{"id":64035,"date":"2015-05-19T06:50:12","date_gmt":"2015-05-19T11:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/?p=64035"},"modified":"2015-05-19T06:50:12","modified_gmt":"2015-05-19T11:50:12","slug":"citizens-national-earns-recognition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/2015\/05\/19\/citizens-national-earns-recognition\/","title":{"rendered":"Citizens National earns recognition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><i>Citizens National Bank information<\/i><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>BLUFFTON &#8212;<strong> <\/strong>In its May Issue,<i> Independent Banker<\/i><sup>\u00ae<\/sup>, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), recognized Citizens National Bank, based in Bluffton, as an ICBA Top Performer. This recognition is based on Citizens National Bank\u2019s 2014 year-end earnings and operational efficiencies.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether serving rural, suburban or large metropolitan areas, community banks operate with the same focus by always putting their customers and communities first,\u201d said Chris Lorence, ICBA executive vice president and chief marketing officer. \u201cThe community banks featured on <i>Independent Banker\u2019s<\/i> Top Performers listings know their local markets and thrive because they stay true to the principles of community banking while showcasing drive, ingenuity and community commitment. These high-achieving community banks demonstrate integrity, enthusiasm and inventiveness in the financial industry, and ICBA is proud to recognize them for their outstanding efforts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CNB-logo-2-2012.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-22679\" alt=\"CNB logo 2-2012\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/04\/CNB-logo-2-2012.png\" width=\"268\" height=\"89\" \/><\/a>As part of its annual performance rankings of ICBA member institutions,<i> Independent Banker<\/i> pulled year-end FDIC data to identify the community banks in six asset-size categories, both for Subchapter C corporation and Subchapter S corporation banks. Each top listing measures community banks by their return on average assets (ROA) and return on average equity (ROE) ratios for all of 2014. Citizens National Bank was ranked 24th in Subchapter S return on assets (ROA) and 17th in Subchapter S return on average equity (ROE).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are<b> <\/b>delighted to again be recognized as an ICBA Top Performer,\u201d said Mike Romey, president\/CEO of Citizens National Bank. \u201cWe credit our loyal customers and dedicated employees for our continued success. We look forward to serving the unique needs of our markets and helping them grow and prosper in the years to come.\u201d <b><\/b><\/p>\n<p>To see the ICBA Top Performers listings, read the article \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/independentbanker.org\/2015\/05\/the-best-of-the-best-for-2015\/\">The Best of the Best<\/a>\u201d on <em>ICBA Independent Banker\u2019s<\/em> website at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.independentbanker.org\/\">www.independentbanker.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Citizens National Bank information BLUFFTON &#8212; In its May Issue, Independent Banker\u00ae, the award-winning magazine of the Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA), recognized Citizens National Bank, based in Bluffton, as an ICBA Top Performer. This recognition is based on Citizens National Bank\u2019s 2014 year-end earnings and operational efficiencies. \u201cWhether serving rural, suburban or large [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64035","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-business"],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-02 15:45:44","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64035","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=64035"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64035\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64035"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64035"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thevwindependent.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64035"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}