VBA Signature Sponsors
VBA Signature Sponsors
VBA Signature Sponsor Packages are a unique offering for companies who are interested in providing higher levels of sponsorship support at VBA events. Signature Sponsors have the opportunity to build their own individual bundled package by determining the sponsorships and/or advertisement options that align best with their strategic plan for the year. Simply find the event sponsorships that you would like to secure and add those sponsor dollars up to get you to the package level that most suits your plans for the year – then enjoy the many benefits that come with being a Signature Sponsorship! AND your membership dues are also part of what can be rolled up into these packages! Our 2025 Sponsor Brochure is now available! Check out the vast number of engagement opportunities!
Contact Amy Binns with additional questions or help with developing your 2025 engagement plan!
Thank you to our current Signature Sponsors listed below!
Bearing Insurance
Gold Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Endorsed Provider
At Bearing Insurance, they deliver the right services, tools, and resources to safeguard our clients along their insurance journey. For over 25 years, they proudly served as Bankers Insurance – building a reputation of trust, reliability, and excellence. This transition to Bearing Insurance marks a new chapter, reflecting their continued commitment to leading, guiding, and collaborating with their clients every step of the way. Please visit their website or contact Zak Kephart by email or phone at 540-904-7552.
Brown, Edwards & Company, L.L.P.
Gold Level Signature Sponsor
Brown Edwards’ financial institution professional services help management improve procedures, manage risk exposure, and enhance earnings. As a top 100 firm with over 40 years of banking experience, their team will design a specific program for your organization’s needs while providing best practices and cost-effective outsourced services. They provide a full range of services including internal audits, compliance and regulatory audits, SOX/FDICIA assessments, information technology audits, loan reviews, financial statement audits, and model validations. For more information, visit their website or contact Alan Landes.
College Ave Student Loans
Gold Level Signature Sponsor
College Ave Student Loans is a private student loan provider that offers undergraduate, graduate, and parent loans, as well as refinance options. They offer multiple loan options with flexible repayment terms, including competitive interest rates, and features like instant credit decision, a simple, 3-minute application process, no application or origination fee, autopay discount, and best-in-class customer service. In addition to, College Ave offers a fantastic referral program. By partnering with College Ave, your bank can earn non-interest income through referral fees paid by College Ave while helping customers address their higher education funding needs. As a true referral program, banks avoid all loan administration, while College Ave handles all origination, disbursement, and servicing. Lastly, this referral program helps to ensure that your customers continue banking with you by reducing the risk of them turning to big bank competitors for their private student loan needs. For more information, visit their website or contact Brian Reed.
Community Bankers’ Bank
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Community Bankers’ Bank is a State-Chartered Fed Member bankers’ bank owned and directed by independent community banks in the Fifth Federal Reserve District and contiguous states. It gives community banks unique and outstanding value through the economies of scale it creates as a bank partner, never a competitor. It provides the products and services that banks need to operate and excel. CBB’s competitive pricing and superior service make it a vital resource for community banks. Visit their website or LinkedIn page to learn more or contact Jay McNamara.
CRS Data
Platinum Level Signature Sponsor
For over 30 years, CRS Data has been dedicated to delivering powerful, accurate property data backed by superior customer service. Their Financial Suite product is tailored made for financial institutions. Offering public tax records, sales and mortgage histories, property comparables, warranty deeds, interactive GIS plat maps, area demographics. CRS helps banks manage their commercial loan portfolio and generate non-interest income. They offer the power of clear and current property information to help you make sound decisions. For more information, visit their website or contact Alwyn Staley.
Dudley Resources
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Dudley Resources provides flexible remarketing solutions, empowering our clients with the ability to put the focus back on banking. Our firm offers over 40 years of experience supporting regional banks and institutional sellers with asset management services and programs which enable our clients to achieve maximum values across an array of asset classes. Their services include Senior Accredited (ASA) approved appraisals, online and simulcast auctions for real estate, machinery & equipment, business assets, and automobiles. They offer proprietary surge pricing platforms, trustee & repo services, foreclosure sales, note sales, and buyout options. They are equipped with industry leading technology, knowledge, and experience to provide the best customer service in the business. Dudley Resources….a resource to banks offering dependable and reliable results for all your asset remarketing needs. For more information, visit their website or contact Tim Dudley or Chip Jones.
Elliott Davis
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Financial Services Member
Elliott Davis is a business solutions firm providing services to over 500 financial institutions across the United States, including 350 regional and community banks and credit unions. Their team of over 100 professionals dedicated to the financial services industry serves banks and credit unions with audit, tax, advisory, and consulting services. These consulting and advisory services include internal audit, compliance reviews and monitoring, BSA/AML, information technology/cyber security, SOX/FDICIA assistance, credit services, data analytics, model validations, due diligence, process improvement assessments and plans, organizational consulting, and SOC reporting, among others. For more information, visit their website or contact Josh White.
Engage Fi
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
The team at engage fi is a blend of consultants, educators, matchmakers, integrators and advocates. They are laser-focused on guiding financial institutions through their proven process and enabling them to make informed, timely decisions on vendor relationships so they can change at the speed of the consumer. Let’s Engage! Please visit their website at website or contact Trisa Wetzel.
