Q and A with Billie Jo Parker
2023-2024 Young Bankers Division Chairman Client Services Group Area Manager Pinnacle Financial Partners Memphis, Tenn. Billie Jo Parker joined Pinnacle Financial Partners in February of 2020 and serves as area […]
Get the most out of TBA, FPSI in 2022
From continuing education to monitoring state and federal legislative agendas, the Tennessee Bankers Association and Financial Products and Services, Inc, are here for you. With the New Year upon us, […]
Use your “Super Power” during Tennessee Financial Literacy Week
By Michael J. Saporito, II, Chairman, TBA Young Bankers Division Senior Vice President, Mountain Commerce Bank, Knoxville When it comes to helping our community and neighbors, bankers have a “super […]
Tackling public collateral, elder financial exploitation, and more
By Amy Heaslet, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Tennessee Bankers Association Although COVID-19 continues to factor into virtually everything we do, it will not hamper our ability to represent the banking […]
New Year’s Resolution: Reconnecting
By Colin Barrett, President/CEO, Tennessee Bankers Association Mark Twain said 90% of a man’s life is lived between his ears, and assuming that is the case, I stay fairly content […]
Q&A with Philip Fons
Philip Fons, 2021-2022 Credit Committee Chairman, Executive Vice President & Chief Credit Officer, InsBank, Nashville Philip Fons has served as executive vice president and chief credit officer for InsBank located […]
The ‘BankHERS’ of Legends Bank
By Roger Shirley Prior to 2019, Britney Campbell had lived in Clarksville her entire life—it’s where she grew up, went to school, went to college and started her banking career. […]
Special sessions lead to successes for banks
By Amy Heaslet, Executive Vice President/General Counsel, Tennessee Bankers Association With two special sessions of the Tennessee General Assembly recently completed, Tennessee has made significant strides to ensure our state’s […]
Pushing back against Washington proposals
By Colin Barrett, President/CEO, Tennessee Bankers Association During a span of time encompassing April 3, 2020 to May 31, 2021, the Tennessee banking industry made 238,508 PPP loans totaling $13.5 […]
The advantages of self-funding medical insurance
By Karen Tokarz, Insurance Consultant, Financial PSI, Inc In today’s business climate, employers need benefit solutions as adaptable as the organizations they run. For many employers, fully insured health plans […]
