Cedar Rapids Bank & Trust

Best Practices for Funding Your Commercial Real Estate Project
When you’re looking to finance commercial real estate, discussions with banks can be daunting. However,…

What happens when the ‘wolf’ is confronted?
The fairy tale of the boy who cried wolf dates back more than 2,500 years.…

Owning Assets is Cool Again
Long forgotten are the dismal days of 2022. The S&P 500 has recorded new all-time…

Exit Planning Strategies: Exploring ESOPs
Business ownership exit planning strategies continues to be an active conversation between our Cedar Rapids…

Small Business Support: Harnessing the Strength of Community Banking
Today’s business climate has provided opportunities to many more business owners than ever before between…

2024: A Year of Continued Growth? Or a Return of Worry?
As 2023 draws to a close, let’s review the stock and bond markets’ performance and…

What Every Company Needs to Know about Fraud and Prevention
Over the past couple decades, we have seen cybercrime evolve and become more sophisticated with…

The shift from investment to execution for long-term success
One year ago, I wrote in these pages that I expected companies to make significant…

2023: A year of optimism? Or more of the same?
Investors are looking forward to putting 2022 behind them. The S&P 500 has experienced its…


