While #bank stocks have been volatile throughout the pandemic, we have seen recent activity on our market that suggests going public will remain a viable path to continued growth for private #communitybanks...” Laura Hamilton, OTC Markets VP ow.ly/48CI50Dl4Nq

A data-driven solution is the only way to manage Blue Sky compliance for the more than 100K Corporate Bonds and Equity Linked Notes. Learn more: ow.ly/Ccsz50DkL5q #BlueSky #Compliance #MarketData #ThursdayThoughts