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The value of relationship banking in rural Idaho (access required)

by Scott Ki

Published: December 12,2012

Community bankers tend to know their customers. For this reason, rural banks have fewer commercial loan defaults than those in cities, according to new research. “This is an old story in banking,” said Finance Professor Keith Harvey at Boise State University of the link between personal relationships and trust. In rural communities, “there’s a reputation at ...
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