[Equifax] RA Business Solutions, an Equifax Sales Agent
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
RA Business Solutions (RABS) is the exclusive Equifax Sales Agent for the Mid-Atlantic region. Their client portfolio includes auto dealers, banks, credit unions, finance companies, and real estate companies. The RABS team, working with Equifax, provides these industries leading edge consumer insights and analytics, as well as complete consumer and commercial credit files. For more information, visit their website or contact Amy Cardona.
FHLBank Atlanta
Platinum Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Financial Services Member
FHLBank Atlanta offers competitively-priced financing, community development grants, and other banking services to help member financial institutions make affordable home mortgages and provide economic development credit to neighborhoods and communities. The Bank’s members are located in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, Virginia, and the District of Columbia. For more information, visit their website or contact Dan Brenton or Sam Mahler.
FHN Financial
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
FHN Financial is an industry leader in fixed income sales, trading, and strategies for institutional customers in the US and abroad. They also provide investment services and balance sheet management solutions. With an average daily trading volume of $5+ billion, FHN Financial transacts business with approximately 50% of all US banks with portfolios over $100 million.(1) ((1)For 24 month period ending 4Q18.) For more information, visit their website or contact Trae Winston.
Investors Title Insurance Company
Platinum Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Endorsed Provider
Based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina, Investors Title specializes in residential and commercial title insurance, §1031 exchanges, settlement, escrow, and trust account reconciliation services, and wealth management. Publicly traded on the Nasdaq Global Select Market (ticker symbol “ITIC”), Investors Title has partnered with 500+ banks to establish lender owned title insurance agencies. With a focus on compliance, operational efficiency, and superior service as the staples of success, these agencies generate significant non-interest fee income for owners. For more information, visit their website or contact Norma Carroll.
KeyState Companies (The)
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Endorsed Provider
Founded in 1991, KeyState specializes in providing community banks with innovative investment structures that enhance a community bank’s annual earnings. KeyState Renewables has raised and deployed $225 million in SOLCAP solar tax funds since 2020, financing 53 projects in 7 states. In May 2023, the VBA and KeyState jointly launched the VBA|SOLCAP 2024 LMI Solar Tax Credit Fund, which will raise up to $150 million in solar tax equity capital from its member banks. The capital will be deployed by KeyState in collaboration with a Virginia-based solar development partner to build 15-20 community solar projects throughout Virginia in 2024. These projects will exclusively benefit low-to-moderate income (LMI) households in Virginia, reducing their annual electric bills by approximately 20-30%. For more information, visit their website or contact Josh Miller.
Ncontracts
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Ncontracts offers powerful compliance, risk, and vendor management solutions for financial institutions. Founded in 2009 by regulatory attorneys with years of experience in the banking industry, they work with 4,000 financial institutions in all 50 states. The Ncontracts suite of solutions covers every aspect of compliance and risk management, from strategic to tactical. Choose modules for your specific needs — or build an integrated, comprehensive system that creates efficiencies across your organization. Click here to get started! Visit their website to learn more or contact Rashida Holmes.
Olsen Palmer
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Olsen Palmer is an independent investment banking firm that exclusively advises financial institutions across the full spectrum of Mergers & Acquisitions. For more information, visit their website or contact Christopher Olsen.
Profit Resources, Inc (PRI)
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Profit Resources, Inc (PRI) enhances interchange income and debit card profitability, evaluates and negotiates system contracts, and completes process improvement throughout every area of the bank. PRI strengthens banks by making quantifiable improvements to profitability and efficiency while also specializing in merger integration. Helping good banks get better since 1990. For more information, visit their website or contact Brady Chianciola.
PWCampbell
Gold Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Endorsed Provider
PWCampbell, widely known and respected in the financial services industry, is a fourth generation, family-owned retail services and design/build firm. Founded over 100 years ago, they offer a full range of quality facility planning, demographic research, creative retail branding, digital signage, interior design, furniture coordination, architectural and construction services. PWCampbell’s turnkey management process provides the expertise to develop and implement engaging and impactful solutions for every sized project, on time and within budget. For more information, visit their website or contact Marshall Jett.
QSI Banking
Silver Level VBA Signature Sponsor
QSI is NCR’s largest financial partner. They offer turnkey ATM and ITM solutions, including outsourcing and in-house financing. Other solutions include TCRs, video, alarm, security and branch equipment. Availability and security are assured with QSI maintenance, cybersecurity and managed services. For more information, visit their website or contact Kris Keefauver.
Rivel Banking Research
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
Standing out against competitors and identifying new market opportunities can be challenging for banks. Annually conducting 250,000 consumer and business interviews, Rivel offers financial institutions invaluable local insight. Their research identifies market brand perceptions and decision drivers, highlighting vulnerabilities for new opportunities among your competitors, all on-demand or highly customized. For more information, visit their website or contact Melissa Randi.
S&P Global Market Intelligence
Silver Level Signature Sponsor
VBA Endorsed Provider
At S&P Global Market Intelligence, they know that not all information is important—some of it’s vital. They integrate financial and industry data, research and news into analytical tools that help banks track performance, identify investment ideas, understand competitive and industry dynamics, perform valuation, assess credit risk and prospect for new customer relationships. For more information, visit their website or contact Ryan Chakalos or Maureen McKenna.