Business : ICBA Congratulates Farmers Savings Bank & Trust for 55th year

The Independent Community Bankers of America (ICBA) congratulates Farmers Savings Bank & Trust, Vinton, for reaching an important milestone as an ICBA member. This marks the community bank's 55 years as a member of ICBA, the only national trade association dedicated exclusively to serving the needs of the nation's more than 7,000 community banks.

"ICBA is fortunate to have Farmers Savings Bank & Trust as a member of the association for 55 years," said Camden R. Fine, ICBA president and CEO. "Community banks such as Farmers Savings Bank & Trust are relationship bankers that are passionately committed to serving the needs of their local customers and communities. It's community banks like Farmers Savings Bank & Trust that drive economic stability and prosperity on Main Street and make their communities a better place to work and live."

Community banks reinvest in their communities everyday because they are an integral part of the economic, financial and civic fabric of thousands of towns and cities across America. They are common-sense lenders that do right by their customers and exist solely to serve the needs of their local customers and communities.

"As an ICBA member, Farmers Savings Bank &Trust is proud to be part of a nationwide network of community banks that advocate on behalf of this great industry and its valued customers." said Ms. Darlys M. Hulme, President of Farmers Savings Bank & Trust. "Farmers Savings Bank & Trust looks forward to continuing its role with ICBA to help strengthen and preserve the community bank industry so that customers across the nation can experience the difference of working with a local community bank for years to come."

ICBA-member community banks employ nearly 300,000 people in more than 20,000 locations throughout the U.S.