KFAB has a lot to offer during Small Business Month

Episode Transcript

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Talking about some of the stuff thatmight slide underneath your radar a little bit.
Did you know? It's Small BusinessMonth and a lot of different places
try to kind of promote what wedo economically, and one of those people
is our friends over at American NationalBank joining us as Senior vice president and
Commercial Banking Team Leinner Susie Sturba joiningus on our phone line today. Susie,

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first of all, thanks so muchfor joining us and being a part
of our show here today. Thankyou for having us. So why did
American National Bank decide that they wantedto get involved with Small Business Month in
this campaign? Well, at AmericanNational Bank, we're very excited to support
Small Business Months because small businesses areeconomic drivers and foundational for our strong communities.

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Small Business Month really is just oneway for us to shine a spotlight
on the commitment and dedication of oursmall business owners. So that makes a
lot of sense, especially when you'retalking about Omaha the surrounding areas. There's
a lot of small businesses that peopleare trying to kind of, you know,
get themselves moving as much as theypossibly can all year long. This
is a good way to kind ofhighlight some of that. So why does

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American National Bank focus on helping thesesmall businesses? Well, you're right,
Emery. Our focus on small businesshelps them to do more with the resources
that they have so that they canfocus on growing their business. So in
turn, this creates jobs, Itcreates a thriving community that we all live
in, and we've seen firsthand theeconomic impact that a successful small business can

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have. American National Bank wants todo our part in supporting their goals.
We're speaking with Senior Vice President andCommercial Banking Team leader for American National Bank,
Susie stir But on our phone linehere, so and be you know
what. You obviously know everything thatyou guys are doing over there. So
what are the ways that American NationalBank is helping or can help new and

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small businesses in our area. So, the definition of a small business really
covers a wide range of industries orsizes, and an American National Bank,
we're here to serve everyone wherever yourbusiness may be in its own life cycle.
We're a part of a community thattruly supports entrepreneurs and business owners and
we're really grateful for that. Soan American National Bank, our role is

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to often connect those business owners withresources that they may need to be successful,
whether that's inside the bank or sometimesoutside the bank as well. Assisting
with that can be things such asreviewing business plans or talking through various financing
tools. And we are an SBAPreferred lender, which means that we can

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move through the SBA loan process quicklywhile providing expertise along the way. It
sounds like it's really cool that allthis is at the fingertips for people to
learn, and obviously having a bigbrand like American National Bank behind all of
that makes a big difference. Sowhy should small businesses in our area decide
to choose A and B. Itreally comes down to service and stability.

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We're a community bank, so weprioritize all of our clients. If you're
working with someone at American National Bank, you're talking to someone that also lives
in your commun unity, and wetake the time to understand your business.
As a community bank, we've prioritizedstability, and with one hundred and sixty
eight year history, our clients havefaith in our safety and soundness, and

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on top of that, so manygreat things that you guys are doing here.
We'll get to how it really makesa big difference for our campaign here
at KFAB in a moment speaking rightnow with Susie Sturbas, she's senior vice
president and Commercial Banking team leader withAmerican National Bank, Why is it important
that you guys decide do you wantto give back to our Omaha community and
beyond giving back in the community isreally a pillar of who we are at

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American National and we give back becausewe're in this together. We're not a
bank from the other side of thecountry. Like I said, We work
and we live where our clients workcan live, and so we feel compelled
to do what we can and helpwhere we can. Plus, there are
certainly people in our communities who arestruggling and giving back is just the right
thing to do. And on topof that, you guys have been recognized

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for some of the great things thatyou do at National Bank as well.
Tell us about one of the thingsthat you guys have been awarded with here
recently. We are thank you.Forbes recently named their twenty twenty four World's
Best Bank, and we're very excitedto be on the list. Forbes partnered
with a research firm and kind ofquestion consumers to judge banks on the quality

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of their financial advice, rates andfees, digital services, and certainly trustworthiness.
A total of eighteen thousand banks wereevaluated and only four hundred and three
banks made the final list. We'rereally proud to be on that list.
Filmar here has really always been apromise of our clients, and this award

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is certainly acknowledgment and that we're livingup to that pledge. Thank you for
that recognition. Yeah, no,that's super, super cool and really awesome
to see that happen. You guysto be a part of this as well,
and we'll continue to talk about thismoving forward. But there's no doubt
that Small Business Months is going tobe a big deal. And I'll tell
you just in a second those listeningwho might have a small business how they

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can be a part of that.For this information. Excellent work. Susie
sturba Senior vice president and Commercial bankingteam leader with American National Bank. Thanks
so much for this information, andthank you so much for being a part
of our show today. Thank youfor having me. And on top of
that, this is going to bea pretty awesome thing where a small business
is going to have the opportunity towin an ad campaign on kfab worth ten

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thousand dollars. So American National Banknot only giving all this opportunity, all
these possibilities for small businesses at anytime of the year, but to help
celebrate this Small Business Month, AmericanNational Bank is sponsoring a ten thousand dollars
ad campaign here on kfab and inthe coming days we will have more information

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of how you can be nominated ornominate your company in the future. But
this is just the beginning of whatshould be a fantastic small business month.
Very happy to have Susie Sturba fromAmerican National Bank on our show today three
forty four is our time. We'llcome back, give you up to on
what this weather is looking like aswe get deeper into the afternoon here coming
up on news Radio eleven ten KFAB