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Employee Spotlight: Get to know Ryan Conner
1. What is your FCB Bank story?
My story started in 2015 when I started as a Community Banking Associate. Previously I had been in restaurant and retail management, so banking was new...
Posted on Jan 03, 2022

Contending with a holiday spending hangover
The current impact of inflation and higher interest rates are likely to result in many consumers contending with a holiday spending hangover – higher credit balances and higher interest payments...
Mark P. Bernier, CFA | Posted on Dec 29, 2022

Approaching Retirement
If you're a decade or so away from retirement, you've probably spent at least some time thinking about this major life change. How will you manage the transition? Will you travel, take up a new...
Mark P. Bernier, CFA | Posted on Dec 07, 2022

Tackling the year-end farming business activities
With harvest season ending and the New Year quickly approaching, it’s time for farmers and agribusinesses to start preparing for their annual financial review...
Andrea D. Foore | Posted on Nov 28, 2022

Employee Spotlight: Get to know Lisa Monthly
1. What is your FCB Bank story?
I have been a community banker since 1986. I started my banking career with Carroll County Bank and Trust Company where I worked for 14 years. I started...
Posted on Nov 22, 2022

Demand for the dollar
In late September 2022, the U.S. dollar hit a 20-year high in an index that measures its value against six major currencies: the euro, the Japanese yen, the British pound, the Canadian dollar, the...
Mark P. Bernier, CFA | Posted on Nov 09, 2022