LISTEN UP In the wake of the SVB collapse In episode 14 of the Independent Banker podcast, host Charles Potts spoke with Rebeca Romero Rainey and Derek Williams about how ICBA and the community banking industry responded to the fall of Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and Signature Bank. WHO'S IN CONVERSATION? EXCERPTS FROM Rebeca Romero Rainey President and CEO of ICBA Derek Williams ICBA chairman and president and CEO of Century Bank and Trust in Milledgeville, Ga. HOSTED BY Charles Potts ICBA's executive vice president and chief innovation officer and host of the Independent Banker podcast " SVB is-or was-the 16th largest bank in the country and had a very different business model from [ICBA] members and what we do as community banks. " -Rebeca Romero Rainey " From other bankers, we're mostly hearing a ton of encouragement ... to what ICBA has done so far to show this country how different [community banks] are and expose the rest of the country to [their] unique features ... " -Derek Williams " The administration is ensuring that the cost of replenishing the Deposit Insurance Fund after these recent bank failures shall not be borne by community banks. " -Rebeca Romero Rainey Listen to Independent Banker: A Community Banking Podcast from ICBA wherever you get your podcasts or at icba.org/podcast. You can also scan the code below. SCAN ME Next up Episode 15 of the Independent Banker podcast brings in Sushil Patel from State Bank of Texas to discuss what it takes to be a top-performing community bank. independentbanker.org // 63http://www.icba.org/podcast http://www.independentbanker.org