High–Performance Community Banking
Timothy Koch
Thursday, 13 Apr 2017 at 11:00 am – Stark Lecture Hall, 1148 Gerdin Business Building
Timothy Koch is the president of the Graduate School of Banking at Colorado and a professor of finance at the University of South Carolina. He will discuss how community banks differ from other banks in their ownership, organizational structure, risk tolerance and business practices and share strategies to improve their performance. He'll speak about important role banks play in our communities. An Iowa native, Koch attended Wartburg College and earned a PhD in economics from Purdue University. He is the author of Community Banking: From Crisis to Prosperity and co-author of the college textbook Bank Management. Stafford Lecture Series on BankingThe Robert Stafford Lecture Series on Banking was established by the College of Business and funded by Ames National Corporation, Ames, Iowa as a part of its 100 years of service to Ames. The lecture honors the late Robert Stafford for his many years of dedicated service to First National Bank and Ames National Corporation.
Cosponsored By:
- College of Business
- Committee on Lectures (funded by Student Government)
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